Panic gripped inside the district court compound in Rae Bareli on Friday when hundred of lawyers suddenly created ruckus and ransacked the court room of a senior judge on Friday morning. The advocates were just agitated as the concerned judge just asked the `Identity’ proof of one of the witnesses. Heavy police force later reached the spot and tried to defuse the tension.
Report said that during trial in a case at district court in Rae Bareli, one of the senior judge, asked an `eye-witness’ to first produce his identity and then dispose of his statement. When the witness failed, the judge postponed the hearing till Friday morning, asking the witness to come with the ID proof if he wanted to make statement.
Reports said that the matter took an ugly turn on Friday when about 500 to 600 lawyers suddenly barged inside the said judge court room and opposing his stand of asking for a ID-proof, the protesters ransacked the court room. luckily some court staff came to rescue of the judge and called the local police.
Soon after getting the message, heavy police force reached the spot and pushed the lawyers out of court’s room. However, the lawyers continued to protest and further staged a demonstration.