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The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday took suo-motu discover of the incident. (Representative Image: Shutterstock)
The 55-year-old girl was assaulted and paraded semi-naked in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district allegedly by her son’s in-laws after he eloped with a lady and married her in opposition to the desires of her household
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday took suo-motu discover of an incident in which a lady was allegedly assaulted and paraded semi-naked by her son’s in-laws in Tarn Taran and mentioned it reminded of the “chirharan of Draupadi’ at the behest of the Kauravas in Mahabharat.
The 55-year-old woman was assaulted and paraded semi-naked in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district allegedly by her son’s in-laws after he eloped with a woman and married her against the wishes of her family.
The incident occurred in a village on March 31, a few days after the victim’s son eloped with the woman and married her, police had said. Justice Sanjay Vashisth took suo-motu (on its own) cognisance of the “barbaric and shameful incident” by way of media studies and determined to deal with the matter as public curiosity litigation.
Justice Vashisth can be the executive decide of the Tarn Taran classes division.
The matter was subsequently positioned earlier than a division bench of Acting Chief Justice G S Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji, which issued a discover of movement to the Punjab authorities.
“I am reminded of the historical event that had taken place during the Mahabharat era, that is, the chirharan of Draupadi at the behest of the Kauravas and the silence of the Pandavas, including Bhishma Pitamah, which ultimately resulted in the bloodshed of thousands of people in the Mahabharat war.
“After centuries thereafter, an ordinary common man does not expect even today that the ‘nyay pranali’ (judicial system) would be a mute spectator to such incidents, happening sinfully and openly under the nose of the administration,” Justice Vashisth noticed.
“Being the administrative judge of the Tarn Taran sessions division, I am of the considered opinion that cognisance of this incident is required to be taken suo-motu on the judicial side because the high court cannot be a mute spectator to such incidents, where the respect and modesty of a lady is outraged openly, and despite taking required steps, police and the other authorities concerned show or adopt a lacklustre attitude and do not initiate prompt action,” the decide mentioned.
Police had mentioned 4 folks had been arrested in reference to the incident.
According to the criticism filed by the sufferer, she was alone at house when her son’s in-laws allegedly assaulted her and tore her garments off. They paraded her in the village in a semi-naked situation, the sufferer alleged.
A video purported displaying the sufferer being paraded in the village surfaced on social media on Friday. Kulwinder Kaur Mani, the mom of the sufferer’s daughter-in-law, her brothers Sharanjit Singh Shanni and Gurcharan Singh, and household good friend Sunny Singh have been arrested in reference to the incident.
Based on the criticism, an FIR was registered on April 3 underneath Indian Penal Code sections 354 (assault or legal drive to girl with intent to outrage her modesty), 354B (assault or use of legal drive to girl with intent to disrobe), 354D (stalking), 323 (voluntarily inflicting damage) and 149 (illegal meeting).
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