Police asked to arrest advocate who threatened lady colleague

New Delhi, Sep 15 (UNI) The Delhi High Court today pulled up the Delhi Police for not arresting an advocate against whom the court had issued bailable warrant for allegedly threatening a lady advocate, appearing for the Defence Ministry, inside the court room.

When the matter came up for hearing, the Station House Officer (SHO) of the area submitted that the police could not trace Advocate Gulshan Bajwa.

A division bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar immediately called for New Delhi DCP Anand Mohan to appear before the court after two hours.

Mr Mohan appeared and assured the court that he would make efforts to nab Bajwa in three days while complying with the court order.

The Court observed that if the accused was not arrested in three days, the Commissioner of Police would have to appear to explain the reasons for non-execution of the order.

The police submitted that Bajwa had given all false addresses in the petitions and was evading arrest.

In August last week, the court had issued bailable warrant against Bajwa for allegedly showing disregard to a fellow advocate, and acting in an unprofessional manner.

Serving the show-cause notice returnable on September 5, the court had asked Bajwa to state the reasons of such unprofessional behaviour against an advocate.

The Court said there were prima facie evidence of contempt of court which undermined the administration of justice delivery system.

While appearing in a matter for a client on August 17, Bajwa allegedly threatened the advocate for opposing his arguments before the bench.

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