In connection with the Sunanda Pushkar death case, Delhi's Patiala House Court has reserved order on Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's anticipatory bail plea for tomorrow. Earlier in the day, according to ANI, Special Investigation Team (SIT) had opposed Tharoor's anticipatory bail plea in Patiala Court. On Tuesday, Tharoor had moved an anticipatory bail plea in the same Court.
On June 5, a special Patiala House court summoned Shashi Tharoor in connection with Sunanda Pushkar death case. The court took cognisance of the charge sheet, filed by the Delhi police against Tharoor and asked him to appear before it on July 7 saying that it has enough evidence to begin the trail.
Sunanda Pushkar death case: Delhi's Patiala House Court reserves order on Shashi Tharoor's anticipatory bail plea for tomorrow pic.twitter.com/pYLYjv4ENU
— ANI (@ANI) July 4, 2018
As per the charge sheet filed by the Delhi Police, the Senior Congress leader has been charged with committing offences under sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 498A (cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). If convicted under the former section, Tharoor will get ten years of imprisonment. Pushkar was found dead in a hotel room in New Delhi on the night of January 17, 2014
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