Ambala: Haryana cadre IPS officer Ravi Kant Sharma, who surrendered in a court in the Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, fears use of "third degree methods" by the Delhi police.

Sharma in his two page application for surrender in the court of chief judicial magistrate Sarita Gupta said use of "third degree methods" by Delhi police will "cause acute mental and physical pain so that the applicant is forced to toe the line of Delhi police.

Seeking permission to surrender in the court of CJM, Sharma said that the court can give a "suitable notice" to the Delhi police "so that it can obtain his lawful custody from the court of law".

Sharma "prayed" that he may be handed over to the Delhi police after a complete medical check up. The court did not pass any directions on this prayer even though it accepted Sharma's other application for being lodged in a special cell in the central jail.

Sharma said "that the circumstances, interior and posterior, to sudden and abrupt victimisation of the applicant, his wife and innocent daughters and other respectable relative are unprecedented in the legal history and are conclusive proof of persecution".

"The family of the applicant (Sharma) has been made to lead a miserable life during this period by the Delhi police. The applicant have serious apprehensions that if he surrenders before the Delhi police, he will be kept in illegal confinement and crude padding would be resorted to," Sharma stated.

Sharma had filed the application through his counsel Ravi Sharma.

PTI