Chinmayanand case: CJM court permits law student to go to Bareilly for college admission

SHAHJAHANPUR: Based on the directions of the Supreme Court, the chief judicial magistrate here on Thursday accepted the application of the father of the law student, who has accused former Union minister Chinmayanand of rape, and ordered the jail superintendent to take her to Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University (MJPRU) in Bareilly with police security on Friday to complete her admission formalities.
The woman’s father said, “When we met the district magistrate on Wednesday, we were assured all necessary assistance. Later in the day, we were told that we will have to seek permission from the court. Most of the lawyers refused to file my application due to Chinmayanand’s pressure. We are all aware that most of the lawyers practising in Shahjahanpur have graduated from Chinmayanand’s college only. Later, a lawyer Kalwinder Singh accepted my petition.”
Speaking to TOI, Singh said, “The Supreme Court had on September 2 directed the additional solicitor general to ensure that the woman and her younger brother get admission to a different law college in Bareilly. Since the law student was lodged in the district jail, it was the responsibility of district administration to ensure that she was produced in Bareilly for admission. The application that I had filed should have been filed by a government counsel but it looks like the district administration is biased towards the other party. I am happy that thehonourable court has granted permission to the law student and she can now go to Bareilly with police security and seek admission.”
When contacted, Shahjahanpur DM Indra Vikram Singh said, “The responsibility of her admission lies with the family. They are supposed to approach the court for seeking permission to send her to Bareilly as her admission is their personal issue.”
Earlier in the day, the district judge rejected the bail plea of Sanjay, one of the co-accused in the extortion case.
The law student along with her friend Sanjay, Vikram and Sachin were charged under IPC sections 385 (extortion), 506 (criminal intimidation), 507 (criminal intimidation by anonymous communication), 201 (disappearance of evidences) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention), and section 67 of the Information Technology Act for allegedly demanding money from the former Union minister. Her bail was rejected earlier as forensically verified video evidence against them were also recovered by the investigators.