Supreme Court Cancels Wrestler Sushil Kumar's Bail

The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled the bail of two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar, the prime accused in the murder of junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar. In addition to this, the top court has asked him to surrender within a week.

A bench of justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra set aside the March 4 order of the Delhi High Court granting bail to Kumar. He was arrested in the Sagar Dhankar Murder case. Dhankar was murdered on the night of 4 May 2021.

Justice Sanjeev Narula of the Delhi High Court granted regular bail to Sushil Kumar on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 50,000 and two sureties of the like amount. He was earlier granted seven days' interim bail for Knee surgery in July 2023.

Sushil Kumar, along with other accused persons, is facing trial in the junior wrestler Sagar Dhankar’s murder case. Kumar is the prime accused of assaulting Dhankar and his two friends, Sonu and Amit Kumar, in the parking lot of Delhi’s Chhatrasal Stadium in 2021.

Dhankar, a 23-year-old wrestler from Haryana’s Rohtak, succumbed to injuries sustained in the assault. Meanwhile, the two others were left injured. According to the post-mortem report, Dhankar died of cerebral damage caused by blunt force trauma.