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Pachauri gets bail, allowed to go abroad for a month

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R.K. PachauriNew Delhi : A court here on Monday granted bail to environmentalist R.K. Pachauri, who has been accused of sexually harassing a colleague, and allowed him to travel to Mexico and the US for over a month.

Metropolitan Magistrate Shivani Chauhan took note of the fact that Pachauri was granted permission to travel abroad on several earlier occasions and has complied with the direction of the court.

“In these circumstances the accused is permitted to travel as per his itinerary from July 12 to August 14,” the court said, asking Pachauri to furnish surety of Rs 2 lakh.

The court granted regular bail to Pachauri in the harassment case after furnishing a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and a surety of like amount observing that the investigation in the case has been completed.

“He (Pachauri) was never arrested during the probe in the instant case which goes to show that his custody is not required for the purpose of investigation,” the court said.

“No fruitful purpose would be served by sending the accused person to jail.”

Pachauri, who was earlier granted anticipatory bail in the case, appeared before the court on Monday in pursuance of summons issued against him on May 14.

Delhi Police has chargesheeted the former chief of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) under the Indian Penal Code’s sections 354A (advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures), 354B (using criminal force against a woman), 354D (stalking), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and 341 (wrongful restraint).

The court fixed October 6 for further hearing. A set of copy of the chargesheet was supplied to Pachauri.

Pachauri was accused of sexually harassing a female colleague in 2015. He stepped down as chairperson of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in February last year and proceeded on leave from TERI, where he was the director general.

In November, the woman researcher who accused him of sexual harassment quit her job at TERI, alleging she was treated badly. TERI denied the charges.

On February 8, Pachauri was appointed executive vice chairman of the organisation. Following severe criticism, on February 12, he went on indefinite leave from the organisation.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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