Man, daughter disturb court proceedings, sent to judicial custody

SANGRUR: Am an and his daughter were sent to 14 days of judicial custody for disturbing the proceedings of a court in Sunam, Sangrur district, on Wednesday.

The matter pertains to the court of judicial magistrate, first class, Nirmala Devi.

On Tuesday, B al win der Singh and his daughter Gagandeep Kaur disturbed the proceedings by sh outing in the court and at the magistrate.

In her complaint to police, the judge said: “I was holding my court and as the lawyers were on a strike, I adjourned Gag an dee p’ s case. Her father came to the court and started arguing with the copyist. When I asked him to maintain the decor um, he started shouting and even levelled allegations against the court.”

The judge stated: “I asked Balwinder to call the proxy counsel. But he said in Punjabi: ‘Mainu nahi pata proxy counsel kaun hunda hai, te mai nahi kise nu bulana. Tu case di date kive pa diti (I don’t know what a proxy counsel is and thus I am not calling anyone. How can you adjourn the case?)’.”

The complaint says Gagandeep also shouted in the court and told the judge :“T um ere daddy nu court vi ch kid an bit has ak di ha in. Ten una hi pa tamera daddy heart dam ari zhai(How can you ask my father to sit in the court? He is a heart patient).”

They have been booked under sections353 (assault to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 228 (intentional insult to public servant sitting in judicial proceeding), of the IPC.