A Delhi court on Wednesday reserved order for Thursday on the anticipatory bail application of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. The Delhi Police’s chargesheet has named the Congress leader as an accused in the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death.
Special Judge Arvind Kumar reserved the order after hearing brief arguments by counsel for Mr. Tharoor, senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, and Special Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava. Mr. Sibal argued that if an accused was not arrested during investigation, no occasion arose for his or her arrest after filing of the chargesheet as in this case.
Mr. Shrivastava opposed the bail plea submitting that the accused is an influential person, therefore, there are possibilities that he may influence witnesses if granted bail.
He submitted that the two prosecution witnesses, domestic helps of Mr. Tharoor, were still working for him, so the possibilities of the accused influencing them existed. Mr. Shrivastava further submitted that Mr. Tharoor might flee from justice by flying abroad and settling there.
Taking cognisance of the chargesheet, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Samar Vishal directed him to appear before the court on July 7.
