Five days after the Delhi high court quashed charges of rape and unnatural sex against him, former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda on Wednesday sought bail from a city court.
The fresh bail plea was moved before additional sessions judge M.C. Gupta, who is presiding over the special fast-track court dealing with cases of sexual offences against women, and was earlier hearing the matter.
However, with the charges of rape and unnatural sex being quashed by the high court, the application was sent to the court of district judge and Additional sessions judge S.K. Sarvaria and has been fixed for hearing for August 5.
Kanda and his employee Aruna Chadha are accused of abetting the suicide of 23-year-old former airhostess with his MDLR Airlines. While the trial court had framed additional charges of rape and unnatural sex against Kanda, the high court had quashed the charges while deciding an appeal moved by Chadha.
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CISF staff nab chain snatcher
New Delhi, July 31: The CISF has solved a chain snatching case after they caught a suspect from the Delhi Metro premises.
Working on a complaint of a woman from Uttarakhand whose chain was snatched outside the Malviya Nagar Metro station on July 17, the CISF personnel tracked the suspects on the CCTV monitoring system and nabbed one Shanker (33) from outside Saket Metro station on Tuesday. — PTI