Junagadh Family Court Orders FIR Against Inspector and DySP For Fabricating Records To Shield Alimony Evader

In an unprecedented move, a Family Court has directed the registration of an FIR against its own jurisdictional police officers—including a Police Inspector and a Deputy Superintendent of Police—for fabricating official records to shield a respondent from jail over unpaid maintenance.

The strict order was passed by Learned Principal Judge P.H. Singh at the Keshod camp of the Junagadh Family Court. The Coram directed its senior clerk to lodge a formal complaint against Kutiyana Police Inspector M.D. Vala, Assistant Head Constable D.H. Jadeja, and a Porbandar Headquarters Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP).

The matter began in December 2021 when the petitioner, Mayaben, sought maintenance from her husband, Ranchhodbhai Viramgama. A year later, the court ordered the respondent to pay a monthly sum of ₹2,000.

When the respondent continuously defaulted, the court issued sentencing warrants in July 2024, ordering the police to commit him to civil imprisonment. However, the Kutiyana police sat on these judicial orders for nearly two years without providing any execution report.

When the court finally demanded answers, the local police submitted contradictory explanations to cover up the delay. Head Constable Jadeja filed a report claiming the respondent was untraceable and that the warrants were posted back to the court in late 2024.

The next day, Inspector Vala directly contradicted his subordinate, claiming the warrants were never posted back but had been "misplaced or lost" inside the police station.
The entire conspiracy unraveled in open court on 1 July 2026. Whilst the officers stood before the bench claiming the respondent was untraceable, the respondent himself calmly walked into the courtroom.

Judge Singh immediately placed the respondent under oath. The husband confessed that Kutiyana police personnel had picked him up the previous evening, held him at the station for two hours, and explicitly instructed him to appear in court on his own the next morning.

To verify the truth, the court demanded the police station's CCTV footage. A senior Porbandar DySP attempted to protect the staff, filing an inquiry report which claimed the respondent had simply "voluntarily stayed overnight" at the station due to his poor financial condition.

However, the station's gate camera footage clearly showed the respondent arriving on a motorcycle, holding a lengthy discussion with Head Constable Jadeja, and later being driven out in an official government vehicle the next morning.

Slamming the department, Judge Singh observed that a police station is a secure public office, not a hotel or a charitable guest house where citizens can stay without formal entries in the station diary logs. The court held that the police had engaged in illegal detention and tampered with public documents to help a defaulter evade justice.

Rejecting the police reports, the court ordered its senior clerk to lodge a comprehensive criminal case against Inspector Vala, Head Constable Jadeja, and the Headquarters DySP at the Keshod Police Station within five days. Copies of the order have been forwarded to the Director General of Police (DGP), Gujarat, for strict departmental action.