A witness in the December 16 gangrape case today complained to a fast track court here that he felt harassed by the questioning of the counsel for the accused.
"I am being harassed," the witness, who works for a private company engaged to patrol the National Highway (NH) 8 connecting Delhi and Gurgaon and provide help to accident victims, said.
The witness, who had made the call to the PCR, was unhappy with the way advocate V K Anand, appearing for accused Mukesh, was questioning him regarding his activities on the night of December 16, 2012.
The defence lawyer wanted to know what all help, if any, the witness had provided to the victims, what made him realise it was a police case, why he did not call for an ambulance, etc.
The witness responded to this line of questioning of the defence lawyer by saying "this is why ordinary people do not come forward to depose in such matters."
Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna at this juncture advised the defence counsel to calmly ask questions and to give the witness an opportunity to answer them.
The judge also said "you should not unnecessarily ask questions. Don't ask qustions simply for the sake of asking.
