Delhi court lets off bar association ex-prez with 40k fine in woman lawyer assault case
New Delhi Nov 30 PTI A Delhi court Tuesday let off Delhi High Court Bar Associations DHCBA ex-President Rajiv Khosla convicted for assaulting a woman lawyer in 1994 with a total compensation of Rs 40000 to the state and the victim The order on sentencing was pronounced in a courtroom thronged by hundreds of lawyers While few lawyers stood atop tables and chairs to hear the pronouncement others chanted slogans of Vakeel Ekta Zindabad and Rajiv Khosla Zindabad and applauded after the order Khosla was convicted last month in the assault case for offences punishable under Sections 323 voluntarily causing hurt and 506 criminal intimidation of the India Penal Code IPC Complainant Sujata Kohli had alleged that Khosla grabbed her by her hair and dragged her in August 1994 The maximum punishment under these Sections entails jail term of up to two years Kohli who was a lawyer at Tis Hazari court at that time went on to become a judge in the Delhi judiciary and retired as a District and Sessions Judge last year Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gajender Singh Nagar ordered For 323 IPC Khosla has to pay a compensation of Rs 20000 – Rs 10000 each to state and victim and for 506 IPC he has to pay Rs 20 thousand – Rs 10 thousand each to state and victim within one month Before the order was pronounced chaos marked the courtroom with lawyers chanting shame shame shame and saying that the judge was working under pressure Police personnel also stood outside the courtroom for security This court was favouring the complaint in all manner She took undue advantage of her position after becoming the judge advocate Birender Sangwa representing Khosla told the court Kohli who appeared through the video conference said that post-judgment Khosla used unparliamentary language against the court and the judge Why is he being allowed to enter the court with a crowd He is here with 100s of lawyers The convict is again and again reflecting that he has no regard for rule of law He loves to abuse the court she said Advocate Sangwa rebutted saying that his client neither used unparliamentary langue in the court nor threatened her or tampered with the witnesses Khosla has earned the goodwill he told the court Khosla was convicted for the offences on October 29 In the judgment the court noted that Kohlis allegation of being pulled by hair and arm by Khosla and the threat that she will not be allowed to practice from Delhis Tis Hazari Court was absolutely truthful and creditworthy The allegations against Khosla were that in July 1994 when he was the Secretary of Delhi Bar Association DBA he asked Kohli to join a seminar and on her refusal threatened her that all facilities from the Bar Association would be withdrawn and she would be dispossessed of her seat as well Kohli had filed a civil suit on August 1 1994 seeking injunction but despite that her table and chair were removed from their spot Just before the civil judge hearing her suit could inspect the spot Khosla along with a mob of 40-50 lawyers allegedly surrounded her she claimed According to her complaint Khosla pulled her hair dragged her twisted her arms uttered filthy abuses and threatened her While the incident took place in August 1994 the case came before the court in July 1995 PTI AAK SA
New Delhi Nov 30 PTI A Delhi court Tuesday let off Delhi High Court Bar Associations DHCBA ex-President Rajiv Khosla convicted for assaulting a woman lawyer in 1994 with a total compensation of Rs 40000 to the state and the victim The order on sentencing was pronounced in a courtroom thronged by hundreds of lawyers While few lawyers stood atop tables and chairs to hear the pronouncement others chanted slogans of Vakeel Ekta Zindabad and Rajiv Khosla Zindabad and applauded after the order Khosla was convicted last month in the assault case for offences punishable under Sections 323 voluntarily causing hurt and 506 criminal intimidation of the India Penal Code IPC Complainant Sujata Kohli had alleged that Khosla grabbed her by her hair and dragged her in August 1994 The maximum punishment under these Sections entails jail term of up to two years Kohli who was a lawyer at Tis Hazari court at that time went on to become a judge in the Delhi judiciary and retired as a District and Sessions Judge last year Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gajender Singh Nagar ordered For 323 IPC Khosla has to pay a compensation of Rs 20000 – Rs 10000 each to state and victim and for 506 IPC he has to pay Rs 20 thousand – Rs 10 thousand each to state and victim within one month Before the order was pronounced chaos marked the courtroom with lawyers chanting shame shame shame and saying that the judge was working under pressure Police personnel also stood outside the courtroom for security This court was favouring the complaint in all manner She took undue advantage of her position after becoming the judge advocate Birender Sangwa representing Khosla told the court Kohli who appeared through the video conference said that post-judgment Khosla used unparliamentary language against the court and the judge Why is he being allowed to enter the court with a crowd He is here with 100s of lawyers The convict is again and again reflecting that he has no regard for rule of law He loves to abuse the court she said Advocate Sangwa rebutted saying that his client neither used unparliamentary langue in the court nor threatened her or tampered with the witnesses Khosla has earned the goodwill he told the court Khosla was convicted for the offences on October 29 In the judgment the court noted that Kohlis allegation of being pulled by hair and arm by Khosla and the threat that she will not be allowed to practice from Delhis Tis Hazari Court was absolutely truthful and creditworthy The allegations against Khosla were that in July 1994 when he was the Secretary of Delhi Bar Association DBA he asked Kohli to join a seminar and on her refusal threatened her that all facilities from the Bar Association would be withdrawn and she would be dispossessed of her seat as well Kohli had filed a civil suit on August 1 1994 seeking injunction but despite that her table and chair were removed from their spot Just before the civil judge hearing her suit could inspect the spot Khosla along with a mob of 40-50 lawyers allegedly surrounded her she claimed According to her complaint Khosla pulled her hair dragged her twisted her arms uttered filthy abuses and threatened her While the incident took place in August 1994 the case came before the court in July 1995 PTI AAK SA
