Summary:
Former Union minister Swami Chinmayanand, against whom a law student had levelled rape charges, was discharged from hospital on Monday. The bulletin issued by the hospital said, “Swami Chinmayanand was discharged today from the cardiology ward of the SGPGI at 6.30 pm.” When contacted, Chief Medical Superintendent of the SGPGI, Dr Amit Agarwal, confirmed the development. Earlier, a district court rejected the bail pleas of BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand and the law student who has accused him of rape. “District judge Rambabu Sharma heard the bail application of Swami Chinmayanand, and also the bail plea of the girl in the extortion case. Trivedi said if force was used, section 376 (punishment for rape) of the Indian Penal Code should have been slapped against Chinmayanand..