Maid assault case: Court directs Delhi police to take victim’s statement
A court here on Friday directed the Delhi police to get the statement of a teenaged victim, who was allegedly assaulted and confined by a 50-year-old multinational woman executive, recorded before a magistrate.
During arguments on the bail plea of accused Vandana Dhir, the employer of the victim, metropolitan magistrate Gomati Manocha asked the police to get the girl’s statement. It also directed the police to probe the whereabouts of Kajal, who was earlier working as a maid in the executive’s house.
‘I would not like to hear arguments from the police or you (Dhir). I want to hear the version of the girl and then I will hear arguments on the bail plea. I will go through her statement before passing my order. Her statement is very crucial,’ the magistrate said.
‘I want the statement of the girl tomorrow before 12.30 PM,’ the court said while deferring the arguments on the bail plea of Dhir till Saturday.
The police informed the court that they have already moved an application for getting the statement of the victim recorded by a magistrate under section 164 CrPC in the hospital, where she is being treated for her injuries.
The court also asked the police to record the statement of Dhir’s neighbour, who had informed an NGO about the incident, and the doctor, who was treating the victim after the executive’s counsel claimed that the girl was mentally unstable.
Delhi Police was also asked by the court as to why the placement agent, held for providing a domestic help to a 50-year-old woman was not made a prosecution witness in the case.
‘Why did you (police) not make her (accused) a prosecution witness instead of arresting her? She would have been a very important prosecution witness in the case,’ metropolitan magistrate Gomati Manocha said, while remanding the placement agent Dorothy to judicial custody till 7 October.
During arguments on the bail plea of accused Vandana Dhir, the employer of the victim, metropolitan magistrate Gomati Manocha asked the police to get the girl’s statement. It also directed the police to probe the whereabouts of Kajal, who was earlier working as a maid in the executive’s house.
‘I would not like to hear arguments from the police or you (Dhir). I want to hear the version of the girl and then I will hear arguments on the bail plea. I will go through her statement before passing my order. Her statement is very crucial,’ the magistrate said.
‘I want the statement of the girl tomorrow before 12.30 PM,’ the court said while deferring the arguments on the bail plea of Dhir till Saturday.
The police informed the court that they have already moved an application for getting the statement of the victim recorded by a magistrate under section 164 CrPC in the hospital, where she is being treated for her injuries.
The court also asked the police to record the statement of Dhir’s neighbour, who had informed an NGO about the incident, and the doctor, who was treating the victim after the executive’s counsel claimed that the girl was mentally unstable.
Delhi Police was also asked by the court as to why the placement agent, held for providing a domestic help to a 50-year-old woman was not made a prosecution witness in the case.
‘Why did you (police) not make her (accused) a prosecution witness instead of arresting her? She would have been a very important prosecution witness in the case,’ metropolitan magistrate Gomati Manocha said, while remanding the placement agent Dorothy to judicial custody till 7 October.