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Staff Reporter (51) Harender Singh brougqt ·.
aU the computers into the
New Delhi court, as per the judge's dt-'·
rcction. Accused AshfaQ's
IN AN outrageous incident, a counsel. HM Tuffail. was
Senior Counsel appearing for standing too dose to the com,- ·
the accused in the Hed Fort puters produced in the court.·
shoot-out case slapped a Delhi to which the SI objected.
police personnel inside the Fearing that the computers
court on Tuesday. The inci- might get tampered \vith. he
dent. which took place in pres- asked the counsel to st<.l.y ,'
ence of Additional Sessions awav from them or else the ·
Judge (ASJ) OP Saini, has sealS might break. '
shocked senior police offidals, The counsel argued with''
who have registered a case the police oflicer and \vith(rut'-
against the adYocate. The in- any provocation slapped hi in
cident occurred in Court No on his face. The Sl was latc·r
116 at the Tis Hnzari courts taken for medical examina-
where the Red Fort case lion, even as the judge, \V-.,_d
hearing was underway. On \vitncssed the whole ineident,··
Tuesday. the judge had asked silently took note of the action ·
the prosecution to submit ev- in the day's proceedings.'
idence of a related incident, in However, Delhi police o!TicHtlS '
which certain computers were seP-m to have taken a seriou;• ·
seized by the Special Cell of note of the whole event. A s\> · ·
the Delhi police. nior offic.ial, commenting .on
The computers were seized the incident sa.i.d, "thLs incidcht
from Okhla <lt around the is a slap on the police and 'is,·
same time as the Hed Fort bound to demoralise the po·- . -
shoot-out that took place on lice force". Moreover in a sen-
December 22, 2000. The sen! sitive case like the Hed fort·
on the exhibits were broken shoot-out case, stich an inci- ·
and five computer monitors dent \\rill also be seen as a set-
were found. Four CI'Us, print- back to the antHerrorist dp- ·
ers and keyboards. all al- erations, the official added: '''
legedly seized during the in- Following the incident, the -
vestigation from I he comput- Special Branch of the DeJlV·
er ecnu-c run by main accused police has registered a ca~t~:
Mohammed Arif alias Ashfaq against Tuffail under IPC
at Gafoor Nagar near Okhl.a in Sections 186, 353, 332, !>06
south delhi. were discovered pertaining to obstructing or a
Mohanm1ed Khalid, a \\itne~s. government servant during
identified Ashfaq in court and duty, causing hurt and crim-
said that the latter had bought inal intimidation. _ .
~omputers from his shop However soon arter the in'-
in Gafoor Nagar. Deposing be- ddcnt counsel Tu!Tail ten~
fore the court, the investigat- dered an unconditional a pOl,_··
ing officer on behalf of lhe ogy in court on realising lii~-
Special Cell, sub-inspector folly. '