Police cannot investigate sex determination offences under PCPNDT Act: SC

Police cannot ordinarily investigate offences related to foetal sex determination under PCPNDT Act, says SCNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that police cannot ordinarily investigate offences related to foetal sex determination under the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (PCPNDT Act), holding that authorities designated under the law must take the lead in such cases.A bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice NK Singh, as per the Bar and Bench, said the police can have only a limited and supplementary role when required by the Appropriate Authority (AA), which is authorised under the Act to file complaints."Police are not meant to be the investigators for the purposes of this act. Recourse to the police be avoid