Cop booked for attacking lawyer fined ₹1 lakh by Karnataka HC for hiding facts to get stay on case
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The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday imposed exemplary costs of ₹1 lakh on a policewoman for suppressing a key fact to secure a stay on a criminal case registered against her for allegedly attacking an advocate who had come to the police station to register a road rage case.The policewoman was accused of kicking the lady advocate in retaliation after the lawyer allegedly shoved papers kept at the police station because she was made to wait for hours to register her complaint.The conduct of both p