The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Monday a plea against the order of the Allahabad High Court granting bail to BJP MP Swami Chinmayanand..The MP, who is accused of sexual exploitation and harassment by a law student from Shahjahanpur, was granted bail by the High Court and has thus been enlarged. This order of the High Court has been assailed by the complainant before the Supreme Court..“Matter of quid pro quo”: What the Allahabad HC said while granting Swami Chinmayanand bail in sexual assault case [Read Order] .Senior Counsel Colin Gonsalves, representing the victim, mentioned the matter for urgent hearing today. He told the Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant that the victim fears danger to her life..The Court has agreed to list the matter for hearing on Monday..On February 3, the Allahabad High Court allowed the bail plea filed by Chinmayanand, upon finding that it is unclear as to who has used whom between him and the LL.M. student who alleged the sexual assault. In this regard, the judge raised eyebrows over the student’s failure to speak out against the sexual assault for months..The judge’s observations were made in the backdrop of contentions that the LL.M student had used Chinmayanand’s influence to obtain her post-graduate admission, and further that he had helped her family obtain employment..The Court goes on to refer to Chinmayanand’s contention that the FIR against him was lodged after unsuccessfully trying to blackmail him to pay a ransom of Rs 5 crores..The Court then proceeded to question the veracity of the student’s allegations, given the time taken by her to speak about the sexual assault to others. Referring to the proceedings that took place before the Supreme Court earlier, the judge remarks,.“A girl, whose virginity is at stake, not uttering a single word to her own parent or before the Court regarding the alleged incident, is an astonishing conduct which speak volumes about the ingeniousness of the prosecution story.”Allahabad High Court.Before parting with the case, the High Court also directed that the trial be shifted from Shahjahanpur to Lucknow. Further the Lucknow Court has been directed to take up the matter on priority basis, as soon as possible..Earlier, a local court in Shahjahanpur had rejected the bail pleas filed by both Chinmayanand and the law student who had levelled the allegations. The student was later granted bail by the Allahabad High Court in December last year, in the extortion case filed by Chinmayanand against her.
The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on Monday a plea against the order of the Allahabad High Court granting bail to BJP MP Swami Chinmayanand..The MP, who is accused of sexual exploitation and harassment by a law student from Shahjahanpur, was granted bail by the High Court and has thus been enlarged. This order of the High Court has been assailed by the complainant before the Supreme Court..“Matter of quid pro quo”: What the Allahabad HC said while granting Swami Chinmayanand bail in sexual assault case [Read Order] .Senior Counsel Colin Gonsalves, representing the victim, mentioned the matter for urgent hearing today. He told the Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and Justices BR Gavai and Surya Kant that the victim fears danger to her life..The Court has agreed to list the matter for hearing on Monday..On February 3, the Allahabad High Court allowed the bail plea filed by Chinmayanand, upon finding that it is unclear as to who has used whom between him and the LL.M. student who alleged the sexual assault. In this regard, the judge raised eyebrows over the student’s failure to speak out against the sexual assault for months..The judge’s observations were made in the backdrop of contentions that the LL.M student had used Chinmayanand’s influence to obtain her post-graduate admission, and further that he had helped her family obtain employment..The Court goes on to refer to Chinmayanand’s contention that the FIR against him was lodged after unsuccessfully trying to blackmail him to pay a ransom of Rs 5 crores..The Court then proceeded to question the veracity of the student’s allegations, given the time taken by her to speak about the sexual assault to others. Referring to the proceedings that took place before the Supreme Court earlier, the judge remarks,.“A girl, whose virginity is at stake, not uttering a single word to her own parent or before the Court regarding the alleged incident, is an astonishing conduct which speak volumes about the ingeniousness of the prosecution story.”Allahabad High Court.Before parting with the case, the High Court also directed that the trial be shifted from Shahjahanpur to Lucknow. Further the Lucknow Court has been directed to take up the matter on priority basis, as soon as possible..Earlier, a local court in Shahjahanpur had rejected the bail pleas filed by both Chinmayanand and the law student who had levelled the allegations. The student was later granted bail by the Allahabad High Court in December last year, in the extortion case filed by Chinmayanand against her.
