Man who tore constable’s PPE kit in Sector 30, Chandigarh gets bail
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 26
The court of Additional Sessions Judge Dr Gagan Geet Kaur has granted bail to a person, who allegedly tore the PPE kit of a policeman on duty at Sector 30, which was a containment zone.
Abhilash (26), a resident of Sector 30-B, was booked by the Chandigarh Police on June 1 under Sections 186, 188, 269, 270, 353 of the IPC at the Industrial Area police station. The case was registered on the complaint of constable Sachin, wherein he stated that the accused used criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty.
He said on June 1, when he was urging people to stay indoors, Abhilash started abusing him and also tore his PPE kit. He also provoked other people to come out against the Administration.
The public prosecutor for the state vehemently opposed the bail application and submitted that the accused had done a serious offence by violating the Administration’s orders passed due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
AS Gujral, counsel for the accused, said the accused had been falsely implicated in the case. He said the police were just covering up their failure to give timely help to an old woman patient in the containment zone. The counsel further submitted that the accused was not alone to raise the objection to call an ambulance inside the zone, but all other residents were also insisting for the same.
After hearing the arguments of both parties, the Judge said the alleged offence had been committed during Covid-19. The court could not ignore the mental health of the general public, particularly of the public of containment zone, during the period of Covid-19.
He said at the same time, the court was also conscious about the circumstances and pressure under which police officials had been performing their duties day and night by risking their lives during the pandemic. After considering both factors, the court was of the opinion that the applicant-accused deserved concession of anticipatory bail as no purpose would be served by taking him into custody as nothing was to be recovered from him.
