Minor's sexual assault: HC refuses to grant anticipatory bail to children of suspended Delhi WCD official
The Hindu
HC refuses anticipatory bail to suspended govt officer's son, daughter in sexual assault case. Khakha accused of raping minor girl, wife Seema Rani accused of giving medicine to terminate pregnancy. Case registered under POCSO, IPC sections 506, 323, 313, 120B, 376(2)(f), 509.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to grant anticipatory bail to the daughter and son of suspended Delhi government officer Premoday Khakha in a case of alleged sexual assault of a minor girl by the arrested official.
“I have dismissed application at this stage,” said Justice Saurabh Banerjee.
The official's son and daughter, accused of abetting the crime, had approached the high court last week seeking pre-arrest bail in the case after they failed to secure the relief from trial court.
Khakha has allegedly raped a minor girl several times between November 2020 and January 2021, and is presently in judicial custody.
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The minor was the daughter of a person known to the accused, the police had said.
His wife Seema Rani, who is accused of giving the girl medicine to terminate her pregnancy, is also in judicial custody. The couple was arrested after the survivor recorded her statement before a magistrate at a hospital.
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