Geetika suicide: Plea to transfer case to fast track court quashed
24 Nov 2013 5:18 AM IST
The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside the trial court order forwarding the former airhostess Geetika Sharma suicide case to a fast track court to be tried for sexual offences.
The high court had earlier dismissed charges of abetment of rape and unnatural sex offences against former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda and aide Aruna Chadha. The court had also said that charges of rape and unnatural sex cannot be sustained against prime accused Kanda.
Chadha moved the high court seeking clarification of its order, as the fast track court referred the matter back to the district judge to mark the case to a regular court after the high court quashed rape and unnatural sex charges against her. However, the district judge again sent the case to fast track court.
She asked the court to clarify its order as offences that are tried in fast track court were quashed against her but still her case has been sent to the fast track court.
Justice G.P. Mittal, quashing the trial court order transferring the matter to fast track court, said that when it was clearly mentioned in the high court order that offences related to sexual offences are quashed, then why the trial court hasn’t understood it.
Meanwhile, Chadha moved high court for regular bail, which will be heard on 25 November.
Chadha and Kanda have been charged with rape, abetment of rape, abetment of suicide, criminal conspiracy, forgery under the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act for hacking computers and sending offensive or false messages. The air hostess was found hanging from the ceiling fan of a room at her house in north Delhi on 5 August last year.
The high court had earlier dismissed charges of abetment of rape and unnatural sex offences against former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda and aide Aruna Chadha. The court had also said that charges of rape and unnatural sex cannot be sustained against prime accused Kanda.
Chadha moved the high court seeking clarification of its order, as the fast track court referred the matter back to the district judge to mark the case to a regular court after the high court quashed rape and unnatural sex charges against her. However, the district judge again sent the case to fast track court.
She asked the court to clarify its order as offences that are tried in fast track court were quashed against her but still her case has been sent to the fast track court.
Justice G.P. Mittal, quashing the trial court order transferring the matter to fast track court, said that when it was clearly mentioned in the high court order that offences related to sexual offences are quashed, then why the trial court hasn’t understood it.
Meanwhile, Chadha moved high court for regular bail, which will be heard on 25 November.
Chadha and Kanda have been charged with rape, abetment of rape, abetment of suicide, criminal conspiracy, forgery under the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act for hacking computers and sending offensive or false messages. The air hostess was found hanging from the ceiling fan of a room at her house in north Delhi on 5 August last year.
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