The Delhi court on Wednesday discharged Congress leader Shashi Tharoor of all charges in the connection with Sunanda Pushkar death case. Pushkar was found dead in a suite of a luxury hotel in the city on the night of January 17, 2014. Shashi Tharoor, husband of Sunanda Pushkar is the main accused in the matter according to the Delhi Police.
Special Judge Geetanjali Goel passed the order in a virtual hearing.
Tharoor thanked the judge, and said it was “an absolute torture for last seven-and-a-half-years” and that it was a “great relief”.
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Tharoor, a former union minister was currently on bail in the case. He was charge-sheeted by Delhi Police under Sections 498-A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Earlier, the pronouncement of the order got deferred in the matter. Special Judge Geetanjali Goel recently had kept the order reserved after prosecution and defence counsel concluded their arguments on the issue of framing of charges.
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