Court refuses withdrawal of woman’s rape plea against Jharkhand CM
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The Bombay High Court has stated it isn’t inclined to allow the withdrawal of a petition filed by a girl, who had made rape allegations against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
On Monday, a division bench of Justices S.S. Shinde and Manish Pitale stated it’ll hear the woman’s plea on February 18.
The girl approached a metropolitan Justice of the Peace’s court docket right here in 2013, alleging that she had been raped by Mr. Soren in a lodge in Mumbai. The identical 12 months, she filed a withdrawal software earlier than the court docket in Bandra, stating that she wished to withdraw the allegations and her criticism. The court docket at the moment allowed it to be withdrawn.
In August final 12 months, she approached the Bombay High Court, stating that she had met with an accident and Mr. Soren is likely to be behind the accident. The girl had sought that an FIR be registered against Mr. Soren once more.
Last month, she filed a plea within the HC, stating that she had determined to alter her attorneys. On Monday, the brand new attorneys showing for the lady once more submitted that she wished to withdraw the petition filed earlier than the excessive court docket for in search of registration of the FIR.
The Bench, nevertheless, stated it was “not inclined at this stage to accede to the prayer made” by the lady. The state’s counsel, Deepak Thakare, sought time to file a closure report within the case.
Meanwhile, two intervention purposes had been filed within the HC final week in search of to intervene within the case.
One of the purposes was filed by a Jharkhand-based former journalist Sunil Kumar Tiwari, and the opposite by one Stree Roshni Trust. The belief has approached the HC by way of senior lawyer Satish Maneshinde. Both the candidates have sought that the lady not be allowed to withdraw the case.
The HC will hear the intervention purposes and the woman’s plea on February 18.
