AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya sent to 14-day judicial custody as court refuses his bail plea - News Summed Up

AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya sent to 14-day judicial custody as court refuses his bail plea


"There is no change in the circumstances in the last two days to interfere with the duty magistrate's June 25 order. This second bail application of accused is dismissed," Metropolitan Magistrate Bhavna Kalia said.The MLA had been booked on June 23 for allegedly misbehaving with a group of women who had approached him with a complaint regarding water crisis in their locality on the previous midnight. NEW DELHI: Two days after he was arrested in a case of alleged molestation , a Delhi court on Monday rejected the bail plea of AAP MLA Dinesh Mohaniya and sent him to judicial custody for 14 days.The Sangam Vihar MLA, who is also the vice chairman of Delhi Jal Board, had been arrested on Saturday when he was talking to reporters at his office in Khanpur in South Delhi, at around 12.10 pm.Earlier, the duty magistrate on Saturday had denied him bail and sent him to Tihar jail for two days till today. An FIR was lodged at South Delhi's Neb Sarai Police Station.Mohaniya has been arrested under the Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354 A (sexual harassment), 354 B (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe) and 354 C (voyeurism) of the IPC.Earlier, Mohaniya's arrest had triggered an angry reaction from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of declaring an "emergency" in Delhi.With inputs from agencies


Source: Times of India June 27, 2016 12:10 UTC



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