HC grants IPS officer bail in sexual harassment case

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Press Trust of India Patna
Last Updated : Sep 08 2016 | 8:57 PM IST
The Patna High Court today granted anticipatory bail to IPS officer Pushkar Anand who is facing the charge of sexual harassment of a woman deputy superintendent of police.
The order was passed by Justice Anjana Mishra on his pre-arrest bail plea.
Anand's counsel submitted that there was no medical evidence to substantiate the charge and asserted that the allegations were false and baseless.
The Bihar police had issued an order for Anand's arrest on April 8, 2016 as the charge of sexual exploitation levelled against him by the woman police officer was prima facie found to be correct by a probe team.
The woman police officer had lodged an FIR on December 29, 2014 against Anand for allegedly sexually harassing her on the pretext of marrying her when he was posted in Kaimur.
Anand was posted as SP in Kaimur and the woman too was posted in the same district.

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First Published: Sep 08 2016 | 8:57 PM IST

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