Unscrupulous People Using Name Of Judges For Committing Offences Brings Disrepute To Judicial System, Can't Be Allowed At Any Cost: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that the name of any judge or judicial officer used by unscrupulous persons for blackmailing general public or commission of offences brings disrepute to the judicial system, which cannot be allowed at any cost.

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that general public should not believe such individuals and give them money, even if they are assured that they will get some work done from within the judicial system by way of some payment.

“Such persons and such acts are a threat to the judicial system which shake the faith of the community in the judicial system. The justice delivery system has to be stubbornly safeguarded from such acts and persons,” the court said.

Justice Sharma made the observations while denying bail to a man in a POCSO case. He was accused of alluring and assuring the victim and her mother that he would get them compensation for another case pending trial in a district court, and had misused the name of a High Court judge by stating that he was working as a munshi.

It was alleged that he had procured nude videos of the victim by claiming that the same would be showed to the judge, and started blackmailing her for money later.

Denying bail to the man, the court said that the FSL report has given a finding that obscene images and video files were retrieved from his mobile phone.

“Thus, thanks to the advanced technology, that the investigation revealed the prima facie truth of statement of the victim,” the court said. 

Furthermore, it added that if the case was not registered or the truth was not brought out through police investigation and FSL report, the accused would have succeeded in giving an impression that the judicial system was indulging in such abhorring acts.

“Considering the overall facts and circumstances of the case, the conduct of the accused, and the fact that charges are yet to be framed and the victim is yet to be examined, no ground for grant of bail is made out at this stage. Accordingly, the present bail application is dismissed,” the court said.

Title: HARISH CHANDER @ SURAJ BHATT v. STATE NCT OF DELHI

Citation: 2023 LiveLaw (Del) 1344

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