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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Vineet Upadhyay | TNN

Can’t punish a person who hasn’t been convicted: Court on Brij Bhushan bail

NEW DELHI: Granting bail to former Wrestling Federation of India chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a Delhi court has observed that it would be “quite contrary to the concept of personal liberty enshrined in the Constitution” that a person should be punished in a case in which he has not been convicted.

The court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal had on Thursday granted bail to Singh and another accused in the case related to allegations of sexual harassment by six wrestlers.

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