STRUCTURES OF VIOLENCE
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242 | Structures of Violence<br />
Further, even assuming that the victim had been<br />
released, the High Court erred by not deeming it<br />
necessary to enquire into the legality of the detention<br />
of the victim.<br />
Instead, the petition was dismissed with no enquiry. It<br />
was therefore only after the intervention of the SHRC<br />
that the High Court, around four years later, nally<br />
accepted that the victim was disappeared which was<br />
contrary to their earlier 23 November 2004 position.<br />
This case serves as an unfortunate example where<br />
the police and SHRC have found in favour of the<br />
victim family, and against the perpetrator, but no<br />
justice, vis-à-vis prosecution of the alleged<br />
perpetrator, has taken place. It also appears that the<br />
case was nally closed by the police but the nal<br />
report was not submitted before the court – and in fact<br />
had not even been prepared.<br />
Further, the available documents do not suggest that<br />
even a Court-Martial was conducted in this case by<br />
the army.<br />
Case No. 65<br />
Victim Details<br />
Mohammad Ashraf Koka [Enforced Disappearance]<br />
Age: 23/24<br />
Occupation: Junior Assistant, Sub-Judge Court,<br />
Bijbehara<br />
Son of: Ghulam Hassan Koka<br />
Resident of: Kokagund, Verinag, Dooru, Islamabad<br />
District<br />
Alleged Perpetrators<br />
1. Commandant [presently Inspector General]<br />
th<br />
Inder Singh Negi, 10 Battalion Indo-Tibetan<br />
Border Police [ITBP], Camp Verinag<br />
nd<br />
th<br />
2. 2 In-Command [2 IC] R.S. Raina, 10<br />
Battalion Indo-Tibetan Border Police [ITBP],<br />
Camp Verinag<br />
3. Doctor P.S. Gunjiyal, Medical ofcer [also<br />
spelt on occasion as “P.S. Gungial”, “Ganjal”],<br />
th<br />
10 Battalion Indo Tibetan Border Police<br />
[ITBP], Camp Verinag<br />
4. Inspector Rajinder Singh [also spelt on<br />
th<br />
occasion as “Ragender Singh”], 10 Battalion<br />
Indo Tibetan Border Police [ITBP], Camp<br />
Verinag<br />
5. Sub-Inspector [SI] Pratap Singh [reportedly<br />
th<br />
dead], 10 Battalion Indo Tibetan Border<br />
Police [ITBP], Camp Verinag<br />
th<br />
6. Head Constable Hukum Singh, 10 Battalion<br />
Indo Tibetan Border Police [ITBP], Camp<br />
Verinag<br />
th<br />
7. Head Constable Ajit Kumar, 10 Battalion<br />
Indo Tibetan Border Police [ITBP], Camp<br />
Verinag<br />
th<br />
8. Sunil Joshi [INT Wing], 10 Battalion Indo<br />
Tibetan Border Police [ITBP], Camp Verinag<br />
9. Sub-inspector [SI] R.S. Chauhan [also spelt<br />
th<br />
on occasion as “R.S.Chowan”], 10 Battalion<br />
Indo Tibetan Border Police [ITBP], Camp<br />
Verinag<br />
th<br />
10. Sub-Inspector [SI] Mishra, 10 Battalion Indo<br />
Tibetan Border Police [ITBP], Camp Verinag<br />
th<br />
11. Sub-Inspector [SI] Ram Pratap, 10 Battalion<br />
Indo Tibetan Border Police [ITBP], Camp<br />
Verinag<br />
Case Information<br />
On 27 October 2001, Mohammad Ashraf Koka was<br />
picked up from his residence at around 7:30 pm and<br />
subsequently disappeared. The family of Mohammad<br />
Ashraf Koka states that he was picked up by<br />
th<br />
personnel of the 10 Battalion Indo Tibetan Border<br />
Police [ITBP], Verinag Camp. The father of the victim<br />
recognised R.S.Raina, Doctor P.S. Gunjiyal, SI<br />
Pratap Singh, Head Constable Hukum Singh, Head<br />
Constable Ajit Kumar, Sunil Joshi, JCO R.S.Chauhan,<br />
JCO Mishra and SI Ram Pratap on this occasion. [The<br />
father of the victim remembers the ranks as “JCO”<br />
which do not exist in the ITBP. The equivalent rank is<br />
Sub-inspector].<br />
A First Information Report [FIR] no. 96/2001 u/s<br />
302, 364 RPC and 7/25 Arms Act was led at the<br />
Dooru Police Station on 3 November 2001 on the<br />
orders of the Chief Judicial Magistrate [CJM],<br />
Anantnag. According to the family of the victim the<br />
Station House Ofcer [SHO], Dooru Police Station,<br />
93<br />
Abdul Majeed refused to le the FIR . By<br />
communication dated 16 May 2014 from the Jammu<br />
and Kashmir Police it was stated that the case<br />
under investigation and was being monitored by the<br />
High Court of Srinagar and that it was came under<br />
Section 6(b) of the Jammu and Kashmir Right to<br />
Information [RTI], Act, 2009.<br />
The family of Mohammad Ashraf Koka led a petition<br />
in the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir [habeas<br />
corpus petition, Section 491 Criminal Procedure<br />
Code, 1989 (CrPC) petition no.6/2002] for the police<br />
to take action. The ITBP denied that Mohammad<br />
Ashraf Koka was in their custody. The High Court<br />
ordered an enquiry to be conducted by the District and<br />
Sessions Judge, Anantnag on 16 September 2003.<br />
By an order dated 21 December 2004 a direction was<br />
given to investigate the occurrence, and the petition<br />
was disposed off despite not having received the<br />
report of the District and Sessions Judge, Anantnag.<br />
The report of the District and Sessions Judge,<br />
Anantnag is dated 21 October 2004 and<br />
93 Information on this FIR was sought through the Jammu and Kashmir Right to Information Act, 2009 [RTI] on 5 May 2012. No<br />
information was provided. Further information sought through RTI on 15 October 2013. By communication dated 16 November 2013<br />
from the Jammu and Kashmir Police a copy of the FIR was provided.