The
Delhi
High
Cou t
has
efused
to
g a t
bail
to
Olympia
Sushil
Kuma
i
the
alleged
mu de
case
of
fo me
ju io
atio al
w estli g
champio
Saga
Dha ka .
Justice
Pu ushai d a
Kuma
dismissed
the
celeb ated
w estle ‘s
bail
applicatio
o
August
6,
citi g
co ce s
ove
i flue ci g
wit esses
aised
by
the
Sup eme
Cou t
whe
it
ca celled
his
ea lie
bail,
his
co duct
p io
to
a est,
the
g avity
of
the
offe ce
a d
his
capacity
to
i flue ce
the
o goi g
t ial’s
outcome.
The
judge
emphasised
that
while
bail
is
o di a ily
the
ule
a d
jail
the
exceptio ,
the
offe ce
i
the
p ese t
case
was
a
“p emeditated
a d
g uesome
assault
esulti g
i
death”,
which
is
co obo ated
by
ecove y
of
a
fi ea m,
video
evide ce
a d
a
la ge
body
of
mate ial
yet
to
be
tested
at
t ial.
Seeki g
elief,
the
cou sel
fo
the
accused
alleged
that
the
deceased’s
fathe ,
whose
complai t
led
to
the
ea lie
ca cellatio
of
bail,
has
ot
suppo ted
the
p osecutio ‘s
case
i
the
t ial.
It
was
the efo e
co te ded
that
the
“cha ge
i
ci cumsta ces”,
alo g
with
the
fact
that
Kuma
had
bee
i
custody
fo
ove
five
yea s
a d
o ly
fo mal
a d
official
wit esses
we e
left
to
be
exami ed,
e titled
him
to
egula
bail.
Delhi
Police
a d
Dha ka ‘s
fathe
opposed
the
bail
applicatio .
The
cou t
oted
that
the
cha acte isatio
of
Dha ka ‘s
fathe ‘s
testimo y
as
u suppo tive
of
the
p osecutio
was
disputed.
It
fu the
said
that
the
Sup eme
Cou t,
while
ca celli g
the
ea lie
bail,
p oceeded
o
the
fi di g
that
Kuma
had
a
co side able
societal
sta di g
a d
i flue ce
a d
wit esses
tu ed
hostile
eve y
time
he
was
exte ded
tempo a y
libe ty.
”
Whethe
the
depositio
of
Ashok
Dha kad
(deceased’s
fathe )
does
o
does
ot
suppo t
the
p osecutio
is,
mo eove ,
a
matte
of
app eciatio
of
evide ce
that
must
await
the
outcome
by
the
t ial
cou t.
It
ca ot
be
t eated
as
a
cha ge
i
ci cumsta ces
sufficie t
to
u lock
the
doo
that
the
Sup eme
Cou t
closed,”
the
cou t
said.
“I
these
ci cumsta ces,
this
cou t
is
ot
pe suaded
that
the
petitio e
has
made
out
a
case
eithe
fo
a
ge ui e
cha ge
i
ci cumsta ces
withi
the
mea i g
of
the
libe ty
ese ved
by
the
Sup eme
Cou t,
o ,
i depe de tly,
fo
the
g a t
of
egula
bail,”
it
co cluded.
Kuma
was
a ested
i
May
2021
a d
a
sessio s
cou t
g a ted
him
a
week’s
i te im
bail
fo
his
k ee
su ge y
o
July
19,
2023.
O
August
13,
2025,
the
Sup eme
Cou t
ca celled
bail
to
Kuma
i
the
case
by
setti g
aside
a
high
cou t
o de ,
oti g
that
his
“domi ee i g
i flue ce”
ove
wit esses
o
delayi g
the
t ial
p oceedi gs
ca ot
be
uled
out.
The
high
cou t
had
g a ted
bail
o
Ma ch
4,
2025.
O
Feb ua y
6,
a
t ial
cou t
efused
to
g a t
bail
to
Kuma ,
sayi g
the
possibility
that
the
accused
may
i flue ce
wit esses
“ca ot
be
uled
out”.
The
t ial
cou t,
i
Octobe
2022,
f amed
cha ges
agai st
Kuma
u de
the
I dia
Pe al
Code
(IPC)
sectio s
deali g
with
mu de ,
c imi al
co spi acy,
i timidatio
a d
ioti g
with
a
deadly
weapo .
Cha ges
we e
also
f amed
u de
the
p ovisio s
of
the
A ms
Act.
The
t ial
cou t
had
oted
that
afte
bei g
abducted
a d
b ought
to
the
stadium,
Dha ka
was
seve ely
assaulted
by
seve al
accused
pe so s
with
baseball
a d
hockey
sticks.& bsp;
