Bhopal: Additional District Judge (ADJ) in
Indore, G P Agrawal has been suspended for misconduct while
delivering a judgement in connection with a case of purse
snatching last year.
"Order in regard to his suspension was served yesterday,"
Madhya Pradesh High Court Registrar General T K Koushal said
today without divulging details of the case.
On the other hand, Agrawal, who is also the president of
Madhya Pradesh Judges Association, said that he has not
received the suspension order yet.
"I will not comment over the matter," Agrawal said
this morning.
Acting on a complaint received, the District Vigilance
Judge of Indore had taken away the laptop of Agrawal on March
10 in which he had drafted two separate orders, one regarding
acquittal and an another that of convicting the accused in
connection with the purse snatching case, highly placed
sources in Indore District Court said.
Subsequently, a report was sent to the Madhya Pradesh
High Court in this regard, sources added.
PTI
