Judge's PSO Incident: Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeks Steps Taken On Investigation In Last 3-4 Days

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today sought report from Punjab Government on steps taken on investigating the matter wherein a man committed suicide by pulling out a gun from the Personal Security Officer (PSO) of a sitting judge at Golden Temple.

Division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Anil Kshetarpal said, “The State of Punjab is directed to place the steps taken on the investigation which has taken place in the last three to four days just after the incident which took place on 22.09.2024, before this Court on the next date of hearing.”

The Court also directed the senior counsel appearing for UT Chandigarh to seek instructions on as to what steps have been taken to beef up the security of the concerned learned Judge and asked to file report in that regard on the next date.

During the hearing, the Court also suggested that Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel can be deployed to guard the judge.

The development came after the division bench took suo moto cognizance of the matter “on the basis of news item published on 22.09.2024 in newspaper 'The Tribune' and 'Jagran' of the incident, which happened on Sunday at Golden Temple, Amritsar, Punjab, when a miscreant pulled out the firearm of PSO of sitting judge of this Court and committed suicide by shooting himself."

The matter is listed on 27 September for further consideration.

Title: COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION v. STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS