High court asks Delhi govt for witness protection programme

July 08, 2013 17:29

The Delhi high court today granted four more weeks to the city government to evolve a witness protection policy to ensure that witnesses are not harassed or intimidated by powerful accused in criminal cases.

A division bench of acting Chief Justice B D Ahmed and Justice Vibhu Bakhru asked the Delhi government to expedite the process after its standing counsel Pawan Sharma submitted that "further time is needed to come out with the policy."

Sharma told the court that the process of implementing the policy was underway and a month was required to implement it.

Accepting the counsel's submission, the bench posted the matter for August 8.

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