New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture visited Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya at Teen Murti Estate here on Wednesday.

New Delhi Sep 25 PTI A Delhi court on Saturday granted anticipatory bail to Lok Janshakti Party MP Prince Raj in a rape case Special judge Vikas Dhull granted the relief to the politician on a bond of Rs one lakh and one surety of like amount saying there was unusual delay in lodging the FIR against Raj by the complainant In the event of arrest of applicant investigating officer IO station house officer of Connaught Place police station is directed to release the accused on his furnishing a personal bond of Rs one lakh with one surety in the like amount the judge said The judge also directed Raj to join the investigation as and when required by the IO and not threaten pressurize or contact the prosecutrix in any manner whatsoever ie through phone whatsapp email Instagram Facebook Messenger etc Raj the nephew of late Ram Vilas Paswan and cousin of Chirag Paswan is a Member of Parliament from Samastipur in Bihar In its 25-page order the court accepted the argument made by senior advocate Vikas Pahwa counsel for Raj that the complainant and her male friend were extorting money and blackmailing his client since 2020 The judge played an audio recording before the court in which her friend Amar was heard threatening to upload objectionable videos and pictures of accused on Facebook and noted that the call according to Raj was made to his relative The court also noted that the transcripts of another audio recording show the alleged victim had told Amar that whatever happened between her and Raj was as per mutual understanding and with consent of each other In another transcript of audio recording filed on record by accused along with bail application prosecutrix is threatening to make a video viral which she had prepared to put the reputation of accused at stake the court noted It noted from the arguments of advocate Nitesh Rana also appearing for Raj that there were more audio and video recordings of such nature All the aforementioned facts show that it was in fact prosecutrix who was trying to threaten the accused to defame him by circulating his picturevideo which were in her possession and she also corroborated the allegations made in the FIR lodged by accused that they had consensual physical relationship the judge noted The court further observed that the the FIR was lodged by her after 16-17 months of the alleged incident and after more than three months of another FIR lodged by Raj at Parliament Street No explanation has been provided by the prosecutrix in her complaintas to why she did not lodge the police complaint regarding the alleged offence of rape promptly the judge noted He said that the possibility of falsely implicating Raj could not be ruled out The custodial interrogation of the accused is not required in this case as nothing is to be recovered from himor at his instance the court said It also noted that there was no possibility of tampering with the evidence as all the evidence relating to this case had been seized by the police The judge also noted that the accused was having clean antecedents and the possibility of him fleeing from justice was also quite remote as he was a sitting Lok Sabha member and has got deep roots in the society It also said the possibility of Raj threatening the complainant was quite remote as a court earlier this month directed police to provide adequate security to her In the order the judge also accepted the argument made by Rana that allegations of the complainant that she visited Rajs official residence here where the offence allegedly took place on the date claimed by her in February 2020 is not corroborated by the visitors register There was also no electronic evidence of her visit to Rajs residence since the CCTV recordings were preserved only for a month the court noted The possibility of the victim mentioning about her visit to Rajs official residence as an afterthought or after having gathered information about the room number of applicant at Western Court New Delhi cannot be ruled out the court said The Delhi Police filed an FIR on September 9 against Prince Raj on the directions of a court here The woman who claims that she was an LJP worker has accused Raj of raping her while she was unconscious PTI UK SMN SMN

New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Saturday granted anticipatory bail to Lok Jansakti Party (LJP) MP Prince Raj Paswan in connection with an alleged rape case against him, stating that whatever happened between the complainant and the accused was consensual.

New Delhi Sep 25 PTI A Delhi court on Saturday granted anticipatory bail to Lok Janshakti Party MP Prince Raj who had sought protection from arrest in a rape caseSpecial judge Vikas Dhull granted the relief to the politician on a bond of Rs 1 lakh and one surety of like amountRaj nephew of the late Ram Vilas Paswan and cousin of Chirag Paswan is a Member of Parliament from Samastipur in BiharIn the application Rajs advocate Nitesh Rana had claimed that the alleged victim and her male friend were extorting money and blackmailing his client since 2020The Delhi Police had filed an FIR on September 9 against Prince Raj on the directions of a court hereThe woman who claims that she was an LJP worker has accused Raj of raping her while she was unconscious PTI UK TIR TIR

New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Saturday granted anticipatory bail to Lok Jansakti Party (LJP) MP Prince Raj Paswan in connection with an alleged rape case against him.

New Delhi Sep 22 PTI Lok Janshakti Party MP Prince Raj seeking protection from arrest in a rape case accused the complainant of extortion before a Delhi court on Wednesday Prince nephew of late Ram Vilas Paswan and cousin of Chirag Paswan made the allegations before special judge Vikas Dhull who started hearing his anticipatory bail application afresh on Wednesday Special judge M K Nagpal on Tuesday when he was scheduled to pass an order on the application recused himself from hearing the matter citing personal reasons He sent the matter back to the District Judge who assigned the case to a new court today The counsel appearing for Raj a Member of Parliament from Samastipur in Bihar told the court that the alleged victim and her male friend were extorting money and blackmailing his client since 2020 Senior advocate Vikas Pahwa told the court that the woman and her friend had demanded Rs 1 crore and threatened to file a false complaint against Paswan if he failed to pay the money A case was earlier filed in that regard on February 10 this year in Parliament police station in which the woman and her associate were granted anticipatory bail in July he said Advocate Nitesh Rana also representing Raj told the court that on May 31 meanwhile the woman filed a complaint against his client for allegedly raping her He said she later approached the court seeking registration of an FIR against Paswan following which the court had sought an Action Taken Report ATR from police In its ATR the police submitted before the court that nothing was found on her complaint and that it was a matter of extortion he said The police opposed the application and said Rajs custodial interrogation was required in the matter Police submitted before the court that it needed his custody to recover the alleged video clips having objectionable content as claimed by the alleged victim The court will hear the matter further on Thursday Delhi Police filed an FIR on September 9 against Prince Raj on the directions of a court here The woman who claims that she was an LJP worker has accused Raj of raping her while she was unconscious PTI UK SA

New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Monday adjourned the pronouncement of order on anticipatory bail plea of Lok Jansakti Party (LJP) MP, Prince Raj Paswan, in connection with an alleged rape case against him, till tomorrow.

New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): Delhi Court on Friday reserved order on anticipatory bail plea of Lok Jansakti Party (LJP) MP Prince Raj Paswan in connection with an alleged rape case against him.

Patna (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 15 (ANI): Senior Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan said on Wednesday that the guilty in the sexual assault case involving his cousin and Samastipur MP Prince Raj Paswan must be punished.

New Delhi [India], September 14, (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Prince Raj Paswan, accused of the alleged sexual assault case, on Tuesday moved an anticipatory bail plea in Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court, seeking protection from arrest in the matter.