Madhya Pradesh Lawyer Jailed For "Indecent" Birthday Message To Woman Judge Gets Bail

While granting bail to the lawyer the court said that if he is found to approach the woman judge directly or indirectly or tries to stalk her, then the bail order shall stand cancelled.

The Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted bail to a lawyer, who has been in jail for over last four months for allegedly sending an indecent message to a woman judge in Ratlam on her birthday earlier this year. While granting bail to the lawyer - Vijay Singh Yadav - the court said that if he is found to approach the woman judge directly or indirectly or tries to stalk her, then the bail order shall stand cancelled. A single bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar passed the order during a virtual hearing of Vijay Yadav's second bail application on June 14. The lawyer had been booked by Ratlam police under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forging documents) and others besides relevant sections of the IT Act on a complaint lodged by a district court official. The complaint alleged that he had sent an indecent birthday wish to the woman judge on January 29 on her official email address.