Delhi court clears Brij Bhushan Singh in sexual harassment case by six women wrestlers

Additional chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Ashwini Panwar of Rouse Avenue Courts had reserved orders on the judgement on July 2. The court had also directed both the prosecution and the defence to submit written arguments within two weeks.

Singh has been charged under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354A (sexual harassment) and 506(1) (criminal intimidation) while co-accused and former WFI Assistant Secretary Vinod Tomar has been charged for criminal intimidation.

The maximum punishment for the offences entail a five-year imprisonment.

The sexual harassment case against Singh and Tomar came after a wave of prolonged protests held at Jantar Mantar on January 2023, by several prominent women wrestlers, where they accused Singh of sexual harassing multiple female wrestlers over several years, demanding his arrest and removal from the federation.