Chandigarh/Ludhiana, May 6
A day after she was taken in custody, scribe Bhavana was at this time granted interim bail. The order by Justice Augustine George Masih that got here after particular night listening to will stay in operation until Monday no less than
She and two others had moved the High Court for quashing the FIR registered under the provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the provisions of the IPC after claiming that the case was “nothing however political witch-hunt on state of Punjab’s half”
Senior advocates RS Rai and Chetan Mittal with counsel Gautam Dutt appeared earlier than the Bench on the petitioners’ behalf. The plea added that the information channel she was working for had been reporting towards Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for establishing/renovating his official residence at the price of Rs 45 crore. The petition added the group she works for obtained an invite for inauguration of government-run clinic at Ludhiana. While the petitioners have been returning, the automobile most likely brushed previous a rickshaw after which they have been requested to come back out of the automobile. On arrival of the police, they have been illegally detained. Thereafter, a narrative was framed alleging {that a} Ludhiana resident was on her method together with two others to attend inauguration of the clinic by the Delhi CM and have been hit by a rashly pushed automobile, leading to harm to her proper hand. It was additionally alleged that the petitioners used casteist remarks towards the complainant.
Earlier at this time, the trio was produced earlier than ADJ Harbans Singh Lekhi, who despatched them to 14-day judicial custody.— TNS
EDITOR’S GUILD, PRESS CLUB SLAM ARREST
- Several press our bodies, together with the Editors Guild of India, voiced concern over the detention of a information channel’s lady reporter by the Punjab Police
- The Editors Guild stated she was taken away in a automobile by a policeman with out the presence of girls personnel, which is towards well-established procedures
- “Law enforcement companies ought to have exercised due restraint with respect to detention and submitting of FIR,” the guild stated
- Chandigarh Press Club and PCI condemned the arrest. “If an individual is hit by a automobile, under which regulation the passengers could be booked? How can one know the caste of the complainant? Who used the slur to be particular?”
