A Metropolitan Magistrate passed an order in the second week of August, directing a complaint to be registered as a summons case against three police officers including a senior traffic officer, an inspector from the RCF police station and an officer of the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police, in connection with an alleged offence under section 166A of IPC (public servant disobeying law).

Legal experts say that this is one of rarest cases in the state, where the actions of the police violate the Supreme Court directives of not arresting anyone in an offence that comes with less than seven years of punishment without giving notice, and they also violate a circular issued by the DGP to that effect. The court directed the case to be taken up after a private complaint was filed against these police officers by a lawyer under section 190 of the Criminal Procedure Code.