Delhi court defers order on police's cancellation report in POCSO case against Brij Bhushan
May 20, 2024
New Delhi [India], May 20 : Delhi's Patiala House Court on Monday deferred the order on the cancellation report filed by the Delhi Police in a POCSO case against former WFI Chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
This case was filed based on a complaint lodged by a minor women wrestler. Delhi Police had filed a cancellation report after the victim retracted from her earlier statment.
Special (POCSO) Judge Chhavi Kapoor deferred the order for July 27, 2024. The matter is to be taken up at 2 PM.
Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) Atul Srivastava appeared through video conferencing (VC) in the matter.
On August 1, 2023, the court reserved its order on the cancellation report after noting the response of the minor wrestler and her father. They did not oppose the cancellation report. The minor wrestler and her father had appeared before the court and said that they were satisfied with the investigation of Delhi police, Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastava had told media. He also said that the daughter and her father did not oppose the cancellation report filed by the Delhi police.
They had appeared on the notice issued by the Patiala House court on July 4. The hearing was conducted in a closed courtroom (In Camera Proceedings). Delhi police had filed the cancellation report on June 15 in the case. The report contains more than 500 pages.
A charge sheet was also filed in Rouse Avenue Court in a sexual harrasment case against Singh and Vinod Tomar. The Rouse Avenue court has ordered to frame charges against Singh and Tomar.
