NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was granted regular bail — after he appeared before a Delhi court on Saturday — in an alleged suicide case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar , wherein he has been chargesheeted for abetment.Appearing before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Samar Vishal, Tharoor’s counsel Vikas Pahwa said, “In compliance of the summons Tharoor is present.”The magistrate, accordingly, accepted Tharoor’s bail bonds and said, “The accused has appeared in pursuance of the summons issued by this court. He has already been admitted on anticipatory bail by sessions court. He’s furnished bail bonds, which is accepted.”The sessions court had earlier granted anticipatory bail to Tharoor saying Delhi Police had not brought anything on record to show if he had tried to influence witnesses or tampered with evidence. The sessions court had observed that Tharoor is a sitting MP and was MoS for external affairs and found “nothing on record” that could suggest that he had tried to either influence any witness or tamper with evidence. “He has joined investigation as and when called. Apprehension of the prosecution that he may flee from justice and may attempt to move to a foreign country is also without any basis,” it observed.Meanwhile, additional public prosecutor Atul Kumar Srivastava opposed BJP leader Subramanian Swamy ’s plea seeking to assist Delhi Police in the case. Pahwa said Swamy had no locus, arguing, “He’s a stranger to the proceedings. He has no locus.” The prosecutor, on the other hand, said as the case was a sessions triable one, the application was not maintainable before the ACMM court.After listening to the arguments, ACMM observed Pahwa had opposed Swamy plea and wanted to file a reply on the ground of locus. The court also exempted Tharoor from making a personal appearance on the next day, July 26.Meanwhile, Tharoor, through Pahwa, filed a fresh application and submitted that there was a “wide-spread dissemination of false information” in public which is affecting his constitutional right to a fair trial, right to privacy and right to remain silent. In a statement, Pahwa, said, “The court has issued notice to Delhi police and in the meantime restrained them from supplying, disclosing, sharing the chargesheet and supporting documents to any third person or a stranger without the permission of the court. The court has stated that the uninformed and speculative pre-trial publicity of the case shall present unmanageable threat to these important rights.”<doc-sep>Delhi's Patiala House Court granted Shashi Tharoor bail in the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death after he furnished a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh. Delhi's Patiala House Court on Saturday granted bail to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death nearly four years ago in a luxury hotel in the city. The Thiruvananthapuram MP, who was charged with abetting suicide and cruelty, was given anticipatory bail on Thursday. The judge converted it to a regular bail on Saturday after Tharoor furnished a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh, reports said. Tharoor was summoned on 5 June to appear before the court on Saturday as an accused in the case, after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case filed a 3,000-page chargesheet. The court had observed that there was sufficient grounds to proceed against him. There was high drama in the Patiala House Court on Saturday, reports said. According to ANI, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy had sought the court's approval to assist the prosecution in the case, but both the public prosecutor and Tharoor's counsel opposed this. Swamy had also appealed to the court to direct the police to produce the report of the vigilance inquiry conducted in the case earlier. Speaking to reporters outside the Patial House Court on Saturday, Swamy alleged that the police tampered with the evidence. The court will scrutinise all documents related to the case on 26 July, according to TimesNow. Pushkar was found dead in a suite of the Leela Palace hotel in New Delhi on the night of 17 January, 2014. The couple was staying at the hotel as Tharoor's official bungalow was under renovation then. Tharoor has been charged under sections 498A (husband or his relative subjecting a woman to cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code but has not been arrested in the case. In his plea for anticipatory bail filed on Tuesday, Tharoor had submitted that the chargesheet in the case had been filed, that the SIT had categorically stated that the investigation had been concluded, and that his custodial interrogation was not required. While hearing the bail on Thursday, the court observed that the prosecution's apprehensions that Tharoor may flee the country or influence witnesses were "without any basis". Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted him relief and asked him to furnish a personal bond and a surety of Rs 1 lakh each while imposing certain conditions, including that he would not tamper with the evidence or leave the country without the court's permission. It noted that Tharoor, who has not been arrested by the investigative agency, has joined the inquiry as and when called by the police. It also observed that the police had not, at any point of time, alleged that Tharoor had tried to flee from justice or shift base to another country. In a seven-page order, the court also noted that Tharoor was a sitting member of Lok Sabha and used to be the Minister of State for External Affairs in the UPA regime. The court said: "It is not the case of the prosecution that the accused, at any point of time, tried to influence any witness, although some of the witnesses were his domestic servants... Certainly, he has joined the probe as and when called. There is no allegation that he has not cooperated with the investigating agency during the probe." "The accused was not arrested, although the case was registered on 1 January, 2015, and more than three and a half years have already passed. The prosecution has failed to cite even a single instance when the accused has made any such attempt," the court said. With inputs from PTI<doc-sep>Shashi Tharoor granted anticipatory bail in Sunanda Pushkar death case The bail has been granted on the condition that Tharoor cannot leave India without the permission of the court. news Sunanda Pushkar Death Case In a relief to Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor, Delhi's Patiala High Court granted him anticipatory bail on Thursday in the Sunanda Pushkar death case. Reports state that the bail has been granted on a surety of Rs 1 lakh and on the condition that Tharoor cannot leave India without the permission of the court. Tharoor on Tuesday had filed for anticipatory bail in Delhi’s Patiala House Court. The Delhi police had filed a chargesheet against him in May this year under Sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 498A (cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code. Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a hotel room on the night of January 14, 2014, in New Delhi. On May 14, 2018, in response to the Delhi Police’s claims that there was enough evidence against the senior Congress leader in the case, he was summoned by a Delhi Court. Tharoor had refuted the allegations, calling them ‘baseless’, and had stated to the media that he “will continue to vigorously contest these charges and maintain my steadfast conviction that ultimately the truth will prevail through the judicial system that we are privileged to have in our country.” The police chargesheet claims that Sunanda was harassed by Tharoor and was driven to suicide. Under section 498A, if found guilty, Tharoor can face 3 years imprisonment, while a sentence of up to 10 years can be given under section 306. Also read: Shashi Tharoor files bail plea in Sunanda Pushkar death case<doc-sep>Shashi Tharoor granted regular bail by Delhi court in Sunanda Pushkar death case This comes two days after he was given anticipatory bail. news Law Two days after he was granted anticipatory bail, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was given regular bail by a city court here on Saturday in the Sunanda Pushkar death case. Tharoor personally appeared before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal at the Patiala House Courts following summons issued against him in June. When Tharoor's counsel moved a plea seeking regular bail, the court said that there was no requirement for filing it as he was already granted anticipatory bail by a sessions court on Thursday. The magisterial court accepted his bail bonds. While granting him the anticipatory bail on July 5, the sessions court directed him not to leave the country without permission, nor to tamper with evidence or try to influence the witnesses. The court has listed the matter for further hearing on July 26 directing Delhi Police to supply copy of charge sheet and other documents to the Congress leader. Meanwhile, Tharoor opposed the application of BJP MP Subramanian Swamy, who has been carrying on a campaign in the case, for conducting the prosecution. Tharoor's counsel told the court that Swamy has no locus to contest the case. On June 5, the court took cognizance of the charge sheet filed by the police. Pushkar, 51, died under mysterious circumstances in a hotel room in south Delhi on January 17, 2014, days after she alleged that Tharoor was having an affair with a Pakistani journalist. On May 14, police charge-sheeted Tharoor under sections 306 and 498A of the Indian Penal Code, pertaining to abetment to suicide and cruelty to wife, which entails a jail term that could extend up to 10 years.<doc-sep>
A Delhi court on Saturday granted regular bail to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in the case related to the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Tharoor was earlier granted anticipatory bail on July 7 at Delhi's Patiala House Court after the police made him an accused in his wife's death. Tharoor has been charged under sections 498A (husband or his relative subjecting a woman to cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), but has not been arrested in the case. However, he has been summoned as an accused in the case with the court observing that there are sufficient grounds to proceed against him. Sunanda Pushkar death case: Shashi Tharoor arrives to appear in Delhi's Patiala House Court pic.twitter.com/1HbKFkorJ4 ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2018 Tharoor's bail plea was opposed by the Delhi Police which said that the Congress leader might flee the country. Public prosecutor and Tharoors counsel also opposed the applications moved by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking nod to assist the prosecution in the case. Reacting to the opposition, Swamy told ANI, Today, the Delhi Police and counsel for accused said my position is not maintainable. I argued that under Section 302 of CrPc, I am entitled to do so." Swamy said he is "here to see that the trial is fair and that the Delhi Police does not botch it. Today, the Delhi police and counsel for accused said my position is not maintainable, I argued it under section 302 CrPc, I am entitled. Question of maintainability is irrelevant. I am here to see that trial is fair and Delhi Police does not botch it: S Swamy #SunandaPushkar pic.twitter.com/RW0NyOqdKs ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2018 Pushkar was found dead in a luxury hotel room in New Delhi on the night of January 17, 2014. The Delhi Police, in its chargesheet filed in the case on May 14, had accused Tharoor of abetting Pushkar's suicide and told the court that he should be summoned as an accused in the case, claiming that there was sufficient evidence against him. In the nearly 3,000-page chargesheet, the police had named Tharoor as the only accused, while also alleging that he had subjected his wife to cruelty. (With inputs from Sushant Mehra) ALSO READ | Shashi Tharoor gets anticipatory bail in Sunanda Pushkar death case ALSO WATCH | Shashi Tharoor slams abetment of suicide charges in Sunanda Pushkar case