A Delhi court docket has accepted the cancellation report filed by the police in a POCSO case towards former WFI chief and ex-BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The minor wrestler who initially filed the grievance appeared earlier than the court docket and confirmed she not wished to pursue the case.
A Delhi court docket on Monday accepted the cancellation report filed by the police in a Safety of Youngsters from Sexual Offences (POCSO) case towards former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and ex-BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The case had been lodged based mostly on allegations made by a lady wrestler who was a minor on the time. Particular POCSO Choose Gomati Manocha of the Patiala Home Court docket allowed the closure of the case after the complainant appeared earlier than the court docket and confirmed her satisfaction with the police investigation, reiterating that she not wished to pursue the matter.
Extra Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava instructed the court docket that the minor wrestler and her father had beforehand supported the cancellation report. Their statements, recorded throughout earlier hearings, indicated no objection to the closure of the case.
The Delhi Police had submitted the cancellation report on June 15, 2023, after the complainant withdrew her assertion. In subsequent hearings, together with one on August 1, 2023, each the complainant and her father mentioned they have been glad with the probe and didn’t contest the findings. The court docket had issued a discover to the complainant and her father in July 2023 and reviewed the 500-page report filed below the POCSO Act earlier than issuing its choice on Monday.
Prices to proceed in separate sexual harassment case
Whereas the POCSO case has been closed, a separate case involving allegations of sexual harassment by Singh and his aide Vinod Tomar remains to be continuing in Rouse Avenue Court docket. Prices have been framed below IPC sections 354 (assault or felony drive on a lady with intent to outrage her modesty), 354A (sexual harassment), and 354D (stalking). Tomar additionally faces extra expenses below sections 109 (abetment), 354, 354A, and 506 (felony intimidation) of the IPC.
The court docket has directed the beginning of trial proceedings on this case and ordered the recording of prosecution witness statements. Singh has persistently denied all allegations made towards him by a number of feminine wrestlers, sustaining that he has performed no unsuitable.
(With ANI inputs)