The Bihar Judicial Services Association today strongly condemned attack on a judge in a running train and demanded adequate security for Judicial Officers of the state.
The Association demanded the state government to take preventive measures by providing bodyguards to all male and female judicial officers irrespective of rank.
Two persons were arrested yesterday evening in the case and they have been forwarded to jail.
It may be noted that a Sub-Judge Prashant Kumar Jha, who was posted as Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate at Pupri sub-divisional court of Sitamarhi district, was attacked and badly injured by some people in a moving train in the evening of Monday last.
The attack took place when the Judge was on his way to Patna from Gaya after completing some personal work.
"I strongly condemn such action and the security of Judicial Officers of the state should be area of concern for the state government. I had earlier given a representation to Home Secretary and DGP to provide bodyguards to all judges of state irrespective of rank but despite the report of DGP having been submitted to Home Secretary the final decision in that matter is yet to be taken by Home Secretary," BJSA Secretary Ajit Kumar Singh said.
Singh, who is a Sub-Judge at Jamui civil court, said that though the two assailants have been arrested on the basis of video footage of the incident recorded by one of the co passengers but this is not sufficient to assuage the feelings of judicial officers.
"There is a need to take preventive measures by the state government in providing bodyguards to all male and female judicial officers irrespective of their rank," he said
The secretary said that the decision of the Home Department- which talks of providing bodyguards to CJM and officers above the rank of CJM- should be reviewed in the interest of security concerns of judicial officers.
The Inspector General of Police (Security) had ordered to all SPs to withdraw bodyguards only after making of assessment of threat perception but the order is not being followed in letter and spirit and instead security was withdrawn from all officers below the rank of CJM, he said.
He further added that BJSA had submitted a representation on May 17, 2017 to the Home Secretary for providing security to judicial officers.
Some more youths boarded the train at Makhdumpur station and had an altercation with him (Judge) and beat him up badly, Jehanabad government railway police SHO Shakuntala Kishku said.
Shashank Shekhar Dev and Suraj Kumar Dev were arrested from Brahmarishi Nagar area of Makhdumpur yesterday evening in the thrashing case, the SHO said.
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