Shukla stated in her plea through Advocate Sameer Nangre stated that she had been falsely implicated in the case and categorically denied that she ever committed any offence as alleged.
She claimed that the FIR arose out of politically motivated complaint and was a clear abuse of process to pressurize Shukla in clear act of political vendetta.
The delay in registration of the FIR was over 3 years and no explanation had been offered for the delay, her plea stated. She added that the allegations pertained to a period of 2016-18.
She stated that the committee which was looking into allegations against her was presided by IPS officer Sanjay Pandey who was then the acting DGP of the State. However, since this charge was inapprorpriately held by him, the validity of the committee stood vitiated.
Source: Barandbench
