The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with the bail granted to former Punjab MLA and Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) leader Simarjit Singh Bains in an alleged rape and sexual harassment case.
The case was registered against him in Ludhiana in 2021. A bench of Justices AS Bopanna and MM Sundresh disposed of a plea filed by the alleged victim seeking cancellation of bail granted to the politician on January 25 by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
“The High Court has applied its mind and exercised its discretion. Sorry, we won’t interfere with the high court judgement,” the bench said.
Counsel appearing for the alleged victim said the high court has relied on a statement recorded under section 161 CrPC but the fact is there is no such statement.
He said the accused is an influential person and the grant of bail is affecting the alleged victim’s liberty.