SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir High Court today said the State Government should discontinue use of pellet guns for crowd control during law and order situation in view of the statement made by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Parliament.
“The (Union) Home Minister has said in the Lok Sabha that an expert committee will be framed to find substitutes to pellet guns.
“This statement should be sufficient for the Government to discontinue the use of pellet guns,” a division bench of the court said here while hearing a PIL.
The bench comprising Chief Justice N Paul Vasanthakumar and Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar said Singh’s statement also meant that the pellet guns were “not non-lethal”.
The Home Minister’s statement meant that in Kashmir it is not non-lethal weapon, the court said, adding the procedures have to be reasonable, fair and just.
The court directed the Government to provide necessary treatment to all those injured in the ongoing unrest and shift those, who need specialized medical attention, out of the State.
“Ensure that treatment is provided to the patients. Shift those who need specialized treatment,” it said. (AGENCIES)
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