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Before the high Court, Kumar argued that the case demonstrated the misuse of criminal procedures and deceptive investigations
Bibhav Kumar, a close aide of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has moved Supreme Court of India seeking bail in the Swati Maliwal assault case.
An SLP has been filed by Kumar on July 19 against the Delhi High Court's order dated July 12.
Kumar has challenged the Delhi High Court's dismissal of his bail plea noting the possibility of Bibhav influencing the witness or tempering with evidence cannot be ruled out.
Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta of the High Court held in the impugned order, ‘It cannot be ruled out that the witness may be influenced or evidence can be tempered. Therefore, the bail application is disposed of’.
An FIR was registered against Bibhav based on Swati Maliwal's written complaint alleging that Kumar assaulted her when she went to meet Kejriwal at his residence on May 13.
She further argued that Kumar slapped her at least 7-8 times while she screamed. She pushed him away to protect herself, but he then pounced on her, brutally dragged her, and deliberately pulled her shirt up.
Maliwal was a Rajya Sabha MP from the Aam Aadmi Party, who recently claimed that she is an ‘MP without a political party’.
Case Title: Bibhav Kumar vs. State of NCT of Delhi
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