3 Gugruam policemen booked for intimidating Chandigarh-based lawyer for client information

Chandigarh-based lawyer said police had first offered me ₹7 lakh as bribe to disclose where his clinets, a couple seeking protection after marriage, were residing

Police on Thursday booked three Gurgaon police personnel for allegedly conducting a search operation at the house of an advocate practising at the Punjab and Haryana high court and offering him a bribe for disclosing his client’s personal information.

3 Gugruam were policemen booked for intimidating a Chandigarh-based lawyer for client information. (HT File)

The court has directed the police commissioner, Gurgaon, to investigate the matter and file an affidavit in the court within a week.

According to information, a couple, residents of Gurgaon, had sought protection from the high court after their marriage. Advocate Sarvesh Kumar Gupta, a resident of Nayagaon, was representing their case.

In his complaint to police, Kumar said, “I am fighting a case in high court for protection of life and liberty of a couple. The police first contacted me over phone and offered me ₹7 lakh as bribe to disclose where the couple is hiding or residing in Chandigarh. As I refused to reveal the information, three police personnel from Bilaspur police station of Gurgaon, namely—Manjeet, Mahesh and Nancy—entered my house on August 23 and detained my wife.”

On the complaint, the police registered a case against the three police personnel at Nayagaon police station, under sections 447 (criminal trespass), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)