Chhatrasal Stadium murder Delhi court denies interim bail to wrestler to give exams
New Delhi Sep 28 PTI A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed an application filed by Anirudh Dahiya one of the accused in the Chhatrasal Stadium murder case involving Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar seeking 13-day interim bail to appear for a college exam Additional Sessions Judge Shivaji Anand denied relief to the 23-year-old international wrestler after noting that he and the victims in the case are from the same fraternity and there is an apprehension of threat to Dahiyas life due to enmityThe judge also accepted the arguments of the prosecutor that Dahiya should have applied for appearing in the online examination on time The last day to apply for the online examination was September 24Keeping in view the fact that in the present case a large group of accused persons is involved and even the charge sheet against all the accused persons has not been filed In view of nature and gravity of the offence I do not find it a fit case for grant of interim bail the judge saidFurther the applicantaccused and victims are from the same fraternity and there is an apprehension of life of the present applicant also due to enmity the court added Dahiya had told the court that he has to physically appear for the fourth-semester exams for which he needs bail from September 27 to October 9 He claimed that he could not give his first and third-semester exams from jail earlier due to technical intricacies and administrative lapses During the course of the hearing Dahiyas counsel Himanshu Rana submitted that his client could only give exams in the offline mode as the date for applying for the option for giving exams through online mode has passed Please keep my future in mind Rana told the court To this advocate Nitin Vasishth appearing for the victim and complainant Sonu said If he was such a good student he should not have committed the crime This was the second time this month that the accused sought interim bail for the exam Earlier this month the court had dismissed his plea seeking interim bail for appearing in first and third semester exams but allowed him to take an online exam from the jailIn the fresh bail plea Dahiya had claimed that he has to appear in five examinations which are scheduled to take place from September 29 to October 6 and if he is not given time to prepare for them his whole future will be ruinedThe case in which he is accused relates to the alleged murder of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar Sushil Kumar is the main accused in the caseKumar and Dahiya along with several others had allegedly assaulted Dhankar and his friends at the stadium on the intervening night of May 4 and 5 over an alleged property disputeDhankar succumbed to the injuries later According to the post-mortem report he died due to cerebral damage resulting from blunt object impact PTI AAK RKS RKS
New Delhi Sep 28 PTI A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed an application filed by Anirudh Dahiya one of the accused in the Chhatrasal Stadium murder case involving Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar seeking 13-day interim bail to appear for a college exam Additional Sessions Judge Shivaji Anand denied relief to the 23-year-old international wrestler after noting that he and the victims in the case are from the same fraternity and there is an apprehension of threat to Dahiyas life due to enmityThe judge also accepted the arguments of the prosecutor that Dahiya should have applied for appearing in the online examination on time The last day to apply for the online examination was September 24Keeping in view the fact that in the present case a large group of accused persons is involved and even the charge sheet against all the accused persons has not been filed In view of nature and gravity of the offence I do not find it a fit case for grant of interim bail the judge saidFurther the applicantaccused and victims are from the same fraternity and there is an apprehension of life of the present applicant also due to enmity the court added Dahiya had told the court that he has to physically appear for the fourth-semester exams for which he needs bail from September 27 to October 9 He claimed that he could not give his first and third-semester exams from jail earlier due to technical intricacies and administrative lapses During the course of the hearing Dahiyas counsel Himanshu Rana submitted that his client could only give exams in the offline mode as the date for applying for the option for giving exams through online mode has passed Please keep my future in mind Rana told the court To this advocate Nitin Vasishth appearing for the victim and complainant Sonu said If he was such a good student he should not have committed the crime This was the second time this month that the accused sought interim bail for the exam Earlier this month the court had dismissed his plea seeking interim bail for appearing in first and third semester exams but allowed him to take an online exam from the jailIn the fresh bail plea Dahiya had claimed that he has to appear in five examinations which are scheduled to take place from September 29 to October 6 and if he is not given time to prepare for them his whole future will be ruinedThe case in which he is accused relates to the alleged murder of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar Sushil Kumar is the main accused in the caseKumar and Dahiya along with several others had allegedly assaulted Dhankar and his friends at the stadium on the intervening night of May 4 and 5 over an alleged property disputeDhankar succumbed to the injuries later According to the post-mortem report he died due to cerebral damage resulting from blunt object impact PTI AAK RKS RKS
