A Delhi court on Monday acquitted former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and co-accused Vinod Tomar, former WFI assistant secretary, in a sexual harassment case filed by six women wrestlers.

The following is the chronology of the case:

• Apr 23, 2023: Women wrestlers start protest demanding Singh's arrest at Jantar Mantar.
• Apr 25, 2023: The Supreme Court takes note of seven wrestlers' plea, issues notice to Delhi Police.
• Apr 28, 2023: Delhi Police registers two FIRs against Singh at the Connaught Place police station.
• May 4, 2023: The Supreme Court closes case, noting that FIRs are registered. It asks police to provide security to complainant wrestlers.

Chargesheet filed

• June 15, 2023: Delhi Police files chargesheet against Singh and Tomar under various Indian Penal Code sections, including sexual harassment. Police, however, filed a cancellation report in an FIR lodged by a minor wrestler against Singh.
• July 4, 2023: A sessions court seeks response from the minor wrestler and her father on the cancellation report.
• July 7, 2023: The Delhi High Court allows minor wrestler to withdraw her plea seeking a court-monitored probe as police filed the cancellation report after the investigation.
• July 7, 2023: Delhi court takes cognisance of the chargesheet and directs Singh and Tomar to appear before it on July 18.
• Former MP Brij Bhushan Sharan and one other get interim bail
• July 18, 2023: Singh and Tomar appear and get interim bail for two days.
• July 20, 2023: The two accused get regular bail.

Charges framed against the accused

• May 21 2024: Court frames charges of sexual harassment, intimidation, and outraging the modesty of women against Singh; charge of criminal intimidation against Tomar in the case. It, however, discharged Singh in a complaint filed by one of the six women wrestlers, citing lack of sufficient evidence to back her claim.
• June 1, 2024: Trial begins.
• May 26, 2025: Court accepts Delhi Police's closure report and closes the case in a sexual harassment case filed by a wrestler accusing Singh of sexual harassment when she was a minor.

Court acquits Brij Bhushan Singh and Vinod Tomar

• July 2: Court reserves its order.
• August 3: Court acquits Singh and Tomar.  

(With inputs from PTI)