In A curious turn of events, a petition filed in the Supreme Court by a girl accusing NCW member Yasmin Abrar of ‘‘forcing’’ her to have physical relations with some senior Congress politicians was today sought to be withdrawn on behalf of the girl by her lawyer citing ‘‘changed circumstances’’.‘‘In view of the changed circumstances, the applicant petitioner does not wish to pursue her aforesaid writ. Hence the same is required to be withdrawn unconditionally. That it would be in the interest of justice that the aforesaid writ petition is allowed to be withdrawn unconditionally,’’ the application filed by advocate S.K. Sabharwal said.Allowing the request, a vacation Bench of Justice A.R. Lakshmanan and Justice Altamas Kabir dismissed the writ petition ‘‘as withdrawn’’.The petitioner had accused the NCW member of taking her and another minor from the ‘Snehalaya’, a home for destitute women in the capital, to her residence. Later at her residence, she (a major) was forced to have sex with some Congress MPs, her petition alleged and sought a CBI probe to bring out the truth.The Indian Express spoke to Sabharwal who directed it to advocate-on-record in the case Jasbir Singh Malik. When contacted, Malik said he had filed the petition in the SC on May 10 and that he had appeared in court today seeking permission to withdraw it. But he did not elaborate on what the ‘‘changed circumstances’’ were.
