IANS

New Delhi, January 21

A Delhi court docket on Saturday granted bail to Harish Chander, the person accused of dragging Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal by automotive for 10-15 metre outdoors the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on January 19 after her hand obtained caught within the car’s window.

Sanghamitra, the Mahila Court Metropolitan Magistrate on the Saket court docket complicated, famous that at this level, it’s not proved whether or not the accused may threaten witnesses or tamper with proof.

“Considering the facts and circumstances of the present case, I am of the view that no useful purpose will be served by keeping the accused behind bars,” she mentioned.

She granted Chander bail on sure situations like he shall not try and get in contact with the complainant, her members of the family, witnesses, threaten them or tamper with any proof.

Directing the accused to cooperate with the probe, she directed the accused to furnish a bond of Rs 50,000 together with a surety of the identical quantity.

Chander was arrested after a case underneath Sections 323 (voluntarily inflicting harm), 341 (wrongful restraint), 354 (assault or legal pressure to lady with intent to outrage her modesty) and 509 (phrase, gesture or act supposed to insult the modesty of a lady) of the Indian Penal Code was registered on the Kotla Mubarakpur police station.

Chander’s counsel submitted that Maliwal has falsely implicated his shopper within the case, including that his shopper drove away the automotive additional as he was afraid of being looted.

The court docket was knowledgeable that the police have declared that the matter wouldn’t want any additional custodial interrogation.

Maliwal’s lawyer mentioned you will need to consider the hazard the person poses to the residents of the nationwide capital.

The DCW chief had alleged that she was molested by a drunk man whereas on an inspection at night time, including that she was dragged for 10-15 metre by his automotive outdoors AIIMS after her hand obtained caught within the car’s window.

After a video of the incident surfaced on social media, a number of BJP leaders had termed the incident as a staged drama by Maliwal, supposed to defame Delhi internationally by displaying the nationwide capital as an unsafe metropolis for girls. They had additionally claimed that the accused Chander is a distinguished Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) employee within the Sangam Vihar space. Incidentally, Maliwal is an AAP appointee.

Coming down closely on the BJP’s allegations on Saturday, Maliwal mentioned she is going to hold combating until she is alive.

Taking to Twitter, Maliwal mentioned: “Let me tell those who think that they will scare me by telling dirty lies about me. I have done many big things in this short life, with a shroud on my head. I was attacked many times, but did not stop. With every atrocity, the fire inside me grew stronger. No one can suppress my voice. I will keep fighting as long as I am alive!”