HC rejects law student’s allegations against SIT

PRAYAGRAJ: The

Allahabad high court

on Thursday rejected allegations of bias and

harassment

against the

Special Investigation

Team (SIT) formed by the UP government to probe the

Swami Chinmayanand

sexual abuse case. The allegations were raised in a complaint filed in the HC by the Shahjahanpur law student, who has charged Swami Chinmayanand with sexual harassment.


Hence, the court directed the trial court below, which is seized of the matter, after taking cognizance on the police report, to pass any order which it may deem fit and proper in accordance with law.

Hearing an application filed by the law student, who has accused former Union minister and BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand of sexual harassment, a division bench comprising Justice Manoj Misra and Justice

Deepak Verma

observed, “We are satisfied that SIT has duly investigated all aspects and after thorough investigation has submitted police report. Hence no further action is required.”

In her application moved before this division bench of

Allahabad HC

, which is monitoring the trial on SC’s directive, the law student had demanded setting up of a fresh investigation team, and sought action against the officials of the existing SIT for allegedly harassing and assaulting her family members.

She alleged that the SIT was biased, and that Chinmayanand had been offered “special treatment” through the course of investigation, as if he were a “state guest”. The court accepted the SIT’s contention that it could not be labelled as biased, as it had “strongly opposed” Chinmayanand’s bail application, which resulted in a lower court refusing to grant him bail at one stage.