What a section of the police personnel allegedly did was absolutely unacceptable to this court and to the civil society, to say the least, said the High Court of Karnataka, while expressing anguish over the incident in which a group of police personnel resorted to a demonstration on the streets in Chikkamagaluru recently.
Several police personnel and their family members held a snap demonstration on December 2 night to protest against suspension of six police personnel and arrest of one among them for allegedly assaulting a young advocate inside a police station on the night of November 30. However, the arrested police constable was released on bail in the police station itself when the police were demonstrating on the streets.
The police had taken Preetam, an advocate, to the police station on November 30 after he objected to their action of taking away the keys of his two wheeler even after he agreed to pay the fine for not wearing a helmet. A first information report (FIR) was registered against six police personnel, including a sub-inspector, an assistant sub-inspector, and four police constables for assaulting the advocate in the early hours of December 1.
