AMBALA: The district court of duty judicial magistrate first class (JMIC) Yachana directed Ambala superintendent of police (SP) on Monday, to take action against an investigation officer (IO) who arrested a woman accused in a case from Patiala in the absence of a lady police officer after sunset.
As per the information, Anju Bala, an accused in case 231/2021 registered against her under Section 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Sector 9 Ambala City police station on December 27, 2021, was arrested by IO sub-inspector Krishan Lal from Patiala at about 6.50 pm on March 11, 2022. IO submitted in the court that the accused woman was evading arrest and therefore, it was necessary to arrest her after sunset in these exceptional circumstances.
