Chargesheet in TCS sexual harassment case submitted

Further, in case of Mateen, the police have added section 238 that deals with causing disappearance of evidence or giving false information to screen offenders and 249 that deals with harbouring offenders. “This chargesheet does not deal with much evidence against Mateen and we will be adding that in a supplementary chargesheet,” an official said. The police have also retained sections of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

As evidence, the chargesheet has contained statements of 17 witnesses under Section 183 of the Indian Civil Security Code (BNSS) which means their statements were recorded before a Magistrate and has a higher evidentiary value.

In addition to this, other evidence attached in the chargesheet includes medical examination reports of the victim and the accused, evidence that the victim was forcibly converted and religious sentiments were hurt, screenshots of the victim’s and the accused’s mobile phones, WhatsApp chats and seized email trails, police said.

Although a chargesheet has been filed in the court based on the evidence received during the investigation of the registered crimes, the investigation into the said crime will continue and after obtaining more evidence, a further charge sheet will be filed in the case.