Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 16: High Court of J&K and Ladakh has quashed two FIRs registered at Domana Police Station against ex-Principal of MHAC School Nagbani.
The order was passed in three different petitions clubbed together filed by the then Principal MHAC School Nagbani, Jammu namely Alok Betab and staff members wherein the petitioners had challenged the FIRs and the impugned order of the State Women Commission, primarily on the ground that the complainant in the two FIRs was a subordinate teacher of Alok Betab and was nursing a personal grudge against him.
After hearing Senior Advocate Sunil Sethi with Advocate Vishal Mahajan appearing for Alok Betab-petitioner whereas Senior Advocate Gagan Basotra with Advocate Rishabh Sharma, Senior Advocate Surinder Kour with Advocate Sunil Kumar appearing for the complainant-teacher in the 2 FIRs whereas DyAG Pawan Dev Singh appearing for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Justice Sanjay Dhar observed, “the conduct of the complainant in making sweeping allegations not only against the petitioner but also against his family and supporters clearly smacks of personal vendetta of the complainant against the petitioner-Principal”.
“A perusal of the report of the Complaints Committee reveals that the complainant had not even spared Late Capt Dewan Singh, Chairman Local Managing Committee (LMC) against whom she had made allegations of bias and thus it appears that the complainant by lodging these repeated complaints and FIRs is trying to threaten the management of Nagbani School so that she can have her own way in the matter of her service career”, High Court said.
Justice Sanjay Dhar further observed, “it appears to be a clear cut case of brazen attempt on the part of the complainant to persecute the petitioner-Alok Betab, his family members and the management of the school”, adding “in fact, the management of DAV College Management Committee has filed an application for intervention in OWP No.1083/2015 in which they have contended that the complainant is habitual in making allegations for ulterior considerations and she cannot be allowed to malign the reputation of the institution by involving its head into false and frivolous case of sexual harassment”.
Accordingly, High Court quashed the impugned FIRs.
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