New Delhi: A court here has granted bail to a 41-year-old man arrested for allegedly attacking and sprinkling ink on Congress Lok Sabha candidate Kanhaiya Kuma, saying he will be given the personal rights of the accused along with public order. The interest of the state to maintain has to be balanced. Freedom.
On May 17, when Kumar, the Congress candidate from the North East Delhi seat, was coming out of ally Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) office in New Osmanpur after a meeting with local councilor Chhaya Sharma, a group of people attacked him. Gave. Delhi Police arrested one accused Ajay Kumar on Tuesday morning.
Metropolitan Magistrate Aarushi Parwal on Tuesday heard the city police's plea seeking 14-day judicial custody of Ajay Kumar. The investigating officer (IO) said this was necessary to prevent him from committing similar crimes.However, Ajay Kumar's lawyer strongly opposed the plea and sought bail for his client.
The magistrate said the alleged offenses included assault and criminal intimidation with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman, which carries a maximum penalty of up to seven years' imprisonment.
He said, "While deciding the bail application, the court has to balance two conflicting interests - on the one hand, the presumption of innocence of the accused and his right to personal liberty and on the other hand, the interest of the State in maintaining public order and To protect the integrity of the investigation.”
"Bearing in mind that the offenses included in the present FIR are punishable with imprisonment not less than seven years, taking into account the clean background of the accused, the circumstances of the case and the judicial precedents on arrest and bail, the accused is granted bail. The application is allowed, he said.The court directed Ajay Kumar to furnish a surety bond of Rs 25,000 and one surety of like amount for his release.
Other bail conditions included an undertaking that the accused would not indulge in a similar offense upon his release, would not tamper with evidence, would not cooperate with the investigation and would not contact the complainant.
AAP councilor Chhaya Sharma had said in her complaint, "Some people came to Kanhaiya Kumar with garlands. After garlanding him, some people entered inside and tried to attack him."
Sharma said that when he tried to intervene, the group abused him and issued threats.Based on the councillor's complaint, sections 32 (voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (wrongful restraint), 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 506 (criminal intimidation) have been registered. An FIR was lodged under , and. Section 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
On May 17, when Kumar, the Congress candidate from the North East Delhi seat, was coming out of ally Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) office in New Osmanpur after a meeting with local councilor Chhaya Sharma, a group of people attacked him. Gave. Delhi Police arrested one accused Ajay Kumar on Tuesday morning.
Metropolitan Magistrate Aarushi Parwal on Tuesday heard the city police's plea seeking 14-day judicial custody of Ajay Kumar. The investigating officer (IO) said this was necessary to prevent him from committing similar crimes.However, Ajay Kumar's lawyer strongly opposed the plea and sought bail for his client.
The magistrate said the alleged offenses included assault and criminal intimidation with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman, which carries a maximum penalty of up to seven years' imprisonment.
He said, "While deciding the bail application, the court has to balance two conflicting interests - on the one hand, the presumption of innocence of the accused and his right to personal liberty and on the other hand, the interest of the State in maintaining public order and To protect the integrity of the investigation.”
"Bearing in mind that the offenses included in the present FIR are punishable with imprisonment not less than seven years, taking into account the clean background of the accused, the circumstances of the case and the judicial precedents on arrest and bail, the accused is granted bail. The application is allowed, he said.The court directed Ajay Kumar to furnish a surety bond of Rs 25,000 and one surety of like amount for his release.
Other bail conditions included an undertaking that the accused would not indulge in a similar offense upon his release, would not tamper with evidence, would not cooperate with the investigation and would not contact the complainant.
AAP councilor Chhaya Sharma had said in her complaint, "Some people came to Kanhaiya Kumar with garlands. After garlanding him, some people entered inside and tried to attack him."
Sharma said that when he tried to intervene, the group abused him and issued threats.Based on the councillor's complaint, sections 32 (voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (wrongful restraint), 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 506 (criminal intimidation) have been registered. An FIR was lodged under , and. Section 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.
