Mumbai Court Refuses Pre Arrest Bail to Anil Deshmukh’s Lawyer And 3 Others In Sexual Harassment Case
In Mumbai, session court has rejected anticipatory bail application of a lawyer Inder Pal Singh. He is representing former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh before the High Court as well as the Sessions Court.
He is guilty of outraging modesty of a female member of the Nationalist Congress Party. Anil Deshmukh is former North Mumbai District President of the party. The sections applies against the accused are sections 354, 509, 34 of the Indian Penal Code and; Section 67 of the Information Technology Act.
NL Kale (ASJ of the Dindoshi) rejected anticipatory bail applications of three other accused. Their names are Manishankar Chauhan, Mukesh Poojari and Dhananjay Chavan. Physical presence of the applicants with police is very necessary for recovery of mobile phones. In a result, the applicants are not entitled for grant of pre arrest bail in their favour,” the judge observed while rejecting the applications.
On October 7, 2021, Singh is guilty of sending abusive message on whatsapp to the complainant. Three day later in a party meeting when about 20-22 party members were present Singh allegedly made wrong statements against the complainant. Poojari put his hand on her chest and Singh pushed her; then she sent a complaint to the State Women’s Commission, which was sent to the concerned police station, after which the FIR was registered.
Arguing for the anticipatory bail before the court, the lawyers argued that the case against them was based on false and frivolous allegations only due to political rivalry only.The prosecution opposed the plea stating that the offences were serious in nature and investigation was underway. The complainant’s lawyer also opposed the application claiming that the complainant was harassed previously for not fulfilling demands.
The Court Held that:
The court observed that; even if the actual chat data of the disputed messaged can be obtained from the concerned authorities; the custody is necessary to seize mobile phones used by the accused and rejected their application.
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