Sexual assault case: Ex- TERI director RK Pachauri allowed to travel abroad
Pachauri was granted anticipatory bail on March 21 by the court
New Delhi: A Delhi court has allowed former TERI director RK Pachauri to travel abroad from June 29 - July 9 to attend the last rites of a relative.
On Friday, Pachauri was questioned for the second time by Delhi Police in connection with the alleged sexual harassment case lodged against him by a research associate working in his office.
On May 21, a local court had declined to allow Dr Pachauri to enter his office while noting the slow progress in the probe against him and asked police to complete it by July 17.
The court had noted that investigation in the case was progressing at a "snail's pace" as during the arguments, the Investigating Officer (IO) had conceded that from March 21, no probe had been done.
The court had also said that the IO may conclude the probe by the next date of hearing and examine material witnesses of the prosecution.
Pachauri was granted anticipatory bail on March 21 by the court, which had rejected the request of police for his custody in the molestation case.
The court had granted him anticipatory bail by imposing several conditions on him including that he will join the probe as and when called, he will not enter TERI office premises and not intimidate or threaten the complainant and the witnesses of the case.
On February 13, an FIR was registered against Pachauri on charges of sexual harassment under sections 354, 354(a), 354(d) (molestation) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC at Lodhi Colony Police Station after the woman had submitted a 33-page complaint in this regard to the police.