NEW DELHI: The Delhi Excessive court docket on Friday granted interim anticipatory bail to Mumbai-based journalist Varun Hiremath who’s accused of raping a Pune-based mannequin.
A single-judge bench of Justice Mukta Gupta granted interim safety to Hiremath together with a path to affix the investigation and “put his model ahead” to “confirm the true information of the case”.
Varun Hiremath was represented by senior advocate Kapil Sibal and advocate Vijay Aggarwal who have been briefed by the group of Karanjawala and Firm comprising of advocate Sandeep Kapur and others.
Earlier Hiremath’s bail plea was dismissed by the trial Court docket.
Varun Hiremath was anticipating arrest in reference to the FIR filed by a 22-year-old, Pune-based girl within the Chanakyapuri Police Station of New Delhi underneath sections 376 (punishment for rape), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), and 509 (insulting modesty of a girl) of the Indian Penal Code.
The Delhi Police had then issued a lookout round towards him, barring him from leaving the nation.
Earlier, Bombay Excessive Court docket vide order dated February 1 rejected Hiremath’s transit anticipatory bail after observing, “There is no such thing as a dispute about powers to grant transit anticipatory bail. The applicant is charged underneath Part 376 of IPC. The applicant might method the suitable court docket. I’m not inclined to grant such aid on this case.”
Based on the mentioned FIR, the girl had alleged that Varun Hiremath, whereas visiting Pune had met her on “Tinder”, a geosocial networking and on-line relationship platform, and had allegedly developed a sexual relationship together with her.
Thereafter on February 19, when Hiremath had come to go to Delhi, the girl determined to fulfill him within the nationwide capital on February 20. A gathering came about between the 2 of them in Khan Market after which they went to the ITC Maurya resort.
Based on the criticism, it was alleged by the girl that she was raped by Hiremath within the mentioned five-star resort in Chanakyapuri. Nevertheless, the mentioned allegations are denied by Hiremath as being “false and frivolous” because the FIR was registered after a delay of three days on February 23.
