HC sentences man to 6 months jail for demanding death penalty of sitting judge

The high court, on October 31, also imposed a penalty of ₹2,000 to Naresh Sharma, an alumni of IIT, and directed the police to taken him into custody and handover to the Tihar Jail same day.

The Delhi High Court has sentenced a man, who had sought the death penalty for a sitting judge of the High Court, to six-month imprisonment for contempt of court after he refused to tender ‘unconditional apology’.

The high court, on October 31, also imposed a penalty of ₹2,000 to Naresh Sharma, an alumni of IIT, and directed the police to taken him into custody and handover to the Tihar Jail same day.

Mr. Sharma, who was present in court, insisted that he stood by whatever allegations he has made, either against the judge or against the officers of Government of India and the judiciary.

The present case stems from a bunch of petition filed by Mr. Sharma earlier this year seeking immediate criminal prosecution of the Union of India, Delhi Police, Mumbai Police, Bengaluru Police, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Sir Ratan Tata Trust, Government Ministries, and Departments for “extreme crimes” inflicted upon him and the people of India at large.

Mr. Sharma, a resident of Pathankot, Punjab, claimed that “during the India-Pakistan War starting from August, 1965 to the Tashkent Declaration in 1966, huge crimes were committed in this country by the people from within the government which had directly or indirectly benefited Tatas”.

Mr. Sharma had also claimed that in a January 2022 police complaint, he had produced the entire evidence of fraud committed by Tatas including the contract awarded by Central Public Works Department to Tata Projects Limited for the Central Vista Project including the new Parliament building.

He sought that “whatever has been built by them in the project, be demolished from the very foundation so that criminals have nothing to do with the highest seat of democracy in the country”.