A female advocate from Tis Hazari Bar has moved the Supreme Court alleging sexual assault, physical abuse, and illegal detention by Gurugram police while assisting a client in a matrimonial case at Sector 50 police station.
A female advocate and executive member of the Tis Hazari Bar Association has approached the Supreme Court, alleging that she was sexually assaulted, beaten, and unlawfully detained by Gurugram police officials while accompanying a client to the Sector 50 police station regarding a matrimonial issue.
The case was presented today before a bench consisting of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and A.G. Masih, who instructed the petitioner’s counsel to obtain a copy of the FIR filed against her by the Gurugram police.
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When the counsel indicated that the Investigating Officer had not provided the FIR despite requests, the bench suggested that a formal application should be made to the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM).
Justice Masih inquired,
“Is a lawyer required to get that (a direction from Court)? The Bar is not with you?”
Referencing the many lawyers present in support of the petitioner, Justice Mishra further added,
“Which CJM will refuse when a battery of lawyers appears?”
Justice Masih also expressed concern over the large gathering of lawyers in court, stating, “We don’t need any exhibits at all,” after the petitioner’s counsel clarified that the presence of multiple lawyers was spontaneous and not organized by her.
According to the petition, the incident occurred on May 21, 2025, when the advocate accompanied her client to file a complaint at the Gurugram police station.
The petition claims that police officials obstructed her from submitting the complaint, leading to her sexual assault by two male officers, physical assault by female officers, and unlawful detention without an arrest memo or notification to her family.
It is further alleged that the officials attempted to force her to consume an unidentified liquid, which she refused. Although she was taken to a hospital in Gurugram afterward, the petition states that no Medico-Legal Certificate (MLC) was prepared before she was returned to the station.
The following day, she filed complaints at the Police Post Tis Hazari in Delhi, PS Subzi Mandi, and PS Women Police Station, Gurugram.
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FIRs were registered against multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including Sections 4(2), 74, 75, 79, 115(2), 126(2), 351(2), 324(4), and 3(5). In retaliation, the Gurugram police registered an FIR against her under Sections 121(1), 132, 221, and 351(3) of the BNS.
Fearing ongoing harassment, wrongful prosecution, and physical harm, the advocate has requested the following reliefs from the Supreme Court:
- Transfer of all three FIRs to an independent investigative agency like the CBI or to Delhi Police.
- Police protection for herself.
- Disciplinary action against the involved Gurugram police officers.
Her plea states that the incident raises “serious constitutional issues concerning abuse of state power, gender-based targeting, professional persecution, and the collapse of procedural safeguards.”
She also argues that the conduct of the police violated established legal protections, including those outlined in DK Basu v. State of West Bengal, Arnesh Kumar v. State of Bihar, and Satendra Kumar Antil v. CBI.
The petition invokes violations of her fundamental rights under Articles 14, 19(1)(g), 21, and 22 of the Constitution of India.
The matter is scheduled for another hearing tomorrow.
Case Title: AS v. STATE OF HARYANA, W.P.(Crl.) No. 235/2025