{"id":38305,"date":"2015-07-07T10:15:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T10:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=38305"},"modified":"2015-07-07T10:15:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T10:15:38","slug":"domestic-violence-case-court-denies-bail-to-former-delhi-law-minister-somnath-bharti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/domestic-violence-case-court-denies-bail-to-former-delhi-law-minister-somnath-bharti","title":{"rendered":"Domestic violence case: Court denies bail to former Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38306\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38306\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/somnath.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38306\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/domestic-violence-case-court-denies-bail-to-former-delhi-law-minister-somnath-bharti\/somnath-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/somnath.jpg?fit=301%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"301,167\" 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\/2015\/07\/somnath.jpg?fit=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/somnath.jpg?fit=301%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38306 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/somnath.jpg?resize=300%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Domestic violence case: Court denies bail to former Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti\" width=\"300\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/somnath.jpg?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/07\/somnath.jpg?w=301&amp;ssl=1 301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38306\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Domestic violence case: Court denies bail to former Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>AAP leader and former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti was on Tuesday denied anticipatory bail by a Delhi court which termed the plea as &#8220;pre-mature&#8221; in a case of domestic violence filed against him by his wife.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Sessions Judge Paramjeet Singh dismissed Bharti&#8217;s plea, saying since there was no FIR or any apprehension of arrest, the application was premature.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after the dismissal of his plea, the AAP leader said, &#8220;My sole purpose was to attract court&#8217;s attention over the matter so that it could be referred for mediation as the issue revolves around the lives of two infants.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the politician&#8217;s wife Lipika Bharti had filed a complaint with Delhi Commission for Women accusing him of domestic violence and mental torture since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Me and my children are subject to harassment and torture &#8212; mental, physical and oral&#8211; by my husband Somnath Bharti&#8230; There is a persistent threat from my husband and his supporters,&#8221; Lipika, who is reportedly living in Dwarka separately for last three years, said in her complaint.<\/p>\n<p>She had said, &#8220;It would be difficult for me to summarise all these. It&#8217;s going on for a long time. It has been going on since 2010. I want separation, I want to be out from this marriage. I want to live with dignity with my children. It has been a continuous process which I was going through.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bharti was the Law Minister during AAP&#8217;s first stint of 49 days.<\/p>\n<p>He had courted controversy for an alleged crackdown on a prostitution ring in his constituency during his ministership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AAP leader and former Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti was on Tuesday denied anticipatory bail by a Delhi court which termed the plea as &#8220;pre-mature&#8221; in a case of domestic violence filed against him by his wife. 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