New Delhi’s Rohini court on Tuesday (May 18) declined to grant anticipatory bail to Sushil Kumar, India’s double Olympic medallist in wrestling, in reference to a brawl at Chhatrasal Stadium, which led to the loss of life of a wrestler.
Additional periods choose Jagdish Kumar declined to grant reduction to Sushil Kumar who has been booked for murder, abduction and prison conspiracy.
Kumar in his plea in search of anticipatory bail filed by advocate Kumar Vaibhaw has stated: “unfounded, baseless, scurrilous and preposterous allegations have been made against the applicant maliciously with the only motive to humiliate and injure the reputation of the applicant.”
The Delhi police stated Kumar is the principle accused who has performed a key function within the fee of the offence.
The police have additionally introduced a money award of Rs one lakh to anybody who can present intel about two-time Sushil Kumar and Rs.50,000 for anybody who offers data on Sushil’s affiliate Ajay Kumar, who’s co-accused within the murder of Sagar Rana, a former worldwide wrestler. On May 4, two teams of wrestlers clashed at Chhatrasal Stadium, ensuing within the loss of life of 23-year-old Sagar.
Kumar, within the plea, argued that the assertion of the victims has been recorded and alleged recoveries have additionally been made, subsequently no custodial interrogation was required. Kumar additionally claimed that he has no reference to the alleged firing, which occurred through the brawl.
Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, representing Kumar, questioned earlier than the court the act of prosecution seizing Kumar’s passport.
Additional public prosecutor Atul Shrivastava replied, “We have an apprehension that he may flee from the country.” Shrivastava added that there’s digital proof in opposition to Kumar.
Police insisted on Kumar’s custodial interrogation to disclose the conspiracy and in addition to get well the weapon of offence from him.
Citing the falsity in allegations, Kumar’s plea stated that as per the PCR name the incident occurred at round 1.19 hours on May 5, 2021 and the gap from the place of incident, Chhatrasal Stadium, and the police station PS Model Town is only one kilometre. However, the FIR has been registered after an unexplained delay of round 5-6 hours. “It further appears that that the entire delay in registration of the FIR is to falsely implicate the Applicant in the present matter”, the plea added.
In the anticipatory bail plea, Kumar stated: “The victims are falsely implicating the applicant because he had asked Sagar to leave his property as the same was being misused by him. It is also known to every associated with the Chhatrasal stadium that the purported victims were trying to defame and fix the Applicant for a long time and are trying to falsely implicate the applicant in the present matter.”
Kumar claimed he’s harmless of all wrongdoing and has been falsely implicated within the current case.
The Delhi Police have filed an FIR below numerous sections: 302 (murder), 308 (culpable murder), 365 (kidnapping), 325 (inflicting grievous damage), 323 (voluntarily inflicting damage), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 506 (prison intimidation). The police have additionally included sections 269 (negligent act more likely to unfold an infection of illness), 120-B (prison conspiracy) and 34 (widespread intention) of IPC and numerous sections below the Arms Act.
