Gurugram: Deceased Haryana IPS officer Y. Puran Kumar’s wife, IAS officer Amneet P. Kumar, has made an official representation to the police, arguing that the FIR registered in the case of her husband’s death is “incomplete” on two counts—it does not mention either DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapur or Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarnia as accused; and it has been filed under diluted sections of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
On Friday, the IAS officer gave a representation to Chandigarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Kanwardeep Kaur.
The previous evening, Chandigarh police had registered an FIR on a complaint by Amneet and the eight-page final note found on the person of Y. Puran Kumar. The 21-page FIR was registered under sections 108 and 3 (5) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 3 (1) (r) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act.
Amneet’s complaint and Kumar’s final note are cited in the FIR.
The Print reached Chandigarh SSP Kanwardeep Kaur for comment via calls and messages but had not received a response by the time of publication. This report will be updated if and when a response is received.
In her complaint, Amneet had mentioned DGP Kapur and Rohtak SP Bijarnia by name, accusing them of abetment to suicide.
In her representation Friday, Amneet wrote: “As per my complaint, the names of the accused (1) Shatrujeet Kapur (2) Narendra Bijarnia has not been entered in the FIR, which was trigger point for his suicide. As per the prescribed FIR document format, all accused should be clearly listed under Column No. 7. It is therefore requested that the FIR be amended to accurately reflect the names of all accused individuals in the proper section.”
Column 7 in the FIR format is meant for mentioning the name(s) of the accused. But the FIR registered by Chandigarh Police doesn’t mention either Kapur or Bijarnia in that column.
Supreme Court lawyer Seema Sindhu explained that though not mentioning the names of the accused is not fatal to the case, because the persons mentioned in the complaint can be summoned at any point during the investigation or even after the investigation.
“Normally, when the police don’t array the persons named in the complaint in the list of accused in Column 7, it implies that the police didn’t find any prima facie evidence against their involvement in the crime, potentially weakening the complainant’s case,” she told ThePrint.
Sindhu added that not mentioning the names of known accused in Column 7 of an FIR does not automatically invalidate the prosecution’s case, but it becomes a “relevant fact” under Section 11 of the Evidence Act (now, Section 9 of the Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023), potentially weakening the complainant’s account, especially if it’s unnatural to omit names.
“But in this particular case, the complainant didn’t omit the names. The IPS officer’s wife has specifically mentioned the names of DGP Shatrujeet Kapur and Rohtak SP Narendra Bijarnia, but the Chandigarh police chose to omit mentioning their names in the Column 7,” she said.
P.K Sandhir, a criminal lawyer, concurred. The police or a trial court can still summon and try a person as an accused if evidence of their involvement emerges during the investigation or proceedings, even if they weren’t named in the FIR or charge sheet, he told ThePrint.
Puran Kumar was found dead with a gunshot wound in the basement of his Chandigarh residence on 7 October. A preliminary investigation indicates he died by suicide.
As ThePrint reported earlier, the 52-year-old had filed a few representations and complaints with senior officials, the Election Commission, and other authorities, highlighting perceived biases against him, particularly as a Scheduled Caste officer.
SC/ST Act provision & copy of final note
Raising a second issue with the FIR registered in connection with her husband’s death, Amneet said the FIR was lodged under a diluted section of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015.
“The section mentioned under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the FIR is diluted. The appropriate section applicable in this case is Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, as amended. The sections must be added accordingly to ensure the correct legal provisions are applied,” she submitted in her representation.
Section 3(2)(v) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, as amended, primarily deals with punishment for serious offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), when committed against a member of a the SC or ST community on the ground of their caste or tribal identity.
The key provision states that whoever, not being a member of the SC or ST community, commits any offence under the IPC, punishable with imprisonment for a term of 10 years or more, shall be charged under Section 3 (2) (v) of the Act, and shall be punishable with life imprisonment and a fine.
On the contrary, the Chandigarh Police has registered the FIR under Section 3 (1) (r), which states that whoever, not being a member of a SC or ST community intentionally insults or intimidates with intent to humiliate a member of either community in any place within public view shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which may extend to five years and with a fine.
In the Y. Puran Kumar suicide case, since the FIR under the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita invokes abetment to suicide, which is punishable with 10 years of imprisonment, Amneet’s plea was that the FIR should naturally have attracted Section 3 (2) (v) of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Besides these, the deceased IPS officer’s wife in the representation she made Friday also flagged non-receipt of a copy of the final note recovered by the police from the person of Y. Puran Kumar.
“It is further submitted that the final note dated October 7, 2025 recovered from the pocket of the deceased and another from his laptop has not been provided to her till date. I have not so far received the copy to compare it with the version referenced in the FIR. I request that a certified copy of the final note be provided to me immediately for records and verification,” she added.
(Edited by Amrtansh Arora)
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