U.P.
judge transferred for ordering
constable to disrobe in court
Drew judge’s ire for not letting his car pass on court premises
Omar Rashid tary retirement. He also re-
LUCKNOW <
> Ghurelal was
allegedly forced by portedly broke down.
The Allahabad High Court on
the judge to take off
Saturday transferred a judge Police action
in Agra in western Uttar Pra- his shirt, belt and Director General of Police
desh to Mahoba in Bundelk- cap and made to O.P. Singh took the issue “ve-
hand after he allegedly or- stand in court for ry seriously” and raised it at
dered a police constable to almost an hour the appropriate level, U.P.
disrobe his khaki uniform in Police said in a tweet.
court as punishment for not most an hour on Friday. The “We stand by the dignity
giving passage to his car. policeman was reportedly of each and every policeman
Additional Chief Judicial being punished for not let- and appeal to all the sections
Magistrate, Agra, Santosh ting the judge’s vehicle pass of society to respect the ho-
Kumar Yadav was trans- on the court premises earlier nour of uniformed forces,”
ferred as full-time secretary in the day despite the latter the police said.
of the district legal services honking repeatedly. The Later, after the judge was
authority in Mahoba, HC re- constable was driving a pol- transferred, U.P. Police
gistrar general Mayank Ku- ice van carrying accused to thanked the DGP in another
mar Jain said in an order. be presented before court. tweet for “standing by the
The constable driver of Humiliated by the inci- honour of the lowest rung of
Agra police, identifi ed as dent which took place in a ju- the police force and for keep-
Ghurelal, was allegedly venile court in Malpura, ing the morale of the force
forced by the judge to take Agra, the constable then intact”.
off his shirt, belt and cap and wrote to the district police No statement was issued
made to stand in court for al- chief and applied for volun- by the judge in question.