Judge insult has Circle Inspector move Chief Justice of India, Kerala High Court

Kochi: The Circle Inspector of Police, Mavelikkara,  has sent  complaints to the chief justices of the Supreme Court  and the Kerala High Court raising serious allegations against a sitting judge of  the Kerala High Court.  Mr  P. Sreekumar, the CI,  alleged that the judge had threatened him and showered him with abuses after summoning him to his chamber in the  High Court over a case. Justice P. D. Rajan, the judge,  summoned him to the court in November 2016 and asked him to remove his relatives from the list of accused in an assault case, he alleged.    Mr Sreekumar   sent  the complaints to the chief justices of the Supreme Court and Kerala High Court on June 6, 2017.

"There was no petition or bail application  filed in the  case. The judge has no right to harass me on a criminal case not under his  consideration. I was brutally ill-treated. I think that justice was denied to a citizen rather than a police officer. I pray that kindly take necessary legal action and make sure that such an act of injustice will not happen to any citizen  than a police officer in future," (sic),  Mr Sreekumar stated in his complaint.   “I have received an acknowledgment for the complaint filed before the High Court. I had  filed a complaint before the state police chief in January 2017,” Mr Sreekumar said. 

The  Mavelikara police had registered a case against Jaison, Chennithala, Bavith Kumar, Thazhakkara,  and Sasidharan, Thazhakkara,  for attacking  a security guard, Damodaran,  who attempted to remove them from the  Mavelikara district hospital on November 9, 2016. Jaison and Bhavith were arrested in the case. The accused Bhavith Kumar is a habitual offender, the police officer said.  The judge contacted the station officer, Mavelikara,  and informed that Bhavith Kumar and his father Sasidharan were  his relatives and asked him to delete their names  from the accused list. According to  Mr Sreekumar,  the judge scolded him using  filthy language and threatened that each police officer who had initiated this case will face consequences. 

The police officer was summoned to the High Court through a government pleader. "At the chamber on November 30,  the judge asked me my name, education qualification etc. When I said that I am a graduate with B.Ed, the judge rose from his seat and shouted that teachers are always arrogant. The judge abused  me with filthy words," the complaint said.  The judge also threatened to conduct a Vigilance inquiry against him.   “He  warned me to stay back in his office until  his relatives are cleared,” he said.  The cop later consulted the then Ernakulam Range IG  who reached the High Court and met the judge. After that,  the judge let him go, he said. However, High Court sources refused to make an official comment.