Former BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has moved Delhi Excessive Court docket in search of quashing of all felony proceedings, together with the FIR and chargesheet accusing him of sexual assault on ladies wrestlers throughout his tenure as Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Chief.
Singh can also be in search of that the costs framed towards him by a Delhi trial court docket, too, be quashed.
The petition is because of be taken up for listening to earlier than the court docket of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna on Thursday.
The trial within the case started in July, over a yr after a chargesheet was filed towards Singh in June 2023. The trial court docket had framed fees towards him in Could this yr, below IPC sections 354 (assault or felony pressure with intent to outrage modesty of a girl) and 354A (sexual harassment), after Singh had pleaded not responsible.
The 1,500-page chargesheet towards Singh, for alleged sexual harassment, assault and stalking of six ladies wrestlers, had included statements of at the least 22 witnesses from throughout 4 states. These included wrestlers, a referee, a coach and a physiotherapist.
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reporter: Sohini Ghosh; edited by Deepika Singh
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