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SC Issues Notice to MP Police on Journalists’ Plea Seeking Protection After Alleged Assault Over Sand Mafia Reports

By Jhanak Sharma      04 June, 2025 06:07 PM      0 Comments
SC Issues Notice to MP Police on Journalists Plea Seeking Protection After Alleged Assault Over Sand Mafia Reports

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Madhya Pradesh government on a plea filed by two journalists seeking protection from coercive action as they alleged to have been beaten up in a police station for reporting on the sand mafia.

A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Satish Chandra Sharma issued notice to the state government on the plea filed by journalists Shashikant Goyal and Amarkant Singh Chouhan.

A counsel, representing the petitioners, asked the court to grant interim protection from arrest to them.

The bench said that unless the court is made aware of the exact nature of the crime attributed to the two journalists, it cannot pass any interim order granting protection from arrest to the two.

Also Read : SC to hear plea by journalists alleging assault by MP police for reporting on sand mafia

"Suppose her client commits a crime like murder, can the court grant no coercive protection order? We would have to hear the police. Let the other side respond. Let the facts be brought by the state also," the bench told the counsel.

The bench also told the counsel that she should have informed about moving to the Delhi High Court.

"We appreciate you as the fourth pillar. But you have to show the apprehension borne out of the record. What prevents you from going to the Delhi High Court, which is sitting during vacations," the bench asked.

However, the bench finally agreed to hear the matter and issued the notice seeking the state government's response.

The bench put the matter for further hearing on June 9.

In May, the Delhi High Court granted protection to Chouhan, who claimed there was a threat to his life by the Bhind superintendent of police after he was allegedly beaten up in his office. The high court had directed Delhi Police to give protection to Chouhan, a resident of Madhya Pradesh and Bhind Bureau Chief of Swaraj Express news channel, for two months.

Three journalists from Bhind had last month alleged that they were beaten up or manhandled inside the SP office, an allegation denied by the officer. Pritam Singh Rajawat, who runs a YouTube channel, Goyal, who runs a news portal and Chouhan alleged in a complaint submitted to the district collector that they were assaulted on May 1.



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