Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday postponed the hearing to July 27 on the petition filed by a trainee IPS officer seeking quashing of the FIR registered against him for allegedly sexually harassing a woman trainee.
The 32-year-old IPS officer, who was booked on July 18 for “stalking and sexually harassing” a fellow trainee at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy here, on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court seeking quashing of the FIR.
After the matter was brought before the court on Wednesday, the petitioner’s counsel sought a hearing, even as the government prosecutor requested time to receive instructions, following which the court postponed the matter to July 27.
A 30-year-old trainee IPS officer has filed a complaint with the police, alleging that the trainee officer had been harassing her by sending sexually abusive messages via instant messaging app since June 23 and making derogatory remarks about her at the academy in the presence of her friends.
She claimed that he falsely accused her of having a sexual relationship with another trainee, pressured her to confess to such a relationship, and also verbally assaulted her. She alleged that on July 9, he unlawfully restrained her, forcibly took her into his room, grabbed her by the hair, tried to strangle her, held a knife to her neck and prevented her from leaving the room.
The complainant accused him of recording a private video of her without her knowledge or consent and sending it to her husband in an attempt to blackmail her.
Based on the complaint, the Attapur police registered a case under the relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Act relating to assault or use of criminal force against a woman with intent to outrage her modesty, sexual harassment, stalking, words, gestures or acts intended to insult the modesty of a woman, besides provisions of the Information Technology Act, the police said.
The accused trainee officer was admitted to hospital on July 20 by his brother and friends after they found him in an unconscious state in an apartment here. They suspected that he might have ingested a harmful substance.
But the treating doctor said that nothing abnormal was found after performing a gastric lavage and that his condition was stable.
The accused trainee officer had previously worked as a constable in Andhra Pradesh Police.
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