Mobile snatcher escapes Noida Police custody, nabbed from Delhi
Noida: A 26-year-old man accused of mobile snatching escaped from police custody while undergoing treatment at a government hospital here but was nabbed from Delhi as he was trying to flee to his native place in Bihar, police said here on Wednesday.
Shyam Kumar and Sameer Ali were initially arrested from Noida Sector 15-A on Monday night.
According to police, a team of officials checking vehicles on Monday night signalled Shyam Kumar and Sameer Ali, riding a bike, to stop. Instead, they sped up the two-wheeler and tried to flee but in vain as the bike skidded on the road, an official said.
Shyam Kumar opened fire and the police team retaliated in self-defence, injuring the accused in his leg, the official said, adding he was taken to the district hospital in Noida Sector 39 for treatment.
However, he managed to flee from the hospital on Tuesday morning despite several police personnel deployed there.
Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP), Noida, Sumit Kumar Shukla said, "A departmental enquiry was set up against the police officials who were deployed at the hospital and three teams were formed to arrest Shyam Kumar."
"He was arrested by the Noida Police from Delhi on Tuesday morning. A country-made pistol and cartridges have been seized from him," he said, adding Shyam Kumar has eight cases registered against him.
A case of theft and under the Arms Act has been registered against Shyam Kumar, a resident of Begusarai in Bihar, police said.
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BCI urges CJI to take action against Andhra HC judge for sending young lawyer to 24-hour custody
New Delhi (PTI): The Bar Council of India on Wednesday sought the urgent intervention of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant following a "deeply disturbing" incident where a judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court reportedly sent a young advocate to
24-hour judicial custody over a procedural lapse.
The Bar Council of India (BCI) Chairperson and senior advocate Manan Kumar Mishra, in a formal representation, termed the conduct of Justice Tarlada Rajasekhar Rao "grossly inappropriate" and "damaging to the confidence of the Bar".
“I most respectfully request your Lordship to kindly take immediate institutional cognizance of the matter and call for the video recording of the proceedings, the order passed, and the surrounding circumstances.
“I further request that appropriate administrative action may kindly be considered, including withdrawal of judicial work from the learned Judge pending review, his immediate transfer to some far off High Court, and his nomination for appropriate judicial training/orientation on court management, judicial temperament, Bar-Bench relations, and proportional exercise of contempt/judicial authority,” Mishra wrote.
This representation is made to preserve the “dignity, moral authority and public confidence of the judiciary”, he said, adding, “Judges command the highest respect not by fear, but by fairness, patience, restraint and constitutional humility”.
The communication urged the CJI to intervene at the earliest to ensure that the faith of Bar, particularly young advocates, in the protective and corrective role of the judiciary is restored.
The controversy stems from proceedings on May 5.
According to the BCI, a video circulating online shows Justice Rao rebuking a young advocate who was unable to produce a specific order copy during a hearing.
The letter said that despite the advocate "repeatedly seeking pardon and mercy" and claiming he was in physical pain, the judge remained "unmoved".
The judge allegedly told the lawyer, "now you will learn," and mocked his experience before directing the Registrar and police personnel to take him into custody for 24 hours.
The BCI chairperson said that the judge’s actions lacked proportionality and fairness.
"The dignity of the court is not enhanced when a lawyer is made to beg for grace in open court and is still sent to custody for a procedural lapse," the letter said.
"A young lawyer... is an officer of the Court, still learning, still growing, and entitled to correction without humiliation," it added.
The bar body said that such actions create a "chilling effect" on the legal fraternity, particularly among junior members, and undermine the mutual respect required between the Bench and the Bar.
