New Delhi: A lawyer, who accused his wife
of injuring herself to entrap him in a criminal case, was at
the receiving end today with the Delhi High Court, in an
unusual order, asking him to self-inflict the injuries
before the police to prove his charge.
The Court directed the lawyer, Arjun, to undergo such
an exercise before the police to ascertain whether the
injuries sustained by his wife, Neha, were self inflicted or
not.
Vacation judge Justice S N Dhingra said that the
anticipatory bail plea of the lawyer will be heard only if he
was able to prove the allegations against his wife.
"If the applicant is able to show that these injuries
can be self-inflicted on the same part of the body as were
found on body parts of the wife, this court shall consider
this application of bail," Justice Dhingra said.
The court also directed the man to inform the police
before conducting such an exercise so that it could be video
graphed by them.
"The SHO shall be informed by the petitioner before he
starts inflicting these kinds of injuries on himself and the
Inspector shall prepare a video of the injuries so inflicted
by the applicant on himself. After inflicting injuries, the
SHO shall take him to the hospital for opinion," the court
said.
The court imposed such a condition after the lawyer
contended that the allegation levelled by his wife was false
and he can prove how such injuries can be self-inflicted.
Arjun and Neha married in 2007 and a child was born
out of the wedlock. But their relationship was marred by
frequent quarrel.
Neha left the house in 2008 and lodged an FIR
against her husband but they reached a compromise and the she
withdrew the case.
She again lodged a criminal case under the Domestic
Violence Act against Arjun in 2009 for beating her and left
the home.
Fearing arrest in the criminal case, the lawyer
approached the High Court for anticipatory bail.
-PTI
First Published: Thursday, June 17, 2010, 00:54