The Tripura High Court has transferred Biswatosh Dhar, the Kamalpur Civil Judge who is being accused of sexually harassing a rape survivor in his chambers.
The transfer was notified through a notification dated February 23, 2024, which is signed by the High Court Registrar General, directing the Civil judge to report forthwith to the High Court, and stated that he would be kept on ‘compulsory waiting for future posting.’
Sri Biswatosh Dhar, Civil Judge (Junior Divison)-cum-Judicial Magistrate First Class, Kamalpur, Dhalai District is hereby being transferred to the High Court and is kept on compulsory waiting for future posting.
It has been stated that Sri Dhar is directed to report to the High Court immediately.
Further, it has been directed that the charge of Dhar’s office shall be carried out by Madhumita Biswas, the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate-cum-Civil Judge (Junior. Division.), Kamalpur, Dhalai District until further orders.
As per the reports, the 23-year-old woman had accused the civil judge of inappropriately touching her in his chambers, when she had approached him to record her statement under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, CrPC after being allegedly raped by another man. The Local reports also stated that after the woman had raised her voice, her husband wrote to the secretary of the Kamalpur Bar Association flagging the occurrence.
The three-member fact-finding team of judges was constituted and led by Dhalai District and Sessions Judge Gautam Sarkar.