New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed anticipatory bail plea of St Stephen's college professor Satish Kumar accused of molesting a PhD student.
Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Garg dismissed the plea of professor Satish Kumar.
An FIR was registered against Satish Kumar, an assistant professor in St Stephen's chemistry department, after the PhD student filed a complaint alleging sexual harassment by him.
In the FIR, the complainant said that Kumar "sexually assaulted" her in October 2013 inside a laboratory. As per the complaint, Kumar also followed the victim to a metro station close to the college when she fled after freeing herself from him.
The victim also alleged that she was first harassed in May 2013 in the same laboratory. She said that it continued despite her refusals. In her complaint, she also said that Kumar stopped guiding her in her research and kept a watch on her social media accounts.
On the victim's allegation, police registered a case on different charges including stalking and sexual harassment.
St Stephen's college principal Valson Thampu on Sunday claimed he had offered the girl to change the guide but she had "refused" to accept the suggestion.
The student, who is doing her PhD under Kumar, has also alleged that college principal Valson Thampu tried to protect him when the matter was reported to the college authorities.
The student has also accused him of stalking her, passing lewd remarks and making inappropriate physical contact for months before the incident.
Kumar once even threatened to "pour sulfuric acid on her if she didn't wear a yellow sari to college", the complaint read.
The complainant has alleged that Thampu discouraged her from filing a sexual harassment case, leaving her with two options -- "go to Delhi University's grievance redressal cell and jeopardise my degree or term the issue an academic problem".
