NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has accepted a closure report in an alleged cheating and criminal intimidation case against the Supreme Court staffer who had accused Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment.
The court order came after the complainant, Naveen Kumar, informed the court about being satisfied with the polices investigation. “He also stated that he does not want to file any protest petition and, therefore, the closure report may be accepted as he does not want to pursue the present case. Statement of complainant to that effect has been recorded,” said chief metropolitan magistrate Manish Khurana.
On September 16, the complainant was present in court along with the investigating officer, Mukesh Antil, when the court took note of the closure report filed by the police. Judge Khurana, therefore, took on record the complainants statement and the investigation conducted by the police and accepted the closure report in the case.
The former SC employee was accused by the complainant of allegedly making a demand of Rs 10 lakh and being paid an advance of Rs 50,000 in exchange for a job. It was alleged that neither did he get the job, nor was the money returned to him.
An FIR was registered under sections 420 (cheating), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) at Tilak Marg police station, New Delhi. She was arrested on March 10 but granted bail on March 12 by a court.
The crime branch, which took up the case on March 14, filed a plea on April 11 seeking cancellation of the bail. It stated that during investigation, the complainant wrote to the DCP crime branch claiming he was being threatened by the accused and her accomplices. The matter was adjourned to May 23 owing to nonsupply of a copy of the polices plea to the complainant, who was not present in court.
Naveen Kumar had claimed to have given the money Original Article
