Former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Saturday urged a Delhi courtroom to discharge him in a sexual harassment case by girls wrestlers, claiming materials contradictions within the statements of witnesses towards him.
Six girls wrestlers have levelled allegations of sexual harassment towards Singh.
Appearing earlier than Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal of the Rouse Avenue Court, advocate Rajeev Mohan, showing for Singh, argued that as per the regulation, the Oversight Committee needed to suggest for the registration of the FIR inside seven days, however since within the matter at hand, no such advice has been made, it’s protected to imagine that the Committee didn’t discover a prima facie case towards accused.
“Since no prima facie case was found out by the Oversight Committee, and since no case was found out, no FIR was registered, it automatically amounts to exoneration,” Mohan informed the courtroom.
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He additional claimed that the statements made earlier than the Oversight Committee and the statements recorded beneath Section 164 CrPC have materials contradictions and that the statements made later in time (beneath part 164) have materials enhancements and, subsequently are liable to be rejected in toto.
“Since there are material contradictions in the statements of the prosecution witnesses, that itself calls for discharge of the accused as the contradictions have the effect of taking the case away from the arena of grave suspicion, towards only mere suspicion,” the defence counsel stated.
The argument was opposed by the general public prosecutor, who stated that the structure of the Oversight Committee itself was not in accordance with regulation.
“There is no question of exoneration because no recommendations/ findings have been given by the said Committee,” the prosecutor stated.
The matter is listed for subsequent listening to on October 30.
Earlier, Singh had informed the courtroom that the allegations of sexual harassment towards him accused haven’t any foundation. The BJP MP’s counsel had additionally contended that checking the heartbeat price with out sexual intent is just not an offense.
Singh’s counsel had stated that the oversight committee was shaped following tweets tagging the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Ministry of Home Affairs, and that the stated committee exonerated the coaches towards whom allegations had been leveled. Singh’s counsel emphasised that there have been no written or oral allegations till the formation of the committee, and the muse of the allegations was primarily based on tweets.
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The defence additionally talked about that respiration sample checking was not talked about in affidavits given by the complainants however was solely within the complaints. In the earlier listening to, Singh denied allegations of sexual harassment, and claimed that one among them accused him as she didn’t qualify for the 2016 Olympics. Claiming that the allegations are false and motivated, Singh’s counsel had submitted that the above-talked about complainant, who’s a part of the sexual harassment committee, didn’t report the alleged incident from 2012 till April 2023. “She levelled the allegations as she failed to qualify for the Olympics. Every complaint has a reason behind it. Every allegation is false… Almost every complainant changed her statement. Cosmetic and improved statements were given to implicate the accused.”
Delhi Police had informed the courtroom that Singh by no means missed a possibility to sexually harass girls wrestlers, including that there’s adequate proof to border prices towards him and proceed with the trial.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – IANS)
