The situation is not good in the northeastern state of Manipur, after the High Court order to include Manipur’s largest caste Meitei in ST, the situation in Manipur worsened. With the situation worsening in violence-hit Manipur, the state government on Thursday authorized all district magistrates to issue “shoot at sight” orders in “serious cases”. On the other hand, if we talk about the order of “shoot-at-sight”, then the reason for its implementation is important. ,Orders under these sections are given

Section of CrPC, 4919 -46 and Section 54-366 may pass a “shoot-at-sight” or firing order in terms of statutory powers relating to arrest or prevention of offenses or dissolution of unlawful assemblies. , CrPC Section 1972 (2) What is it?

Wherein, CrPC section (2) Enables the use of force while arresting a person. If any person “resists any attempt to forcibly arrest him, or attempts to evade arrest, such police officer or other person may use all means necessary to effect the arrest,” the provision says . However, Section (3) imposes a limitation on this executive power by stating that the provision “does not confer power to cause the death of any person who is not accused of an offense punishable with death or imprisonment for life.”

The right to use force under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act also

Further, section 3(a) of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1972, which was later amended by the Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers Amendment Act, Gaya, empowers the armed forces to use force in “disturbed areas”. A notification in the Official Gazette declaring an area to be “disturbed” may be passed by the “Governor of the State or the Central Government, as the case may be, of the Administrator of that Union Territory”.

“Shoot-at-sight” orders in Manipur

In Manipur “in view of the prevailing law and order situation” the order issued in the name of the Governor of the State seeks to maintain “public order and peace” and “all District Magistrates, Sub-Divisional Magistrates and all Executive Magistrates / authorize Special Executive Officers. Under the provisions of the law under CrPC, 1972 “all kinds persuasion, warning, reasonable force, etc. had been exhausted and the situation could not be controlled”.

Manipur violence Published Date

Sun, May 7, 2023, 11: 52 AM IST