Former Haryana Minister and present lawmaker from Sirsa assembly constituency, Gopal Goyal Kanda has been acquitted in suicide abetment case of former air hostess Geetika Sharma on Tuesday. Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court also acquitted the co-accused Aruna Chadha. Special Judge Vikas Dhull while delivering the verdict observed that the prosecution has failed to establish the charges beyond reasonable doubts.
The sensational case of Geetika Sharma, a former employee of MDLR Airlines owned by Kanda dates back to August 2012 and had cost Kanda his cabinet berth in the then Haryana Government led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda.
Geetika was found dead at her Ashok Vihar home in Northwest Delhi on 5th August 2012. In her suicide note she had accused Kanda and Chadha of harassment forcing her to end her life. Trial court had framed charges against the duo under 306 (Abetment of Suicide), 506 (Criminal Intimidation), 201 (Destruction of Evidence), 120B (Criminal Conspiracy) and 466 (Forgery). It had also framed charges under 376 (Rape) and 377 (Unnatural Sex) against Gopal Kanda which were quashed later by the Delhi High Court.
