Durga Sharma v. The State & ORS

$~21 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 1143/2018 DURGA SHARMA ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Adv.

Versus

THE STATE & ORS ..... Respondent Through: Ms. Kamna Vohra, ASC for State with ASI Som Dutt, P.S. Sarita Vihar.

Mr. Rajiv Ktaria and Ms. Debjani Das P, Advs. for R-4 and R-5.

Mr. Ravindra Adsure with Ms. Himanshi Gupta, Advs. for R-7.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAJMI WAZIRI

O R D E R

% 27.08.2018 The petitioner was given protection by the SHO of the area of her erstwhile residence till 11.07.2018. She has since changed her residence. The learned counsel for the petitioner states that her latest address in Delhi shall be supplied to the SHO of the concerned area. The said SHO shall accord her protection in terms of threat as may be assessed by him, from any party in particular from the respondents arrayed in the petition. The address shall not be disclosed to anybody. The learned counsel for respondent nos. 4 & 5 - parents of the petitioner, states that the said respondents are shocked and surprised at the allegations made against them. As parents they would be most concerned about the safety and security of their own daughter and there can be no threat to any kind whatsoever from them to petitioner no. 1. Her husband has been impleaded as a party. Amended Memo of Parties is not on record. Let the same be brought on record. The learned counsel for respondent no. 7 - husband states that he is most concerned

about the safety and security of his wife and there can be no threat from him to his wife. The learned counsel for the parents and the husband state that they will not approach the petitioner since she desires to stay away from them.

Additionally, the petitioner shall be provided with telephone numbers of three police officers from the jurisdiction of the concerned Police Station of which one shall be of a lady police officer. These numbers shall be kept operational at all times so that any exigency can be intimated on either of the numbers by the petitioner. The learned counsel for the State further states 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 petitioner 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 for a month. The Beat Constable shall record entries in his Beat Book. No further orders are required at this stage. The petition stands disposed-off accordingly. A copy of this order be given dasti to the learned counsel for the parties under the signature of the Court Master. NAJMI WAZIRI, J.

AUGUST 27, 2018 acm