Chandigarh, Sept. 18 -- The court of chief judicial magistrate (CJM), Chandigarh, has dismissed an application filed by a woman complainant seeking cancellation of bail of three accused in a sexual harassment case and slapped a cost of Rs.20,000 on her for what it termed a "frivolous and scandalous" plea.

The case was registered by the UT police under Sections 342 (wrongful confinement), 354-A (sexual harassment), 509 (insulting the modesty of a woman), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC in October, 2018.

In her latest plea, the complainant alleged that the bail had been wrongly granted to the accused in May 2023 without any application being filed by them. She further accused both former and present public...