Court Order On Chargesheet Against Brij Bhushan Singh On July 7

A Delhi court on Tuesday posted for July 7 the pronouncement on whether to take cognisance of the chargesheet filed by the Delhi police against BJP MP and outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a case of alleged sexual harassment of women wrestlers.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Harjeet Singh Jaspal, who was scheduled to pass the order on Saturday, noted the submission of the city police that its probe is still in progress and a supplementary chargesheet is likely to be filed.

"However, since FSL report and report on CDR (call detail record) is awaited it is likely to take time. Put up for consideration for July 7," the judge said.

Delhi Police have recently filed a chargesheet against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, the Chief of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The chargesheet includes allegations of sexual harassment and stalking. The filing of the chargesheet follows weeks of protests by prominent wrestlers such as Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Punia, and Vinesh Phogat.

On June 15, the city police lodged the chargesheet against Singh, who has served as an MP for six terms, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354A (sexual harassment), 354D (stalking), and 506 (criminal intimidation).

Furthermore, the chargesheet had also named Vinod Tomar, the suspended assistant secretary of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), under sections 109 (abetment of any offense, if the act abetted is committed in consequence, and where no express provision is made for its punishment), 354, 354A, and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.