New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved the order on anticipatory bail of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Somnath Bharti in domestic violence case. The court has also asked police not to take coercive steps.
Former Delhi law minister Bharti on Wednesday moved a city court seeking monitoring of probe in a domestic violence and attempt to murder case filed by his wife and sought cancellation of the non-bailable warrant (NBW) issued against him.
Denying allegation that he had unleashed his dog on his wife Lipika, Bharti had said he was ready to have the dog examined by the Investigating Officer(IO) or an expert.
In his petition, Bharti had said "it is submitted that experts say that a family dog can never be forced against one family member by another. Further, the said dog was a Labrador, and Labradors by the very nature are peaceful animals."
In his application, Bharti had claimed that invocation of section 307 (attempt to murder) of IPC in the FIR was "politically motivated" to somehow arrest him and alleged that it was done under the dictates of the central government "which is disgruntled due to the recent loss in Delhi elections and is taking revenge by targeting (AAP) leaders."
The NBW was issued on an application moved by the Delhi Police which had contended that Bharti was not cooperating in the probe and had failed to appear for interrogation despite three summons issued to him.
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