Manhandling the accused !! - MP cop gets 3 months jail for contempt case

MP cop gets 3 months jail for contempt case

11 Jan 2009, 0000 hrs IST, TNN

JABALPUR: The Madhya Pradesh high court has sentenced a police inspector to three months imprisonment after finding him guilty of contempt of court charges here on Friday. The court, however, has suspended the execution of its order for 60 days, allowing him time to move the Supreme Court.

Inspector Kailash Nahata, currently posted in the office of the Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission, was charged with dragging out an accused in a dowry case from a trial court in Sagar district some time ago as the judge was about pronounce the judgment.

The inspector was also accused of manhandling the dowry case accused after dragging him out of the court room by his collar. When the trial court took the matter seriously, the inspector filed a case against the victim (the dowry case accused) in a bid to save himself from the charges of contempt of court.

However, the case was referred to the HC, where the matter was heard in detail and subsequently the inspector was found guilty of the charges. The Bench of Justice R S Garg and Justice U C Maheshwari took the act of the inspector very seriously and sentenced him to three months imprisonment.


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