New Delhi: A Delhi court granted regular bail to outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in the case of sexual harassment of women wrestlers on Thursday. The Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Harjeet Singh Jaspal passed the order in the case.
Both Singh and former WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar were granted relief on personal bail bond of Rs 25,000 each. The court has ordered them not to leave the country without its permission. Also they have been ordered not to directly or indirectly induce the complainants or witnesses. The next hearing of the case has been listed on July 28 where the documents would be scrutinised.
Earlier on Tuesday, ACMM Jaspal had granted an interim bail to both Singh and Tomar noting that they were not arrested during investigation and appeared before court without any coercive process. They were granted relief on a bond of Rs 25,000 each.
On June 15, the Delhi Police had filed a 1,082-page chargesheet against Singh on charges of sexual harassment and stalking. During the hearing on June 22, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Mahima Rai Singh, transferred the case to the ACMM's MP-MLA court to take cognizance of the chargesheet. Singh assigned the matter to ACMM Jaspal.
Later on, Delhi Police filed a 550-page cancellation report in the Delhi Patiala House Court in connection with the POCSO case against Singh. The report was based on the allegation of a minor's father who recorded statements after withdrawing the sexual harassment charges. The police requested the court to quash the case while taking cognizance of the cancellation report, the Patiala House Court issued a notice to the minor wrestler and her father, seeking their reply by August 1.
Singh has been charged under sections 354 (assault or criminal force with intent to outrage modesty), 354 D (stalking) and 354A (sexual harassment) of the IPC. Tomar, on the other hand, has been charged under IPC's sections 506 (criminal intimidation), 354 and 354A.
