The Rouse Avenue court on Saturday adjourned to September 28 the hearing on an appeal challenging the acquittal of former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and former WFI assistant secretary Vinod Tomar in the sexual harassment case involving women wrestlers.
The matter was listed before Special Judge (MP-MLA Cases) Dig Vinay Singh, who was on judicial training on Saturday. The appeal will now come up for hearing on Monday. Tomar was charged with criminal intimidation in connection with one complainant. The judgment was pronounced by ACJM Ashwini Panwar following in-camera proceedings.
The Delhi Police filed a chargesheet against Singh and Tomar in June 2023. In May 2024, the court framed charges against Singh in relation to allegations made by five complainants, while he was discharged in connection with the complaint of another woman wrestler. On August 3, the Rouse Avenue court acquitted Singh and Tomar after completion of the trial.
The case relates to complaints filed by women wrestlers against Singh during his tenure as WFI chief. Four women wrestlers have challenged the August 3 judgment of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwini Panwar, which acquitted Singh and Tomar in the case. The allegations had led to protests by wrestlers at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar in 2023 and a subsequent investigation by the Delhi Police.
The appeal has been filed before the sessions court at Rouse Avenue.
