Sexual harassment of women wrestlers: Delhi court grants regular bail to WFI ex-chief Brij Bhushan
New Delhi, Jul 20: A Delhi court on Thursday granted regular bail to outgoing WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a case of sexual harassment of women wrestlers.
The court also allowed the bail application of suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) assistant secretary Vinod Tomar.
"I am granting bail on a bond of Rs 25,000 each with certain conditions," Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal said.
The metropolitan court directed the accused not to leave the country without its prior permission and not offer any inducement to witnesses in the case.
The Delhi Police had filed a charge sheet against the six-time MP on June 15 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).
The court had earlier in the day reserved its order on the bail applications of Singh and Tomar.
The judge reserved the order after hearing arguments by the counsel for the accused, the prosecution as well as the complainants.
During the hearing, the public prosecutor, representing Delhi Police, asked the court to try the accused as per law and impose certain conditions if relief was granted.
When the court asked the prosecutor if he was opposing the bail application, he said, "I am neither opposing nor supporting."
"Application should be dealt as per law and the order passed by the court," he told the court.
The counsel, appearing for the complainants, opposed the application, saying the accused was very influential.
"Bail should not be granted. If at all it is granted, strict conditions must be imposed. Witnesses have been approached from time to time, no threat though," he told the court.
The counsel for the accused told the court that he will abide by all conditions.
"No threat etc. will take place. Law is very clear. He should be granted bail. I am undertaking to abide by conditions," the defence counsel told the court.
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FIR filed against TMC's Abhishek over 'inflammatory' remarks during Bengal polls
Kolkata (PTI): The West Bengal Police on Saturday said they have registered an FIR against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee for allegedly making inflammatory statements during the recently concluded assembly elections.
The FIR was lodged based on a complaint filed by Social activist Rajib Sarkar at Baguiati Police Station in North 24 Parganas district on May 5, a day after the assembly election results were declared, alleging that the TMC national general secretary made provocative comments on post-poll violence and the vote counting process, a senior officer said.
The complainant also claimed that Banerjee's inflammatory comments were linked to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, he said.
"Following due procedure after the filing of the complaint, an FIR was formally registered at the Cyber Crime Police Station under the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate on May 15," the officer said.
The case has been registered under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Representation of the People Act, he said.
The complainant accused Banerjee of delivering inflammatory speeches during several election-related programmes between April 27 and May 3.
“The complainant alleged that certain remarks made during public meetings were provocative in nature and had the potential to disturb public order and communal harmony. The contents are being examined as part of the investigation,” the police officer added.
