The court will hear arguments on Bhushan’s bail plea from Thursday.
Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday granted an interim bail to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and Vinod Tomar for two days in the case of alleged sexual harassment of wrestlers.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal, granting Singh relief, directed him to furnish bail bonds of Rs 25,000.
The court will next hear arguments on his regular bail plea from July 20, 2023.
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Singh’s counsel Rajiv Mohan, during the hearing, alleged media trail, to which the judge said he may move an application before the high court or trial court.
Singh was summoned by a Delhi court after taking cognizance of a 1500-page chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police against him for alleged sexual harassment, assault and stalking of six women wrestlers. The chargesheet was a compilation of testimonies of the six wrestlers, statements of witnesses and technical evidence such as photographs, videos and call detail records. Police cited photo and video evidence to corroborate the complaints.
The chargesheet against Singh was filed under sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354A (sexual harassment), 354D (stalking) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), whereas, Tomar was charged with offences under sections 109 (abetment of any offence, if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment), 354, 354A and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.
In the month of April, seven female wrestlers including a minor, had filed separate complaints of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation against Singh. In their complaints, they alleged 15 incidents of sexual harassment that include 10 episodes of inappropriate touching; several instances of intimidation, including stalking.
The minor and her father, who was the complainant, had later withdrawn their allegations against Singh in a fresh statement before a magistrate, following which the Delhi Police also filed a cancellation report under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
First published on: 18-07-2023 at 14:51 IST
