A Delhi court on Thursday granted bail to BJP MP and outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Singh in a sexual harassment case filed by women wrestlers.
This decision was given by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Harjeet Singh Jaspal of Rouse Avenue Courts, who also granted bail to co-accused Vinod Tomar.
However, the court has imposed certain conditions, including a directive to the accused not to leave the country without prior permission and to refrain from threatening or influencing the complainants or witnesses.
The court on Tuesday granted Singh and his co-accused Vinod Tomar interim bail of two days during the pendency of the regular bail pleas. The judge had said the chargesheet has been filed without arrest and the accused "have cooperated with the investigation".
APP Atul Srivastava on Thursday reiterated that conditions be imposed while granting bail. "He may influence witnesses so this condition may be imposed," Srivastava said.
The Delhi Police had filed the chargesheet last month under Sections 354 (outraging modesty of a woman), 354A (sexually coloured remarks), 354D (stalking) and 506(1) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 against them. However, a cancellation report was filed in the POCSO case registered against Singh by a minor wrestler.
The BJP lawmaker has been accused of sexual harassment by women wrestlers. The alleged incidents of sexual harassment are said to have occurred between 2016 and 2019 at the WFI office, at Singh’s official residence and abroad.
(With Live Law inputs)
