Delhi HC quashes FIR accusing AAP MLA Somnath Bharti of domestic violence

Justice Chander Shekhar allowed AAP MLA’s plea to quash the criminal case. The court noted that Somnath Bharti and Lipika Mitra are happily living together

The Delhi High Court quashed an FIR accusing AAP MLA Somnath Bharti of domestic violence.

FIR alleging domestic violence against AAP MLA Somnath Bharti quashed by Delhi HC. (File Photo/Hindustan Times)

Justice Chander Shekhar allowed Bharti’s plea to quash the criminal case after noting that Bharti and his wife Lipika Mitra are living happily together.

The court also noted that the woman has no objection if the FIR is quashed.

It had earlier allowed Bharti’s wife to withdraw her petition seeking cancellation of the bail granted to him in the domestic violence case in view of the settlement of their marital dispute.

Mitra had on June 10, 2015 filed a complaint against him with the Delhi Commission for Women and an FIR was lodged by the police on September 9, 2015 for allegedly subjecting her to domestic violence and trying to kill her.