Plea to quash charges of threatening woman cop dismissed
29 April 2012 11:25 PM IST
A plea by three men to quash a magisterial court charges against them for threatening a woman police personnel and hindering her in performing her duties 11 years ago, has been dismissed by a Delhi sessions court.
Northwest Delhi residents Sandeep, Nitin and Rahul had been put on trial by the magisterial court for threatening Assistant Sub-Inspector Rajwanti Deshwal on October 24, 2001 and obstructing her from performing her duty.
The trio had allegedly threatened Deshwal and used physical force in a bid to to stop her from issuing them a traffic challan to pay Rs 100 as fine for parking their motorcycle in a no-parking zone.
The trio had reached the police station after coming to know that their motorcycle had been towed away and had entered into an altercation with her as she proceeded to prepare the challan.
Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh Kumar rejected their plea to quash charges against them saying "there was grave suspicion that the trio had committed the offence."
"I am of the view that, prima facie, it is apparent that the complainant was discharging her public duties of issuance of the challan, at the time of alleged incident.
"Further, they after sharing the said common intention, used criminal force to deter the complainant, woman ASI, Rajwanti Deshwal, from discharging her public duties," the court said.
Northwest Delhi residents Sandeep, Nitin and Rahul had been put on trial by the magisterial court for threatening Assistant Sub-Inspector Rajwanti Deshwal on October 24, 2001 and obstructing her from performing her duty.
The trio had allegedly threatened Deshwal and used physical force in a bid to to stop her from issuing them a traffic challan to pay Rs 100 as fine for parking their motorcycle in a no-parking zone.
The trio had reached the police station after coming to know that their motorcycle had been towed away and had entered into an altercation with her as she proceeded to prepare the challan.
Additional Sessions Judge Ramesh Kumar rejected their plea to quash charges against them saying "there was grave suspicion that the trio had committed the offence."
"I am of the view that, prima facie, it is apparent that the complainant was discharging her public duties of issuance of the challan, at the time of alleged incident.
"Further, they after sharing the said common intention, used criminal force to deter the complainant, woman ASI, Rajwanti Deshwal, from discharging her public duties," the court said.
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