New Delhi, The Delhi Excessive Court docket on Friday sought the stand of Delhi Police on a bail plea by Olympian Sushil Kumar within the homicide case of former junior nationwide wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar.
Justice Anup J Bhambhani issued discover to Delhi Police and the kin of the deceased, and requested them to file a standing report and a reply, respectively.
Noting that the Supreme Court docket had cancelled the bail granted to Kumar by the excessive court docket in August final yr, the decide remarked, “I believe you might be being formidable.”
“As soon as the Supreme Court docket has taken a view, what do you count on from me?” the court docket requested.
The counsel for the accused mentioned the bail plea ought to be thought-about since all public witnesses have been examined within the trial.
The counsel for Delhi Police and the deceased’s kin, nevertheless, mentioned all public witnesses had been but to be examined.
“Let a standing report/detailed reply be filed earlier than the following date of listening to. Renotify on Might 4,” the court docket mentioned.
Kumar was arrested in Might 2021 and a periods court docket granted him per week’s interim bail for his knee surgical procedure on July 19, 2023.
On August 13, 2025, the Supreme Court docket cancelled Kumar’s bail, setting apart a March 4 excessive court docket order and noting that his “domineering affect” over witnesses or delaying the trial proceedings couldn’t be dominated out.
On February 6 this yr, a trial court docket refused to grant bail to Kumar, saying the likelihood that the accused would possibly affect witnesses “can’t be dominated out”.
The trial court docket, in October 2022, framed prices in opposition to Kumar underneath Indian Penal Code sections coping with homicide, legal conspiracy, intimidation and rioting with a lethal weapon. Costs had been additionally framed underneath the provisions of the Arms Act.
The trial court docket had famous that after being kidnapped and delivered to the Chhatrasal Stadium, Dhankar was severely assaulted by a number of accused individuals with baseball and hockey sticks.
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