Arrested wrestler Sushil Kumar
A plea to restrain the media from ‘sensationalising’ the trial of wrestler and Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar in reference to the demise of a 23-year outdated man, and searching for guidelines for reporting felony instances, was talked about on Thursday earlier than the Delhi High Court which agreed to hear it on May 28. The petition was talked about earlier than a bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh which allowed it to be listed for listening to on Friday.
The plea has been moved by a legislation scholar alleging that Kumar’s profession and repute have been broken by the media’s reporting of the case in opposition to him in reference to the Chhatrasal Stadium brawl that led to the demise of the 23-year-old wrestler. On May 23, a Delhi court docket despatched Kumar to 6-day police custody for interrogation in reference to the killing of a fellow wrestler, saying the allegations in opposition to him are critical in nature and that nobody is above the legislation.
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Kumar and his associates allegedly assaulted wrestler Sagar Dhankar (23) and two of his associates, Sonu and Amit Kumar, on the Chhatrasal stadium right here on the intervening night time of May 4 and 5. Sagar succumbed to the accidents later. Kumar was arrested together with co-accused Ajay from outer Delhi’s Mundka on May 23. The two-time Olympic medallist was on the run for practically three weeks.
Allowing the police to interrogate Kumar for six days, the Justice of the Peace had mentioned, “No one is above law and law treats everyone equally. Our Constitution guarantees the right to life and liberty to all persons subject to exceptions. The allegations against the accused persons are grave in nature. ” The Delhi Police has lodged an FIR within the case underneath sections 302 (homicide), 308 (culpable murder), 365 (kidnapping), 325 (inflicting grievous harm), 323 (voluntarily inflicting harm), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 506 (felony intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The FIR was additionally registered underneath sections 188 (disobedience to order by public servant), 269 (negligent act probably to unfold an infection of illness), 120B (felony conspiracy) and 34 (widespread intention) of the IPC and numerous sections of the Arms Act.
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