Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association president Vikas Malik applies for bail in assault case

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Chandigarh, July 24

Vikas Malik, president of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association has filed a bail application before District Court Chandigarh on Wednesday. Malik filed the application after failing to get relief from the high court recently.

Malik was arrested by the Chandigarh Police on July 12 in an FIR registered against him at police station, Sector 3, Chandigarh, under Sections 115(2), 126(2), 190, 191(2), 351(2), and 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) on July 1 on the complaint of advocate Ranjit Singh.

Singh had alleged in the FIR that on July 1, when he, along with another woman advocate, had visited Malik’s office on the high court premises for service of summons, Malik and his associates verbally abused them and physically assaulted him. He alleged that due to the attack he suffered injuries on his head, face and chest. Later, the police had added sections of SC/ST Act and murder bid against him. Malik is presently in judicial custody.

In the bail application Malik has claimed that he was innocent and the FIR had been registered against him due to internal rivalry. He said there was no medical report which could support the allegations of the complainant.

The disciplinary committee of Punjab and Haryana Bar Council has already started proceedings against Malik on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

The high court had directed the Bar council to look into the complaints against Malik and to take the decision soon.

The council has restrained him from acting as president of the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association and also suspended his license till the final decision of the complaints. Malik has handed over the charge to the vice-president.