The Delhi High Court on Monday granted interim protection from arrest till May 23 to a woman accused in connection with a case of police officers allegedly dragging a lady lawyer out of her residence to arrest her despite the court’s order against any coercive action.
The FIR relates to an incident of December 18, when lawyer Deepa Arya was dragged out of her house.
The lawyer had earlier claimed that the Safdarjung Enclave police officers broke open the main door of her house in Mayur Vihar-I and then dragged her out of her residence while pulling her hair.
Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, who was hearing the anticipatory bail of the accused woman, said she should not be arrested till the next date of hearing on May 23.
The counsel for the accused, Purnima Uppal, sought the relief saying she has to take care of her three children.
Threats and intimidation
Delhi Police Standing Counsel (criminal) Rahul Mehra vehemently opposed the plea saying the accused was part and parcel of everything which the policemen were doing and she was abusing the entire system by threats and intimidation.
He said that the police has been searching for her for the last several days and her custody was required to unearth the whole conspiracy, including reaching out to other accused and the incident of burning cars of three lawyers.
