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Court shuts POCSO case against Singh
Hindustan Times Navi Mumbai
|May 27, 2025
A Delhi court on Monday closed a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) against former Lok Sabha MP and ex-chief of Wrestling Federation of India Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh after the minor victim, now an adult, retracted her allegations of sexual harassment made against him along with many women wrestlers.
NEW DELHI:
The Delhi police had submitted a closure report in June 2023 after its investigation found "no corroborative evidence". On Monday, Additional Sessions Judge Gomati Manocha of the Patiala House Courts accepted the report.
The police report filed under section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) sought to close the case lodged at the Connaught Place police station against the former BJP MP under section 10 of the POCSO Act and section 354A (sexual harassment), 354 (assault or criminal force to a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty) and 354D (stalking).
The complaint was filed by a woman wrestler's father who accused Singh of committing the offence on his daughter when she was a minor.
This story is from the May 27, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Navi Mumbai.
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