Page 23 - STATE v ARIF & ORS. SC-NO-540-2022 PART 1

Wednesday, November 12, 2003

Lawyer slaps SI in

court, apologises

TLMES NewS NETWORK his statement. Khalid had
sold the computers to Ashfaq
New Delhi: An advocate rep- who used them to set-up an
resenting the prime accused institute ln Okhla.
in the Red Fort shootout case On Tuesday, sub-inspector
allegedly slapped a special Harender Singh produced
cell sub-inspector on Tues- the computers before the
day while the case was being court. Singh denied Tufail 's
heard before additional ses- claim that the seal of the
sions judge 0 P Saini. computer was broken. When
The north district police Tufail attempted to handle
have registered a case of the seal, Singh removed the
threatening and obstructing comPuter saying the advo-
a government official on duty cate was not permitted to
against advocate R M Tufail touch it.
who later apologised for the This enraged Tufail who
incident. The judge made a allegedly threatened to slap
note of the disruption as well the sub-inspect01: Singh an-
as Tufail's apology in judicial swered back following which
proceedings. Tufail allegedly slappell him.
According to the police. The sub-inspector \Vas imme-
witness Mohammad Khalid diately taken to Aruna Asaf
had come to the court to give Ali hospital for a medicaL
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