Man booked for misbehaving with police at naka acquitted

A local court has acquitted a man who was booked on the charge of misbehaving with the traffic police at a drunken driving naka.

The police had registered the case against Jasdeep Singh Bains on September 30, 2018, under Sections 186, 323, 332, 353, and 427 of the IPC for allegedly exiting the vehicle, refusing to alcometer testing and allegedly misbehaving with traffic police officials at a naka installed near the government school in Sector 7 here.

The police had alleged that Jasdeep, when stopped at the naka, misbehaved with traffic police officials and tore Head Constable Satpal’s reflector jacket, threw his body camera and pushed him, resulting in a knee injury to the cop.

Finding prima facie case, the court framed charges against the accused, to which he pleaded not guilty. The defense counsel, Rajesh Sharma, argued that there were contradictions in the prosecution’s case and the police also failed to produce reflector jacket and body camera allegedly damaged during the incident.