Supreme Court docket cancels bail granted to Wrestler Sushil Kumar in Chhatrasal Stadium homicide case | Extra sports activities Information – Occasions of India

The Supreme Court docket has cancelled the bail granted to Olympic medallist wrestler Sushil Kumar in reference to the 2021 homicide of former junior nationwide wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar at Delhi’s Chhatrasal Stadium. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra on Wednesday put aside the Delhi Excessive Court docket’s March 4 order that had allowed Kumar’s launch. The court docket has directed the wrestler to give up inside per week. Kumar, together with others, is accused of attacking Dhankar in Could 2021 over an alleged property dispute. Two of Dhankar’s pals had been additionally injured within the assault. The autopsy report acknowledged that Dhankar died from cerebral harm attributable to the affect of a blunt object. The Delhi Excessive Court docket had earlier granted the 42-year-old bail, noting that in three years for the reason that trial started, solely 30 of the 186 prosecution witnesses had been examined, which was lower than one-sixth of the full quantity.

Nonetheless, Dhankar’s uncle, Ashok Dhankad, challenged the choice within the Supreme Court docket, alleging that Kumar had tried to intimidate witnesses. It was additionally claimed that in an earlier interim bail interval, Kumar had threatened a key witness.