Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 1: High Court of J&K and Ladakh has issued notice to the respondent Imtiyaz Ahmed and in the meanwhile directed that the impugned remarks/strictures passed against the petitioner shall remain stayed.
The stay order was passed by the High Court in a petition filed by SHO Poonch Kunal Singh Jamwal through Advocates Aseem Kumar Sawhney and Tehseena Bukhari challenging order dated 15.03.2024 passed by the Sessions Judge, Poonch, whereby certain adverse remarks/strictures have been passed against the petitioner and SSP Poonch while passing a bail order in a case under POCSO.
Advocate Aseem Sawhney submitted that the impugned remarks have been passed by the Sessions Judge without hearing the petitioner and the SSP Poonch and without giving any opportunity to him to explain the matter.