Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the BJP lawmaker and former wrestling federation chief, was granted interim bail in the molestation case on Tuesday. Singh, appeared before the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi today, was granted two-day interim bail by the Delhi Court. The BJP lawmaker has been granted bail on Rs 25,000 bond. According to Bar & Bench, advocate Rajeev Mohan appeared for Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh whereas Additional Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastava for Delhi Police. The court said that it would consider the matter for regular bail on Thursday.
The Delhi Court had taken the cognizance of the chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police on July 7 and issued summons to ex-WFI boss and suspended WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar. During the brief hearing on Tuesday, Brij Bhushan claimed that he was being subjected to media trail. He was reportedly miffed over chargesheet details being leaked to media. He said that news sites and newspapers were reporting the chargesheet in ‘verbatim’.
Judge Harjeet Singh Jaspal ordered Brij Bhushan to furnish bond of Rs 25,000. Additional Public Prosecutor said that Brij Bhushan has not been arrested yet. On June 15 last year, the Delhi Police had filed chargesheet against the ex-WFI boss under IPC Sections 354, 354A, 354D. Apart from this molestation case, one more FIR was filed against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh pursuant to charges made by a minor wrestler. The case was filed under stringent POCSO Act. The minor athlete was among the seven wrestlers who had levelled sexual harassment allegations against the BJP MP.
In the chargesheet that runs in 1599 pages, apart from statements recorded by the athletes under CrPC 164, the Delhi Police also recorded statements of 44 witnesses. Meanwhile, in another statement, the complainants have said that govt appointed panel headed by legendary boxer MC Mary Kom is biased towards the BJP lawmaker.