The Supreme Court of India took suo motu cognisance of the brutal assault of an advocate and directed the Delhi Police Commissioner to assign the probe to an officer. It sought a status report on hospitals denying treatment.”
The Supreme Court took cognisance of the alleged brutal assault of a woman advocate by her husband in Delhi.
The court directed the Delhi Police Commissioner to transfer the investigation to a senior officer preferably a woman in the rank of ACP or DCP.
Acting on a suo motu basis, a bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice J. P. Bagchi also instructed the investigating officer to examine allegations that three hospitals refused to admit the victim.
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Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for the police, told the bench that an FIR has been registered and that the victim’s husband who is the prime accused was arrested on the intervening night of April 25 and 26.
The bench stated that it initiated suo motu proceedings after a letter sought urgent judicial intervention in the matter.
After reviewing the complaint, the court noted allegations that the victim’s in-laws had taken away her two minor children and that their whereabouts were not known.
The bench directed the police to ascertain the children’s location and asked the investigating officer to file a status report on the probe before the court.
The accused, Manoj Kumar, a resident of Sonia Vihar, was arrested from the Khajuri Khas area on Sunday. Police said Kumar allegedly stabbed his 38-year-old wife on April 22.
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The police said,
“During interrogation, Kumar confessed to the crime and told police that he attacked his wife following a family dispute,”
Investigators believe domestic discord may have been behind the assault, though they are checking all possible angles.
Case Title: In Re: Brutal Assault on a Member of the Legal Fraternity and need For Judicial Intervention