Swati Maliwal assault case: Bail plea of Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar denied again
The court had earlier reject Kumar’s application for bail on May 27.
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A Delhi court on Friday rejected the bail petition moved by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar in the case pertaining to the alleged assault of Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal, Live Law reported.
This is the second time that the court has dismissed Kumar’s application for bail. He was arrested on May 18, following which he was remanded to judicial custody on May 24.
Kumar has been charged with assault or the use of criminal force on a woman with intent to disrobe, criminal intimidation, voluntarily causing hurt and using words, gestures or acts intended to insult the modesty of a woman. The alleged assault took place on May 13.
On Friday, Special Judge Ekta Gauba Mann said that the investigation in the case was at its initial stage.
The special judge said that there was fear in Maliwal’s mind about her safety because she was getting threats. There was also apprehension that Kumar would influence witnesses if given the liberty, she added.
The court, while rejecting the petition, said that it took into account Maliwal’s allegations that she had been “assaulted and brutally beaten up and her modesty has been outraged by applicant/accused Bibhav Kumar in the drawing room of the residence of the Hon’ble CM [Arvind Kejriwal]”.
The court said it...
