Molestation case: St Stephen's professor's arrest rest till August 17

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court stayed arrest up to August 17 of St. Stephen’s college professor Satish Kumar who is involve in molesting case with a Phd student (girl). This decision is taken on Friday. Justice Indermeet Kaur also noticed to Delhi Police on Kumar ' s plea directing it to file a status report with regard to the progress made in the investigation of the case before next date of hearing. The judge said, accuse will not be arrest till next date of hearing, August 17, the petitioner will not be arrested. The court ' s order came on the request filed by Kumar, an Assistant Professor in the college ' s Chemistry Department, challenging the trial court ' s June 23 order by which the relief sought by him was declined. Senior advocate N Hariharan, appearing for Kumar, sought anticipatory bail, claiming that the allegations levelled by the girl were "concocted" and there was not a single eyewitness to any of the incidents mentioned in the complaint. N. Hariharan, informed the court that most of the guilty levelled by the girl were of October 2013 and the mail she had annexed in the complaint clearly says that her work was not in progress so she had sought help from the accused. Kumar ' s plea for relief also stated that the professor could not have molested or followed the girl as he was 85 per cent physically disabled and walked with the help of a stick. However, the counsel appearing for Delhi Police opposed Kumar ' s anticipatory bail saying yesterday the complainant (girl) handed over tape of the conversation between accused and the principal in her presence and Kumar was heard influencing the college head. The student had on June 19 lodged FIR against 40-year- old Kumar.
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