HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA Contempt Case No. of 2022 In Crime No. 880 of 2021 Between : 1. Kelavath Shanker Chouhan …. Petitioner And 1. Through the State of Police Telangana Police Rajendranagar. (Rep: by P.P) …Respondents/Contemnors 2. Through the State of Police Telangana Police Zaheerabad (Rep: by P.P) …Respondents/Contemnors 3. Through the State of Police Telangana Police R.C Puram (Rep: by P.P) ...Respondents/ Contemnors 4. Through the State of Police Telangana Police Narasingi (Rep: by P.P) …Respondents/Contemnors 5. Through the State of Police Telangana Police Chandanagar (Rep: by P.P) …Respondents/Contemnors 6. Through the State of Police Telangana Police Ameenpur (Rep: by P.P) …Respondents/Contemnors AFFIDAVIT FILED ON BEHALF OF THE PETITIONER I Damla Ladki Bai W/o Damla Chouhan aged about 58 years, Occ: House Wife. R/o of Zaheerabad. I submit that I am the mother of Kelavath Shanker Chouhan, do hereby solemnly affirm and state on oath as follows: 1. I submit that, I am the mother of Petitioner and deponent herein as such I am well acquainted with the facts of the case and I am authorized to depose on behalf of petitioner/Accused and able to depose as under: 2. I submit that since last two years my son was continuously apprehended by the above-mentioned respondent’s U/s 457, 380 IPC. 3. It is most humbly submitted that my son has not committed any theft offences in his entire life. He was Farmer, Movie actor and permanent resident of Zaheerabad and a lawabiding citizen without any criminal history. Above mentioned respondents are trying to create my son as habitual offender without any evidences by keeping in police custody illegally and brutally beating him continuously 7-15 days in police lockups. Though the police has tortured in their illegally police custody my son never accepted any of the theft crimes. 4. It is submitted that the above mentioned respondents were always putting my son in the police custody for more than 715 day illegally, torturing him physically and brutally to accept the said offence and go to jail though he has not committed any of the said offences. It is the police pertaining to all the above mentioned police stations were arresting my son, by doing custodial torture and filing one after other cases and implicating all false cases and pending cases against him without any kind of sufficient evidence to prove that the custody of theft articles was found in the presence of my son. All the confessional witness were stock witness who belongs to very poor and labor category due to threatening, coercion and undue influence of the said police, the said confessional witness were produced before the criminal courts. The said confessional witness were no way concerned with the alleged offences and neither they are the witnesses. There signatures were taken on plain papers, the statements were recorded on the file of 1st Prl. Jr-Civil Judge at Sangareddy in crimes pertaining to Police Ameenpur. Brief History of Custodial Torture on Accused. 5. It is submitted that on 03-06-2019 my son was implicated in 11 cases by police Chandanagar out of which 8 cases pertaining to Police Ameenpur were found not guilty and acquitted. One case at Vikarabad was also acquitted. Two cases pertaining to police Chandanagar, trial is pending and all the confessional witness were same as submitted by police Ameenpur, Chandanagar. Below are the false cases implicated on accused by custodial torture since 03-06-2019 to 28-06-2019 by police Chandanagar. CC.No: 5097 of 2019 P.S Chandanagar at Kukatpally. CC.No: 3295 of 2020 P.S Chandanagar at Kukatpally Cr. No. 197 of 2019 P.S Vikarabad at Vikarabad P. T Warrant Case CC.No: 570 of 2019 P.S Ameenpur at Sangareddy P.T Warrant Case CC.No: 569 of 20219 P.S Ameenpur at Sangareddy P.T Warrant Case 6. CC.No: 568 of 2019 P.S Ameenpur at Sangareddy P.T Warrant Case CC.No: 567 of 2019 P.S Ameenpur at Sangareddy P.T Warrant Case CC.No: 421 of 2020 P.S Ameenpur at Sangareddy P.T Warrant Case CC.No: 195 of 2020 P.S Ameenpur at Sangareddy P.T Warrant Case CC.No: 176 of 2020 P.S Ameenpur at Sangareddy P.T Warrant Case CC.No: 394 of 2021 P.S Ameenpur at Sangareddy P.T Warrant Case It is submitted that again Police R.C Puram has taken illegal custody of the accused on 24-11-2021 to 28-11-2021. Police R.C Puram has apprehended my son from our residence taken him to police zaheerabad and kept him under their custody illegally since 24-11-2021 till 28-11-2021 and tortured my son with third degree method, brutally given current on his private parts(pennis), head severely broken, leg injured again after producing him before the learned Judge excise court at Sangareddy the said police R.C Puram again filed police custody and tortured him brutally to accept the said offences. My daughter in law Shilpa Chouhan has approached Human Rights commission on 27-11-2021 , the HRC has asked for reports on 29-11-2021 in case HRC case no. 6044 of 2021, the police R.C Puram simply filed a false remand diary on the file of excise court at Sangareddy by stating that he was arrested on 28-11-2021 suspected near the MIG colony. It is submitted that my son was apprehended from his residence at Zaheerabad illegally. The photographs were submitted for the kind perusal of your lordship taken along with the police R.C puram at Zaheerabad police station at Zaheerabad. Police R.C Puram has filed false cases against my son after custodial torture from 24-11-2021 to 28-11-2021 without following due procedure as per the police regularizations, Cr.P.C and directions of Hon’ble Supreme Court by violating the basic human rights of accused. Crime No. 880 of 2021 (Primary Case) Crime No. 125 of 2021 (PT Warrant Case) Crime No. 1044 of 2021 (PT Warrant Case) 7. It is submitted that the learned counsel has filed sec 317 CR.P.C Petition on the file of 1st prl-Jr-Civil Judge at Sangareddy with reason “illegal detention of Police R.C Puram” Cases pertaining to Police Ameenpur. . 8. It is submitted that my daughter in law has approached Hon’ble Human Rights Commission on 27-11-2021 with HRC case ID 6044 of 2021, to safeguard themselves the said police R.C Puram has filed a false case and remand report. The said Police has produced before the Hon’ble Excise court at Sangareddy in crime no. 882 of 2021 and also implicated him in Crimes related to police Narasingi in crime no: 125 of 2021, and 1044 of 2021 though he never visited to narasingi in his entire life. All the said cases were false and my son was no way related to the said alleged offences. It is police of above mentioned SHO’s were putting all false cases against my son. 9. The petitioner herein respectfully submitted that the petitioner have filed Crl.MP.No.2199 of 2021, Crl.MP.No. 09 of 2022 and Crl.MP. No. 36 of 2022 on the file of XVI M.M at Rangareddy Dist. T.S and the said applications were dismissed vide orders dated 27-12-2021, 07-01-2022, 28-01-2022 respectively. While dismissing filed Crl.MP.No.2200 of 2021, Crl.MP.No. 10 of 2022 and Crl.MP. No. 35 of 2022 for the reason of A2 was absconding. It is submitted that when the A1 was arrested on of PT warrant A2 also can be arrested by police Narasingi on the same grounds, but the police are only targeting my son just to keep in Jail Illegally. 10. It is submitted that after filing Bail Application in Cr.M.P 1658 of 2022 and Cr.L.P 1659 of 2022 in the Hon’ble High court for the state of Telangana the said police R.C Puram has filed Charge sheet to safeguard themselves. 11. It is submitted that On 04-03-2022 Hon’ble HIGH COURT for the state of Telangana has granted him condition bail in Cr.L.P. 1658 of 2022 and Cr.L.P 1659 of 2021 and released from Charlapally jail on 10th March 2022 with a condition to sign before the Police Narasingi on every forth night of i.e. 2nd Sunday and 4th Sunday. As per the Directions of the Hon’ble High Court my son has obelized the same. Since then, my son was very scared to go out of his room and doing nothing apart from staying at home at Zaheerabad. 12. It is submitted that again within 10 days that is on 21-03-2022 at about 12:30 P.M Mid-day some people introduced themselves as Police Rajendranagar, they has apprehended my son from our residence at Zaheerabad, and again introduced themselves as police Narasingi, and apprehended my son, They also trying to implicate my grand Son along with me, and the said police did not disclose the reason of his apprehension from our residence and produced before the police Zaheerabad, took away us along with my daughter in Law and Son in the police vehicle from Zaheerabad, to police Rajendranagar later after an two hrs I was understood that they are not the police Rajendranagar but the police CCS. Now again my son was taken by the said police Illegally into their Custody. Till now they did not presented my son before the any of the criminal Courts. My son was are totally tortured, he was injured by the police , Head was broken and Current shock was given in his private parts just to accept the theft cases and go to jail since last two years. It is most humbly begged this Hon’ble court to protect my son from such police custodial tortures or otherwise my son will die or commit suicide because of the said tortures of the above mentioned police. I am left with no other option apart from knocking the doors of this Hon’ble Court. Grounds and Violations. The petitioner herein submits grounds and violations as follows… I. Custodial torture by police Chandanagar since 03-06-2019 to 2006-2019. II. Custodial torture by police R.C Puram since 24-11-2021 to 28-112021. III. Custodial torture by police Rajendranagar since 21-03-2022 to Till today (not produced before the criminal courts). IV. It is submitted that police are not disclosing the grounds of arrest. Violating section 41(B)(b)(i)(ii) Cr.P.C, 50(B) Cr.P.C, and also Violated Article 21 and article 22 of the constitution of India. V. It is submitted that Police are not producing my son and keeping in police custody illegally for more than 7-15 days without producing before the Magistrate, taking his confessions by brutal tortures in police custody and all third degree police methods including current shocks on his private(pennis) parts. VI. It is submitted that again filing police custody and brutally beating my son to accept the theft offences and go to jail and threatening not to say anything about police brutal beating and torture. VII. It is submitted that the said police are filing fake witnesses/confessional witnesses just to make the case strong and not get any bail. VIII. It is submitted that police are Colluded with the Medical officers and not letting to disclose his injuries to the criminal courts. IX. It is submitted that police are Threatening the neighbors not come as witnesses to the court of Law else they also will be implicated in false cases. X. It is submitted that none of the above mentioned police are submitting the General Diary to the criminal courts. XI. It is submitted that brutally slapping my nearby goldsmiths at Zaheerabad. XII. It is submitted that The said police R.C Puram has beaten with boots on the chest of my son, made him naked (Without any clothes) and dragged him with his heir Infront of all neighbors at my residence at Zaheerabad neighbors were threatened not to say this to anyone. XIII. It is submitted that the said police R.C Puram has seized my sons house and used all clothes of Daughter in law and split here and there and dunked alcohol in my sons residence at night time at Zaheerabad. XIV. It is submitted that since 24-11-2021 to 28-11-2021 the petitioner was in Illegal Police Custody. The said Police did not recover any theft article from the presence of the Accused. It is also submitted that the said police R.C Puram have locked/Seized the house of the Accused and continuously visiting the residence of Accused without any seizure report or directions from the Learned Judge. The family of Accused consisting his Wife and 3 Children were facing huge threat from the said Police as the said police R.C Puram and Narasingi may implicate them also in the present cases though they were not involved and nothing to do with the present cases. XV. It is further submitted that though the petitioner was granted bail in all the above-mentioned cases after completion of 60 days police Chandanagar has filed Prevention and Detention act against the petitioner and kept the petitioner in jail for 7 months. It is submitted that the said police are unnecessarily filing too many false cases against the innocent people by filing PD act to put innocent people in jail and causing prejudice to accused which is against to the principle of Justice and over power to the Judiciary and acting as a threat to the society and to the common man. While filing charge sheet the said police chandanagar submits as habitual Offender, while in cross examination the said police failed to show the any previous criminal History/record. My son has no criminal history. It is genuine fact that the said accused has never committed any theft offences in his entire life and also a respectable citizen and was earning good income by doing Agricultural Farming in Zaheerabad and Movie acting profession (Side Vilan) in movies. I Therefore most humbly begs and pray this Hon’ble Court: a. Praying this Hon’ble court to take necessary legal action against the above said respondents and protect my son and our life, and fundamental rights guaranteed by the constitution of India . b. Prays this Hon’ble Court direct the state to Compensate at least Rs. 20 lakhs for such brutal custodial tortures, since last 2 years. the said accused has undergone severe current shocks, Bodily Injured, his respect in Zaheerabad was completely lost in illegal police custody and false cases and leg was injured, he cannot go to work and earn till his recovery. He was mentally became unbalance in brutal police custodial torture. c. Prays This Hon’ble Court to acquit in all the above case false and pending cases on the merits of the case to avoid future Physical and custodial Torture from the said respondents and court trial. . and to pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. It is further humbly prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to grant leave to file this Contempt Case against the respondents herein under Section 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for willful disobedience of the Procedures, Supreme court of India guidelines and keeping my son under illegal detention for number of days as per the police wish and my son was undergone years of physical and mental custodial torture since 2019, and for filing false cases against my son, and to acquit in all the above cases and to pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Sworn and signed before on this the at Hyderabad. DEPONENT ADVOCATE // HYDERABAD VERIFICATION I, Sri. I Damla Ladki Bai W/o Damla Chouhan aged about 58 years, Occ: House Wife. R/o of Zaheerabad. I submit that I am the mother of Kelavath Shanker Chouhan,,, the petitioner herein, that the contents in above mentioned Paras of my above mentioned affidavit are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Hence, verified on this the at Hyderabad ADVOCATE. DEPONENT MEMORANDUM OF WRIT PETITION MISC. PETITION (FILED UNDER SECTION 10 TO 12 OF CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT) HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA Contempt Case No. of 2022 In Crime no: 880 of 2021 Between: Between : Between : 1. Kelavath Shanker Chouhan …. Petitioner And 1. Through the State of Police Telangana Police Rajendranagar. (Rep: by P.P) …Respondents/Contemnors 2. Through the State of Police Telangana Police Zaheerabad (Rep: by P.P) …Respondents/Contemnors 3. Through the State of Police Telangana Police R.C Puram (Rep: by P.P) ...Respondents/ Contemnors 4. Through the State of Police Telangana Police Narasingi (Rep: by P.P) …Respondents/Contemnors 5. Through the State of Police Telangana Police Chandanagar (Rep: by P.P) …Respondents/Contemnors 6. Through the State of Police Telangana Police Ameenpur (Rep: by P.P) …Respondents/Contemnors The address for service of all notices, process, summons, etc., on the above named appellants are that of their Counsel, MD YAKUB ALI , (19697), Advocate, Office at # 12-10-103/4/9, Mailargadda Secunderabad. 500062. For the reasons stated in the accompanying affidavit, it is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to punish the respondents herein under Section 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for willful disobedience of basic Human Rights violation, Fundamental rights violation, Illegal police Detention and custodial Torture without producing before the court in many occasions since last two years and to pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Hyderabad Dt: Counsel for the petitioner HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABADFOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA Contempt Case No. of 2020 In Crime No: 880 of 2021 RUNNING INDEX S.No. Description of the document Date of paper Date of filing 1 Contempt petition and affidavit 2 Photographs of police arrest at zaheerabad -do- 3 10 FIR’s, Remand Diary’s, Charge Sheets, Judgements passed by Learned Judge on the file of 1st Prl. Jr-Civil Judge at Sangareddy(One Judgement in CC No: 195 of 2020) and Depositions of All the witness ( 8 case are similar in nature). FIR, Remand case diary in crime no 880 of 2021, Memorandum of arrest, Notice u/s 50 (A), Medcal report. Vehicle servicing copy (Activa given for Servicing in showroom), Notice from Manapuram Gold), Human Rights complaint copy and Commission Order copy -do- 4 5 Page No. -do- High court bail order copy (2 orders) Hyderabad Dt: Counsel for the petitioners Exbits HYDERABAD DISTRICT HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA Contempt Case No. of 2020 In Crime no: 880 of 2021 CONTEMPT PETITION FILED ON: FILED BY MD YAKUB ALI (19697) COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER HIGH COURT CONTEMPT CASE Contempt Case No. of 2020 In Crime No: 880 of 2021 HYDERABAD DISTRICT Between: Kelavath Shanker Chouhan .... Petitioner MD YAKUB ALI (19697) ADVOCATE NATURE OF APPLICATION (FILED UNDER SECTION 10 TO 12 OF CONTEMPT OF COURTS ACT) That this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to punish the respondents herein under Section 10 to 12 of Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for willful disobedience of basic Human Rights violation, Fundamental rights violation, Illegal police Detention and custodial Torture without producing before the court in many occasions since last two years and to pass such other order or orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. Filed on HYDERABAD DISTRICT HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT HYDERABAD FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA Contempt Case No. of 2020 In Crime No: 880 of 2021 LEAVE PETITION FILED ON: FILED BY MD YAKUB ALI (19697) COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER