Summary:
Lucknow: A woman law student, who made an allegation of sexual harassment against Swami Chinmayanand in 2019 and withdrew it after almost a year, told a court on Friday that she had made the charges under pressure from anti-social elements who “are enemies of the former Union minister”.
The woman appeared before the court of special judge (MP/MLA court) Pawan Kumar Rai.
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Lucknow: A woman law student, who made an allegation of sexual harassment against Swami Chinmayanand in 2019 and withdrew it after almost a year, told a court on Friday that she had made the charges under pressure from anti-social elements who “are enemies of the former Union minister”.
The woman appeared before the court of special judge (MP/MLA court) Pawan Kumar Rai.
“Under pressure of anti-social elements, I had levelled allegations of sexual harassment (on Chinmayanand).
These statements are not true.
At the time of recording these statements, I was not in a position to oppose,” the law student said, according to assistant government advocate and prosecution lawyer Abhay Tripathi.
“Under pressure of SIT (Special Investigation Team), I had recorded statements before the judicial magistrate (Shahjahanpur),” the law student informed the court, according to Tripathi.
These statements before the judicial magistrate were recorded under Sections 161 (relating to examination of a witness) and 164 (relating to recording of statements and confessions) of the Criminal Procedure Code.
The law student informed the court that her statement was not read out to her and neither her signatures were taken on all pages that carried her statement.