The Supreme Court on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, revoked the bail granted to Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar in the 2021 murder case of former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar.
A Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Prashant Kumar Mishra set aside the Delhi High Court’s March 4 order that had allowed Kumar bail. The court has directed the wrestler to surrender within a week.
Kumar and several others are accused of fatally assaulting Dhankar at Chhatrasal Stadium in May 2021, reportedly over a property dispute. Two of Dhankar’s friends were also injured in the incident.
The postmortem report stated Dhankar died from cerebral damage caused by the impact of a blunt object.
