Woman Paraded Semi-naked in Punjab’s Tarn Taran: HC Compares Incident to ‘Chirharan of Draupadi’ – News18

The Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket on Monday took suo-motu discover of an incident through which a lady was allegedly assaulted and paraded semi-naked by her son’s in-laws in Tarn Taran and mentioned it reminded of the “chirharan of Draupadi’ on the behest of the Kauravas in Mahabharat.

The 55-year-old lady was assaulted and paraded semi-naked in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district allegedly by her son’s in-laws after he eloped with a lady and married her in opposition to the desires of her household.

The incident occurred in a village on March 31, just a few days after the sufferer’s son eloped with the girl and married her, police had mentioned. Justice Sanjay Vashisth took suo-motu (by itself) cognisance of the “barbaric and shameful incident” via media stories and determined to deal with the matter as public curiosity litigation.

Justice Vashisth can be the executive decide of the Tarn Taran periods division.

The matter was subsequently positioned earlier than a division bench of Appearing Chief Justice G S Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji, which issued a discover of movement to the Punjab authorities.

“I’m reminded of the historic occasion that had taken place through the Mahabharat period, that’s, the chirharan of Draupadi on the behest of the Kauravas and the silence of the Pandavas, together with Bhishma Pitamah, which finally resulted within the bloodshed of hundreds of individuals within the Mahabharat battle.

“After centuries thereafter, an odd frequent man doesn’t anticipate even as we speak that the ‘nyay pranali’ (judicial system) can be a mute spectator to such incidents, taking place sinfully and overtly beneath the nostril of the administration,” Justice Vashisth noticed.

“Being the executive decide of the Tarn Taran periods division, I’m of the thought of opinion that cognisance of this incident is required to be taken suo-motu on the judicial facet as a result of the excessive courtroom can’t be a mute spectator to such incidents, the place the respect and modesty of a girl is outraged overtly, and regardless of taking required steps, police and the opposite authorities involved present or undertake a lacklustre angle and don’t provoke immediate motion,” the decide mentioned.

Police had mentioned 4 individuals have been arrested in reference to the incident.

In response to the criticism filed by the sufferer, she was alone at dwelling when her son’s in-laws allegedly assaulted her and tore her garments off. They paraded her within the village in a semi-naked situation, the sufferer alleged.

A video purported exhibiting the sufferer being paraded within the village surfaced on social media on Friday. Kulwinder Kaur Mani, the mom of the sufferer’s daughter-in-law, her brothers Sharanjit Singh Shanni and Gurcharan Singh, and household pal Sunny Singh have been arrested in reference to the incident.

Based mostly on the criticism, an FIR was registered on April 3 beneath Indian Penal Code sections 354 (assault or prison power to lady with intent to outrage her modesty), 354B (assault or use of prison power to lady with intent to disrobe), 354D (stalking), 323 (voluntarily inflicting harm) and 149 (illegal meeting).

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