Karnataka High Court Bars Coercive Action Against IAF Officer In Road Rage Case

Justice Hemant Chandangoudar passed the order on April 24 while hearing a petition filed by the officer, who sought to quash the FIR registered against him.

In its interim ruling, the court directed the police not to summon or take any coercive steps against Wing Commander Bose without following due process.

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The Karnataka High Court has issued an interim order preventing Bengaluru police from taking any coercive action against Indian Air Force Wing Commander Shiladitya Bose in connection with a road rage incident reported earlier this week.

Justice Hemant Chandangoudar passed the order on April 24 while hearing a petition filed by the officer, who sought to quash the FIR registered against him, as per a report on PTI.

The altercation occurred near C V Raman Nagar on April 21. Initially, Bose lodged a complaint claiming he was physically assaulted by a call centre employee, Vikas Kumar S J. Acting on his statement, police registered the first FIR. However, Kumar later filed a counter-complaint, resulting in a second FIR being lodged—this time against the IAF officer.

In its interim ruling, the court directed the police not to summon or take any coercive steps against Wing Commander Bose without following due process. It further instructed that no chargesheet should be filed in the case without the court’s prior approval.

The court emphasised, however, that the petitioner must continue cooperating with the investigation.

Bengaluru Road Rage Incident 

Earlier, an FIR was registered against a the Indian Air Force officer on charges of attempt to murder, criminal intimidation, and voluntarily causing hurt, following a counter-complaint by a call centre employee previously arrested on the officer's complaint in a road rage incident.

In a video, Wing Commander Shiladitya Bose had earlier alleged that he was attacked and verbally abused by a group of Kannada-speaking individuals who chased him on a bike in Bengaluru early Monday morning. Based on his complaint, police arrested Vikas Kumar, a team head at a software company's call centre, calling it a case of road rage. However, videos from the scene reportedly show both parties engaging in physical altercations.