One Ramesh Harijan of Umarkote filed a complaint case in the court of the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) here against the Sub-Collector and in-charge Road Transport Officer (RTO) for allegedly misbehaving him and his advocate while conducting MV checking.
According to the complainant, on March 30 at about 11.30 am while Harijan along with his advocate Santunu Bahinipati were proceeding towards Koraput in a car to meet with an exigencies of court work, the duo who were conducting MV Checking along with their staff near Jatabal stopped the vehicle of Bahinipati and asked to produce the relevant documents of the same.
Bahinipati produced all the documents in connection with the car and his Dl for verification. Though the documents shown to them were found in order, the RTO imposed Rs 3,000 fine for not displaying the Indian logo in the number plate which does not adhere to law, alleged Bahinipati.
When protested to the arbitrary acts, the duo allegedly scolded them in filthy language, said Harijan.
A case under 294/341/506/34 of IPC read with section 3(1) of SC&ST Act has been registered in the court and the matter was conveyed to the Bar members who assured to take necessary action after the Bar executive meeting, said Bahinipati.