Man Arrested For Sexually Assaulting Friend At Crowded Mumbai Beach Gets Bail
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The Bombay High Court noted that the charges against the accused appeared implausible.
The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a man arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at a crowded beach in Mumbai in 2021, noting the survivor and the accused were friends and the charges against him appear implausible.
Judge Prithiviraj Chavan, in an order passed on Wednesday, pointed out that the survivor's statement recorded before a magistrate's court revealed she was friends with the accused, and also noted that charges in the three-year-old case have not yet been framed by the trial court.
"Since the victim was a major at the time of the alleged offence, prima facie, it does not appeal to one's mind that in broad daylight at a crowded Juhu Chowpatty (beach) on the day of Eid-Ul-Fitr, the applicant would commit forcible sexual intercourse with the victim," the HC observed.
