Jaspal Singh Vs. State of U.P.

Jaspal Singh vs State of U.P.

Type Court Judgment Court Supreme Court of India Decided Jan 24, 1994

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Citation: sooperkanoon.com/669875
Court: Supreme Court of India
Judge: M.N. Venkatachaliah, C.J. and; S. Mohan, J.
Decided On: Jan 24, 1994
Case Number: Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 16 of 1994
Subject: Criminal

Case Summary

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Criminal - contempt - charges against police officials for contempt of Court as they beat and kicked detenu in full public view in Court premises - officials pleaded guilty and tendered unconditional apology - Order convicting for contempt of Court upheld. -

Key legal issue: Criminal

Parties & Advocates

Appellant / Petitioner

Jaspal Singh

Advocate Shri. Kailash Vasdev

Respondent

State of U.P.

Legal References

Reported In: 1994(1)SCALE326; 1995Supp(3)SCC234

Excerpt

criminal - contempt - charges against police officials for contempt of court as they beat and kicked detenu in full public view in court premises - officials pleaded guilty and tendered unconditional apology - order convicting for contempt of court upheld. - .....learned counsel who made the oral statements before the court and make an appropriate submission as to what course of action should be taken. if a person is brought to the court for purposes of production before court and the police use violence against him within the precincts of the supreme court or any court for that matter, the situation can only be described as alarming. these policemen have absolutely no conception of human rights, rule of law and the supremacy of the judicial authority. we direct the head of the police organisation concerned, namely cbi in this case, to be present in court at 2.00 pm so as to be answerable on behalf of his institution to this court.4. the additional solicitor general, upon his enquiry with the learned counsel, shall mention the names of the police officers who had so misbehaved so that appropriate and immediate action could be taken against them.5. in the meanwhile, the registrar general of this court will take satish into his custody, produce him before the doctor in the supreme court infirmary and get a medical certificate as to his physical condition from the doctor to be produced before us at 2 p.m. until further orders, satish will remain in the custody of the registrar general of this court.6. the home secretary, union of india and the director, central bureau of investigation shall be present in court at 2 p.m.

Full Judgment

ORDER

1. We have heard Shri Kailash Vasdev, learned Counsel for the petitioner and Shri Altar Ahmad, learned Addl. Solicitor General for the respondent.

2. It would appear that pursuant to the directions of this Court issued on Friday, the Police brought the detenu Satish to the Court to be produced before this Court. It is stated by Shri Kailash Vasdev, learned Counsel for the petitioner that upon the sight of the pitiable physical state of Satish, his mother broke down and a few learned Counsels of this Court expressed grave concern at the sight which they claimed to have witnessed that Satish was beaten up and manhandled by the Police just outside the Court-hall within the precincts of the Supreme Court.

3. If this is true, this situation is quite serious. We, therefore, direct learned Addl. Solicitor General to meet the learned Counsel who made the oral statements before the Court and make an appropriate submission as to what course of action should be taken. If a person is brought to the Court for purposes of production before Court and the Police use violence against him within the precincts of the Supreme Court or any court for that matter, the situation can only be described as alarming. These Policemen have absolutely no conception of human rights, rule of law and the supremacy of the judicial authority. We direct the Head of the Police Organisation concerned, namely CBI in this case, to be present in Court at 2.00 PM so as to be answerable on behalf of his institution to this Court.

4. The Additional Solicitor General, upon his enquiry with the learned Counsel, shall mention the names of the Police Officers who had so misbehaved so that appropriate and immediate action could be taken against them.

5. In the meanwhile, the Registrar General of this Court will take Satish into his custody, produce him before the Doctor in the Supreme Court infirmary and get a medical certificate as to his physical condition from the Doctor to be produced before us at 2 P.M. Until further orders, Satish will remain in the custody of the registrar general of this Court.

6. The Home Secretary, Union of India and the Director, Central Bureau of Investigation shall be present in Court at 2 P.M.

Same Court & Year Supreme Court of India · 1994 Same Parties Jaspal Singh vs State of U.P. Same Subject Criminal Same Judge M.N. Venkatachaliah, C.J. and; S. Mohan, J.

Criminal