Outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been granted regular bail by a Delhi court in a wrestlers’ sexual harassment case. His co-accused and former assistant secretary of WFI, Vinod Tomar, has also been granted bail in the same case.
Brij Bhushan granted bail in sexual harassment case
Brij Bhushan Singh, who also happens to be a BJP MP, has been granted bail in the sexual harassment case of wrestlers by a Delhi court. The court, in its order, directed the accused to furnish bail bonds worth Rs 25,000. The case is next scheduled to be heard on July 28 at 2:30 pm.
The court, during the hearing, observed that the Delhi Police is neither supporting nor denying the bail application. “We are not out rightly opposing the bail… neither are we supporting it. We leave it to the wisdom of court,” Live Law quoted Delhi Police as saying.
Chargesheet against Brij Bhushan Singh
The outgoing WFI chief was summoned by court on July 7 after taking cognisance of a 1,500-page chargesheet filed by Delhi Police against the six-time MP 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). Meanwhile, Tomar was charged with offences under IPC 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).
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