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| Petition against Katra 'police barbarism' | | SC adjourned hearing to July | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 21 : Supreme Court Vacation Bench comprising of Justice B.S. Chauhan and Justice A.K. Sikri today adjourned the petition of Panthers Party senior leaders namely, Anita Thakur, H.C. Jalmeria, Advocate and P.K. Ganjoo, Journalist against the barbaric attack against them and several other Panthers Party leaders on 7thAugust, 2007 who were leading the peaceful procession of Talwara Migrants to seek implementation of Supreme Court judgment dated 13.07.2006 in which Supreme Court had directed the Union of India and the State Govt. to release the relief in cash and kind to all the Jammu Migrants at par with Kashmiri Migrants, till after the Supreme Court vacation in July, 2014. The Supreme Court had admitted the petition and issued rule in 2008 on the petition filed by the three Panthers Party leaders mentioned above against J&K Govt., DG Police, Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma, the then District Magistrate, Reasi, S.S. Sambyal, the then SHO Katra, ASI, Sam Gill seeking criminal action against the guilty police officers and for their barbarism which was shown in a video film before the Supreme Court. The petitioners have also sought a relief and investigation by a sitting Judge of the High Court. Several police officers including the DP Police, IG Police, SP Udhampur, DSP Katra, SHO Katra had filed counter affidavits pleading not guilty. The case has been represented by K. Venugopal, senior most Advocate in the Supreme Court and Prof.Bhim Singh, Sr. Advocate and several other advocates.
The petitioner Anita Thakur had submitted detailed account of police atrocities on her while leading the procession of Jammu migrants.Mr. Jalmeria's leg was broken by the assaulting policemen whereas Anita was brutally assaulted. Both of them were treated in Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi for a month.
It is shocking that the police have filed a challan after five years of the incident against the petitioners before the Supreme Court and the case is also being tried by the Sessions Judge, Reasi. Prof.Bhim Singh said that justice has been delayed for seven years whereas the guilty policemen have been given promotion and SHO Katra S.S. Sambyal was awarded with Presidential Medal for their barbaric and inhuman assault on the Panthers Party workers. He said the Supreme Court shall hear the matter in July, 2014. |
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