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'I’ll teach you advocacy': Gurugram SHO booked as lawyer alleges abuse at police station
Delhi Police has lodged a Zero FIR against the SHO of Gurugram Police and other personnel under sections including outraging modesty.
A Station House Officer (SHO) of Haryana's Gurugram has been booked under several sections, including rape, over a woman advocate's complaint that she was abused and made to sit in police station till 3 am on May 22.
Delhi Police has lodged a Zero FIR against the SHO of Gurugram Police and other police personnel under sections including rape, outraging modesty, insult of a woman, causing hurt, criminal intimidation, according to ANI news agency.
What the advocate alleged
The Zero FIR—filed at the Subzi Mandi police station in Delhi on May 22—is based on a complaint by a woman advocate practicing at the Tis Hazari Court. Zero FIR is an FIR registered for the alleged offence committed at the place (State) other than the place of registration of FIR.
The alleged incident reportedly took place at the Sector 50 police station in Gurugram.
As per the complaint, the woman lawyer stated that she was physically assaulted, abused, and detained at the police station till 3–3:30 am. She also alleged that her modesty was outraged and that she was threatened by the SHO himself.
What police say
A Gurugram police official said that the woman had come to the station in connection with a complaint against her for obstructing government work and engaging in a physical altercation.
Given the complexity of the matter, the Gurugram Police has formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate both cases.
The lawyer had forcibly entered the women’s section of the police station and slapped another woman present in the room. When the constable tried to intervene, the lawyer allegedly grabbed her neck, slapped her as well, and pushed her to the ground.
As per the complaint, the altercation continued in the presence of the station in-charge, who also faced abusive behavior from the lawyer. The lawyer allegedly boasted about her influence as an advocate and threatened to shut down the police station, end the constable's career, and “teach a lesson in court.”
Following the incident, a case was registered against the lawyer under sections 221, 121(1), 132, and 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for assault and obstructing government duties.
The complaint
The advocate claimed that on May 21, she had accompanied her client to the Sector 51 Women’s Police Station in Gurugram for an investigation in a case filed by his wife.
After the investigation, while they were returning to Delhi, the client’s wife intercepted their car and began abusing them. She allegedly threw a stone at the car window, the complainant alleged.
The lawyer and her client then contacted the police emergency helpline (112) and went to the Sector 50 police station to file a complaint. While the client was drafting the complaint, a woman constable allegedly tried to stop him.
According to the FIR registered by Delhi Police, the SHO threatened her, saying, "You are standing in Gurugram, not in Delhi. 365 lawyers come here daily. I will teach you advocacy. You don't know our power, I will do whatever I want."
The FIR further states that the SHO then ordered the woman constable to leave the room. The advocate was later detained at the station and released on police bail in the early hours of the next morning. A case was also reportedly filed against her by the Gurugram police.
