In an unusual order, the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday asked the CBI to get a local lawyer admitted in Agra's Mental Hospital, after taking him into custody, and probe his matrimonial dispute with his wife to ensure fair investigation.
"In view of serious nature of allegations regarding beating and torture of the complainant and her children by the accused (Tahar Singh, Advocate) in a barbaric manner, which only an insane person would do and further that, on enquiry, the Court is given to understand that even in the Bar, his conducts are aggressively violent, this Court is, prima facie, of the opinion, that accused is a worst case of mental disorder," Justice Uma Nath Singh said in his order.
The court directed the CBI SP here "to immediately take Tahar in custody, and take him away from Chandigarh to admit him in the Mental Hospital, Agra, for proper treatment" to ensure the safety of Tahar's wife and her children.
"It is also learnt from the Bar that the accused creates nuisance and commotion wherever he goes, with the help of some anti-social elements, on the strength of some vested interests, who finance him in doing so," the court observed.
CBI was directed to take over the probe of the case "as the accused is a big nuisance in Chandigarh and the police appears to be playing soft in this case, as it has recorded offences only under sections 498-A and 506 of IPC," the court directed, adding, as far as possible, the interrogation of the accused, as directed, should be done only at Delhi or Agra.
The judge directed that the CBI shall use "modern devices during investigation to find out the connections of the petitioner with anti-social elements and the vested interests who are misusing him during this spell of insanity".
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