Advocates demand to withdraw case against 40 colleagues

The members of bar association Etahhave threatened to launch protest if cases registered against 40 advocates for allegedly assaulting a police officer are not withdrawn.
An FIR was registered against 40 unnamed advocates for allegedly beating up the station officer of Saket Kotwali, Satya PrakashSharma, presidentof Etah Bar Association, said yesterday.
According to the FIR, on Tuesday, when the advocates saw that their colleague Daya Ram, booked in an Arms Act case, was brought to court handcuffed by police they beat up the station officer, he said.
Sharma said the advocates had only protested against the handcuffing of the lawyer and they have been wrongly booked.

The bar association members met the Superintendent of Police and demanded that the case against the 40 lawyers should be withdrawn otherwise they will launch a protest, Sharma said.
They also demanded a honest and fair inquiry into the case against Daya Ram by the Superintendent of Police.
The SP had said they will look into the matter.