Extra-judicial Killing

An extrajudicial Killing (also called extrajudicial execution) is the murdering of an individual by administrative specialists or people without the authorization of any legal continuing or lawful procedure. The killing of gangsterVikas Dubey by Uttar Pradesh Police has put the spot light back on encounter or executive killing.


In the course of recent years, police in the Indian state Uttar Pradesh are asserted to have done 59 extrajudicial killings. The occasions have started a request by a board of four United Nations autonomous specialists on human rights, which in an announcement in January “communicated caution” about the killings that appeared to have occurred in police custody. Tragically, extrajudicial killings are not new to India. They have been utilized in the past by the police and security powers in changing settings – to subdue uprisings, for example, in the conditions of Bengal during the 1960s, and in Punjab during the 1980s. Right now, the appearance for a significant number of these killings identifies with national security offenses including psychological warfare, and in regions of dynamic clash, for example, in Kashmir, states in the North East of India including Manipur, just as territories of focal India influenced by the Maoist uprising.

Rights of Police:

The police force has the right to injure or kill the criminal, for the sole and only purpose of self-defense or where it is imminently necessary for the maintenance of peace and order. Under Section-96 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), every human being has the right to private defense which is a natural and an inherent right. Section-46 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) authorizes the police to use force, extending up to the cause of death, as may be necessary to arrest the person accused of an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life.

In spite of this most elevated judicial inclusion, there has been moderate advancement, with few charge-sheets recorded. What further muddles cases in strife territories is the uncommon enactment known as the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA), which requires authorize for arraignment and essentially concedes resistance to individuals from the security powers in assigned “upset regions”. A request by specific individuals from the military contending for the excusal of cases recorded has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. The Manipur case subsequently proceeds.

Another especially alarming viewpoint is the manner in which these violations are valorised in mainstream society and by the media. Police with such genuine claims against them are named “experience authorities“, and many have been granted decorations just as money related prizes. So as opposed to indictment and discipline, there seems institutional and well known help for these killings.

At last, to check this uncontrolled criminal practice there should be a deliberate exertion on numerous fronts – the lawful, institutional just as cultural. Global weight, for example, the ongoing explanation, is a significant advance in adding to pressure for change. Extrajudicial killings must be examined freely as they influence the validity of rule of law. There is a need to guarantee that there exists a standard of law in the general public that should be clung to by each State authority and the majority. Guaranteeing legitimate physical guardianship of the charged so as to forestall any assault by them on the police work force. Further, there is a desperate requirement for complete updating of the criminal equity framework and bringing out required police changes. Standard rules should be set down to all the more likely train the police staff and outfit them with every single important ability so they can viably handle each terrifying circumstance. Human rights points should be kept in the psyche while managing captured people/people.

Amar Dubey supposed right hand of Vikas Dubey killed in police encounter.

Amar Dubey, the supposed right hand of Kanpur gangster Vikas dubey was shot dead in an encounter with cops in Maudaha, Hamirpur, on Wednesday morning.A Special Task Force (STF) is also investigating the case along with officers from 40 other police stations. Posters of Dubey have been pasted in many areas including Kanpur, Kanpur Dehat, Unnao and adjoining districts.

Vikas Dubey is wanted in the killing of eight policemen in Kanpur and has been on the run since Thursday last week. Amar Dubey was also reportedly involved in the incident, which has also revealed the alleged nexus between criminals and some moles in the police department who tipped them off about possible action against them.

Vikas Dubey was able to shoot 8 policemens due to internal support of some corrupt police. Till date, three policemen have been suspended for their alleged involvement in tipping off Dubey ahead of the police raid in which eight cops lost their lives and seven were seriously injured. The suspended police personnel include two sub-inspectors and a constable.

Dayashankar, a close partner gangster, was arrested by police after being shot in the leg during an encounter in Kanpur’s Kalyanpur area on Saturday. He was later admitted at a district hospital for treatment. He is one of the 18 aides of Dubey on whom the police had declared a reward of Rs 25,000 each.

Kanpur police has got some success in killing Amar Dubey and arresting 3 other partners, but still the main accuse Vikas Dubey is in search. Police has kept Rs 5 lakh reward on information of the wanted gangster. Hope they will soon get hold of him.