Court orders FIR against inspector for assaulting staffer
Mohali, July 31 -- In a significant judicial development, a Mohali court has ordered the registration of an FIR against an inspector for allegedly assaulting a court employee during the production of SAD leader and former Punjab minister Bikram Singh Majithia at the District Court Complex on July 6.
According to the complaint, the incident occurred when Majithia was being brought to court in a disproportionate assets case.
Around 11.30 am, inspector Jashanpreet Singh allegedly approached Baljeet Singh, a chowkidar posted under the establishment of the civil judge (senior division), and asked him to open a gate near the Radha Soami Satsang Beas to allow Majithia a back-door entry, away from public view.
When the chowkidar insisted that prior permission from the judicial authorities was required, the inspector allegedly snatched the keys from him and pushed him. Later that day, Baljeet informed civil judge (senior division)-cum-additional chief judicial magistrate Anish Goyal that the inspector had also inflicted two to three blows on him. Pawan Kumar, the judge's reader, then filed a formal complaint, which was forwarded to the police for inquiry.
The directive to lodge an FIR came after the court observed that cognisable and non-compoundable offences had been committed against a public servant on duty. It ordered the Mohali SSP to ensure that appropriate legal action is taken....
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