HP court drops gang rape charges against Haryana BJP chief, singer
Shimla, Jan. 9 -- A court in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district on Thursday accepted the closure report filed by Kasauli police in an alleged gang rape case against Haryana BJP chief Mohan Lal Badoli and singer Jai Bhagwan, alias Rocky Mittal, citing lack of evidence.
The case was registered in December 2024 in Kasauli after a 28-year-old woman had alleged that the two men raped her in Kasauli in July 2023. However, the woman failed to appear before the court, and the court on Thursday accepted the police closure report, giving Badoli and Mittal a clean chit. The police had filed the closure report after failing to gather sufficient evidence in the case.
The woman had claimed the accused forced her to consume alcohol and raped her at a hotel in Kasauli. The woman refused to undergo a medical examination, and no CCTV footage of the incident was available.
On March 12, the Kasauli court had accepted a similar closure report, noting the delay of more than 17 months in reporting the incident, which raised doubts about the complaint. The woman's friend, who she claimed was an eyewitness, did not support her allegations....
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