{"id":39272,"date":"2015-10-03T09:58:47","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T09:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=39272"},"modified":"2015-10-03T09:58:47","modified_gmt":"2015-10-03T09:58:47","slug":"midnight-raid-police-files-supple-chargesheet-against-bharti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/midnight-raid-police-files-supple-chargesheet-against-bharti","title":{"rendered":"Midnight raid: Police files supple chargesheet against 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-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=\"Midnight raid: Police files supple chargesheet against 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\">Midnight raid: Police files supple chargesheet against Bharti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"body\">Delhi Police today filed a supplementary charge sheet in a city court against AAP leader Somnath Bharti in a case of alleged molestation of African women during his purported midnight raid last year when he was the Delhi Law Minister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">In a supplementary final report filed before Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Ankita Lal, the police informed the court that prosecution sanction against Bharti has been accorded by the competent authority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">In its 22-page report, the police has also annexed the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report and arrayed FSL Director and a scientist as witnesses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The court fixed October 30 for consideration of the report filed by Investigating Officer (IO) Vijay Chandel against Bharti, who is in police custody in a domestic violence case filed by his wife, Lipika Mitra.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">Earlier, the police had filed a report on Bharti\u2019s plea for further probe in the case in a sealed cover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">On January 16, the court had issued notice to the Deputy Commissioner of Police and given a last chance to the IO to get the sanction for prosecution against Bharti expeditiously. The police said it received the sanction on September 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">In its charge sheet filed on September 27 last year, Delhi Police had said \u201cnine African women were victims of molestation and manhandling by a mob led by then Law Minister Somnath Bharti\u201c.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">In the charge sheet, Bharti and 17 others have been booked under various Sections of the IPC, including 354 (outraging women\u2019s modesty), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 147 (rioting).<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">The police had arrayed 41 people as prosecution witnesses in the case, including nine Ugandan women, who were allegedly beaten up and molested by the mob led by Bharti on the intervening night of January 15-16, 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body\">\n<p class=\"body\">( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi Police today filed a supplementary charge sheet in a city court against AAP leader Somnath Bharti in a case of alleged molestation of African women during his purported midnight raid last year when he was the Delhi Law Minister. 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