AnFIR was registered against Punjab legislature and Lok Insaaf Party ChiefSimarjit Singh Bains and six others on rape charges on Monday.
TheFIR was registered today after Court of Additional Chief Judicial MagistrateHarsimranjit Singh on July 7 ordered the local police to book Simrajit SinghBains, on the complaint of a 44-year-old woman.
A44-year old woman, who is a widow, had filed a rape complaint against Bainsaround eight months ago. She had been protesting outside the policecommissioner’s office in Ludhiana for the last five months, demanding FIRagainst him.
OnNovember 16, 2020, the woman had moved an handwritten application to theCommissioner of Police Ludhiana for registration of an FIR against MLA Bains,Kamaljit Singh, Baljinder Kaur, Jasbir Kaur alias Bhabhi, Sukhchain Singh, ParamjitSingh alias Pamma, Gogi Sharma of Ludhiana.
Butwhen no FIR was registered, the woman moved to a local court seeking directionsfor registration of FIR.
Therefore,after court’s intervention today, a case has been filed against Bains undervarious Sections of the Indian Penal Code including 376 (rape), 354, 354A(outraging modesty of a woman), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 120 B (criminalconspiracy).
Thecourt of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Harsimranjit Singh, on July 7ruled, “Extreme circumstances call for extreme measures. Extreme indeed, arethe circumstances in this case at hand. The hapless victim is a poor woman whohas been afflicted by misfortune and has been openly exploited by the so-calledsaviour and his group."
"Sheknocked on the court's door after police turned a blind eye to her heinousabuse. The real question is whether a poor and miserable victim of sexualexploitation can expect to get justice by lodging a private complaint andcollecting evidence from a place alien to her against powerful perpetrators. Ifthe orders for filing the case are not issued, the complainant's whole casewill collapse, and it would be considered a failure of justice," the courtadded.
Thewoman alleged that she had come into contact with MLA in a property dispute.She was then trapped, got frequent phone calls and WhatsApp messages seeking aphysical relationship with her and was repeatedly raped by Bains.