SC agrees to hear plea against Chinmayanand in rape case

Delhi | Thursday | 20th February, 2020

Summary:

A+ A-New Delhi: Shahjahanpur law college student, allegedly raped by senior BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand on Thursday moved Supreme Court against bail granted to him by the Allahabad High Court. The apex court said it is likely to hear the plea on Monday. Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves mentioned the plea which challenged the Allahabad High Court order of earlier this month before a bench headed by Chief Justice S.A.

Bobde. The High Court observed that “both used each other”. The apex court had acted after the 23-year-old law student went missing in August last year after alleging sexual abuse through a video clip on social media..