Taking cognizance of charge sheet filed against ex-chief of TERI RK Pachauri, the court said that there is sufficient material to proceed.
A Delhi court on Saturday took a cognizance of charge sheet filed against ex-chief of TERI RK Pachauri for allegedly sexually harassing a former woman colleague.
The Court said that there is sufficient material to proceed against Pachauri under Sections 354-A, 354-B, 354-D, 509 and 341 of IPC related to sexual harassment and wrongful restraint.
The court observed that Pachauri made sexually coloured remarks upon the complainant on several occasions and touched the complainant inappropriately, despite a clear expression of disapproval from her side.
It also noted that he sent inappropriate SMS and whatsapp messages to the complainant. The court fixed July 11 as the date to supply copy of chargesheet to the accused.
Delhi Police had in March filed a chargesheet in a court against Pachauri.
Pachauri has also been accused of stalking and criminally intimidating the victim with gesture or act intended to insult her modesty.
The chargesheet running into over 1400 pages was filed in the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan who has fixed it for consideration on April 23.
Police has arrayed 23 prosecution witnesses, many of whom are present and former employees of The Energy Research Institute (TERI). Pachauri has been accused of committing offences punishable under sections 354(assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354 A (sexual harassment), 354 D (stalking), 506(criminal intimidation) and 509(word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of IPC.
Pachauri was granted an anticipatory bail in the case on March 21, last year. On February 13, last year an FIR was registered against Pachauri on charges of sexual harassment under IPC sections 354, 354(a), 354(d) (molestation) and 506 (criminal intimidation)
(With agencies inputs)
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