High Court of DelhiW.P.(CRL)/19/2019

Khachedu Singh v. The State ( NCT Of Delhi) & ORS

2019-01-07Hon'Ble Mr. Justice Najmi Waziri2 pages

$~25 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 19/2019 KHACHEDU SINGH ..... Petitioner Through:

Mr. M. Hasibuddin, Advocate with Petitioner in person.

Versus

THE STATE ( NCT OF DELHI) & ORS.

..... Respondents Through:

Ms. Nandita Rao, Additional Standing Counsel with SI Arvind Kumar, P.S. Kalindi Kunj.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAJMI WAZIRI

O R D E R

% 07.01.2019 The petitioner seeks protection apropos alleged harassment by his sons, who have been arrayed as respondent Nos. 2, 3 and 4 in this petition, and by one of his daughters-in-law. He is 75 years old and is living with his 4th son in a separate property in Delhi.

Ms. Rao, the learned counsel for the State submits that the complaint shall be looked into and the petitioner shall be provided due protection by the Station House Officer (SHO) of the area of his residence in Delhi. She submits that the petitioner will be interacted with and will be provided three telephone numbers of police officers, which shall be kept operational at all times so that any exigency can be intimated on either of the numbers by the petitioner. The Court is assured by the learned counsel for the State that any message received on the said numbers or on any other telephone number of

the police either by way of a telephone call or SMS shall be immediately responded to. Additionally, the Beat Constable/Division Staff of the area shall regularly visit the residence of the petitioners on a daily basis and report the same in the Roznamcha. The safety and security of the petitioner shall be assessed by the SHO on a weekly basis with due endorsement of the same in the Roznamcha. The Beat Constable shall record entries in his Beat Book.

The learned counsel for the State submits that the respondents No. 2 to 4 shall be duly impressed upon by the SHO of the area of the imperative to maintain peace. She also assures the Court that the police officer present in the Court will interact with the petitioner in the Court itself and he and the SHO concerned shall assure the petitioner of his safety. Should the petitioner shift his address to the jurisdiction of any other Police Station in Delhi, the same protection shall be granted to him by the SHO of the subsequent Police Station as well. No further orders are required.

The petition stands disposed-off in terms of the above. A copy of this order be given dasti to the learned counsel for the parties under signature of the Court Master.

NAJMI WAZIRI, J.

JANUARY 07, 2019 sb