{"id":35182,"date":"2014-09-11T12:41:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T07:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=35182"},"modified":"2014-09-11T12:41:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T07:11:32","slug":"midnight-raid-somnath-bharti-police-file-charge-sheet-oct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/midnight-raid-somnath-bharti-police-file-charge-sheet-oct","title":{"rendered":"Midnight raid by Somnath Bharti: police to file charge sheet in Oct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi Police has told a city court here that it will file the charge sheet in first week of October in a case pertaining to former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti\u2019s purported midnight raid on some African residents.<\/p>\n<p>The submissions came after the court pulled up the police for failing to file the final status report in the case.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/somnath.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35183\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/midnight-raid-somnath-bharti-police-file-charge-sheet-oct\/somnath\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/somnath.jpg?fit=400%2C273&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,273\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"somnath\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/somnath.jpg?fit=150%2C102&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/somnath.jpg?fit=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-35183\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/somnath-300x204.jpg?resize=300%2C204&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"somnath\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/somnath.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/somnath.jpg?resize=150%2C102&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/09\/somnath.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>, meanwhile, posted the matter for October 1 while directing the police to file its final status report \u201cwithout fail\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The court had on May 26 issued a notice to the Investigation Officer of Delhi Police to remain present \u201cin person\u201d with the final status report.<\/p>\n<p>The court had on January 29 asked Delhi Police to file a status report while refusing to order lodging of a separate FIR on a plea by an African woman seeking registration of a case against unnamed persons.<\/p>\n<p>However, it had asked Delhi Police that the Ugandan woman be made co-complainant in the first FIR lodged on January 19 as she was also \u201cthe victim\u201d of the same incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi Police has told a city court here that it will file the charge sheet in first week of October in a case pertaining to former Delhi minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti\u2019s purported midnight raid on some African residents. 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