Police logo on pvt vehicle? Report the crime to cops

Friday, Feb 04, 2011




Don't let the Delhi Police logo bother you form now onwards if it is on a private vehicle. Note down the vehicle's licence plate number and report it to the traffic police. In a move to curb the misdeeds of Delhi Police officers on the roads, the Delhi Traffic Police have issued a circular to all the districts informing them that "If any private vehicle - bike or car - has a registration number plate with the Delhi Police logo or Delhi Police written on it, then person concerned will be prosecuted". The officers will have to pay Rs 2,000 fine for the offence starting from February 15.

"We have been getting a lot of complaints that several police officers have the logo or 'DP' written on the number plates of their private vehicles. They are wrong in thinking that they will be barred from prosecution. We will prosecute them under the Motor Vehicles Act," said Satyendra Garg, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic).

The officers, meanwhile, have already started removing the logos from their vehicles. An officer said that "a large number of traffic challans every year pertain to defective number plates. According to section 39 of the MV Act, no one can put an extraneous mark on the number plates of private vehicles. The number plate should not be of distinct size and distinct character".

Officials said that over 20 lakh people are prosecuted for different violations in Delhi every year and registration number plate has a sizeable share in the violations. "Police officers have been escaping prosecution thus far on the pretext of identity proof, but no one can be above the law," said the officer.

"According to the Motor Vehicles Act, the size of registration plate should be 200X100 mm for two/three-wheelers and 540X200 mm or 500X120 mm for cars. The letters in the registration mark should be in English and numerals in Arabic," the officer added. For transport vehicles, the writing should be in black on a yellow background, and for others, black on a white background. Further, the rear plate must have the number in two lines, while the one in front can show it in a single line.

Original news source http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Police-logo-on-pvt-vehicle-Report-the-crime-to-cops/articleshow/7420804.cms