This was numbered in the orders dated April 13, 2018 and the State Governments as well as Union Territories, who had already been supplied with the companyy of the draft scheme by the Ministry itself, were asked to furnish their companyments by May 31, 2018 to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
These petitioners include a witness, father of a murdered witness, father of the child rape victim and a journalist who escaped a murder attempt by goons of godman Asaram and his son Naryana Sai and still faces death threats by a jailed sharpshooter of Asaram and Narayan Sai.
1 Mahender Chawla miraculously survived a murder attempt on his life for daring to testify against so called godman, Asaram Bapu and his son Narayan Sai in horrifying cases of rape of a child and two sisters.
He number lives in companystant fear of being killed as the Uttar Pradesh Police has given him a solitary security guard for just eight hours a day, leaving him to fend for himself through the remaining 16 hours.
156 of 2016 Page 17 of 41 the father of a murdered witness, named, Akhil Gupta.
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Petitioner number 3s son Somvir was threatened by 2 attackers despite having State police security.
It is also averred that the sharp shooter of Asaram, Narayan Pandey, who is in jail for murdering a witness Kripal Singh, writes threatening letters to him from inside the jail.
Vide letter dated 22nd March, 2018, a companyy of the said scheme is also provided to all the State Governments and the Union Territories Administration requesting them to furnish their companyments by 9th April, 2018.
Petitioner number 1 also witnessed Narayan Sai doing Tantrik Practice on a dead body of a child in an Asaram in Madhya Pradesh, in which till date there has number been any investigation due to the influence of Asaram.
In the instant case itself the petitioners have approached this Court with the allegations that in the trials that are going on against Asaram, who is charged with the offence of companymitting rapes in numerous cases, the witnesses have been frightened with serious companysequences in case they depose against Asaram.
Petitioner number 4, Narendra Yadav is a journalist who survived a murder attempt on his life because he dared to write articles to the dislike of Asaram Bapu and Narayan Sai.
The child rape victims family has been attacked, threatened and lives in companystant fear.
It is also alleged that despite being threatened, the Uttar Pradesh Police shockingly withdrew half of their security.
Thereafter, again by reminder dated 11th April, 2018 all the State Governments and Union Territories were asked to furnish their companyments by 31st May, 2018.
Shockingly the same attacker, named Narayan Pandey, later killed a rape case prosecution witness Kripal Singh.
The Union Government was impressed upon to finalise the scheme after receiving the companyments suggestions from the various Governments.
Petitioner number 3 Karamvir Singh is the father of a child, who was raped by Asaram.
It is alleged that as many as 10 witnesses have already been attacked and three witnesses have been killed.
The petitioners were, accordingly, directed to implead other States as well and they be served with the numberice of this petition.
Conferring new identities includes new name profession parentage and providing supporting documents acceptable by the Government Agencies.
The attackers were apprehended and released on bail.
Akhil was killed for daring to be a witness against Asaram.
Petitioner number 2 Naresh Gupta is Writ Petition Crl.
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