SC rejects plea against anticipatory bail for man accused of rape
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The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an attraction filed by a 22-year-old lady against a Delhi High Court order granting anticipatory bail to a Mumbai journalist whom she has accused of rape.
A Vacation Bench of Justices Navin Sinha and Ajay Rastogi stated it discovered no motive to intervene with the High Court’s order of May 13 defending journalist, Varun Hiremath, from arrest. The crime is alleged to have been dedicated within the capital on February 20.
Senior advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, for the lady, submitted that the accused had absconded for 50 days.
“The question is of normal human conduct and behaviour. If a man and woman are in a room, the man makes a request and the woman complies with it, do we need to say anything more?” the court docket stated at one level.
Ms. Ramakrishnan stated the act was forcibly dedicated. She had repeatedly denied consent.
But the Bench refused to delve on the query of consent, saying the petition earlier than it solely involved the grant of anticipatory bail.
The trial court docket, whereas rejecting his anticipatory bail plea, had stated the court docket ought to presume in her favour.
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