Four cases registered in clash between Police and Advocates at Tis Hazari Court

Four cases have been registered in connection with
the clash between police and lawyers at Tis Hazari Court complex in which at
least 20 police personnel and several lawyers were injured while many vehicles
vandalised or set on fire, a Delhi Police spokesperson said on Sunday.

The cases were registered on separate complaints of
the district judge of Tis Hazari court, two advocates, and a Delhi Police
constable who was injured in the incident, additional PRO of the Delhi Police
Anil Mittal said.

On the complaint of the district judge, a case has
been registered on the charges of obstructing public servant in discharge of
public functions, assault and rioting, the spokesperson said.

Two cases have been registered against police
personnel on the complaint of two advocates, including a woman, on the charge
of attempt to murder, voluntarily causing hurt, wrongful confinement, criminal
intimidation, theft and use of criminal force on woman with intent of outraging
her modesty.

Another case was filed on the complaint of a police
constable, injured in the incident, on the charge of obstructing public servant
in discharge of public functions, assault, attempt to murder, rioting and
robbery, Mittal said.

The court complex turned into a virtual
battleground on Saturday after an argument between advocates and police over
parking turned violent.

Two station house officers (SHOs) and an additional
commissioner were among the 20 personnel injured, police said and claimed that
eight lawyers suffered injuries.

Lawyers, however, said more of their colleagues
were injured than the number claimed by police. They also claimed that two
advocates were injured in police firing, but police said they fired in the air.

Twelve motorcycles and nine police vehicles,
including one of the Uttar Pradesh Police, were vandalised, officials said. Bar
associations condemned the incident and called a one-day strike across all
district courts in the national capital on November 4.