Air hostess suicide case: charges quashed

In a relief to MDLR Airlines employee Aruna Chadha, the Delhi High Court on Thursday not only quashed the charges of abetment of rape and unnatural sex against her but also held that they cannot be “sustained” against prime accused Gopal Kanda in the case of suicide of a former air hostess. “It is apparent that the additional sessions judge unjustly admitted into evidence the confessional statement made by the petitioner [Chadha] and illegally put the burden to prove the same on the co-accused [Kanda] and the petitioner, which is not permissible,” Justice G.P. Mittal said.