A Delhi court on Wednesday discharged Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in the case related to the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, Live Law r...
A Delhi court on Wednesday discharged Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in the case related to the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, Live Law reported. Special Judge Geetanjali Goel passed the verdict asking Tharoor to file bonds.
Pushkar was found dead in the suite of a five-star hotel in Delhi on January 17, 2014. The police charged Tharoor in May 2018 with abetment to suicide and marital cruelty under Sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 498A (cruelty by husband) of the Indian Penal Code.
The court had reserved its order on the matter on April 12.
In a statement soon after the verdict, Tharoor said that the charges against him were “preposterous”. He thanked his counsels, the judge and expressed faith on the Indian judiciary.
“This brings a significant conclusion to the long nightmare which had enveloped me after the tragic passing of my late wife Sunanda,” Tharoor said in the statement.
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) August 18, 2021
During the proceedings of the case, Tharoor’s counsel Advocate Vikas Pahwa had argued that charges of abetment of suicide could not be imposed as no conclusive cause could be established behind Pushkar’s death.
Pahwa said the prosecution had failed to establish the reason over a period of four years from 2014 to 2017.
Special Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava, representing the...
