Tis Hazari Court witnessed a little drama on Thursday when two senior officers of the Delhi Police were detained by a magistrate in his courtroom.
Irked that the police had ignored his direction to provide security to a witness claiming threat to his life, metropolitan magistrate (MM) Ashish Aggarwal asked the two cops — DCP (security) Ajay Kumar and additional DCP (special cell) Shivesh Singh to remain in court till it presides for the day. The duo had appeared in response to court summons around 10 am on Thursday on a contempt of court plea filed by one Madanlal Suryvwanshi, a former candidate for assembly elections. Suryvwanshi had alleged that he was being threatened by political rivals as he had filed cases against them.
The metropolitan magistrate had earlier issued a showcause notice asking the two officers to explain why they shouldn’t be referred for contempt action to the Delhi high court for failing to protect a witness despite court orders. Pointing out that the HC has repeatedly stressed that witnesses ought to be granted protection, the magistrate expressed his unhappiness with the way Delhi Police treated the court order.
After the officers had waited for almost two hours, the district judge transferred the case from the MM’s court to that of chief metropolitan magistrate (CMM) who allowed the officers to leave. She asked Suryvwanshi to approach the Delhi Legal Services Commitee.
Suryvwanshi said: ‘‘I hadfiled two cases against senior Congress leaders, including CM Sheila Dikshit and Sajjan Kumar, regarding poll malpractices in April 2004 and November 2008. Ever since, I have been threatened. I moved the court. However, even after directions to the police by the court on 26 February, the police did not provide me the security.”
Source:- TheTimes of India 11 June 2010 Page 3Delhi
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