Allegations Of Sexual Assault On Rise; Inordinate Delay In Lodging FIR To Be Considered At The Stage Of Bail: Allahabad HC
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Allegations Of Sexual Assault On Rise; Inordinate Delay In Lodging FIR To Be Considered At The Stage Of Bail: Allahabad HC

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Observing that false implication in sexual offences is on a rise, the Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to two men accused of committing gang rape against a married woman while stressing that inordinate delay in lodging the FIR has to be considered at the time of adjudicating bail plea.The bench of Justice Krishan Pahal further added that much water has flown down the Ganges since. Observing that false implication in sexual offences is on a rise, the Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to two men accused of committing gang rape against a married woman while stressing that inordinate delay in lodging the FIR has to be considered at the time of adjudicating bail plea. "Indian society has undergone a complete change during the last 40 years and now it is more often observed that false implication in sexual offences is on a rise" : #AllahabadHighCourt pic.twitter.com/nZUkuv5GUo — Live Law February 23, 2023 The case in brief The accused argued before the Court that the victim, informant, and the applicants were working in the same organization run in the name of ‘Janeu Kranti Abhiyan’. Taking into account the submissions made before it, the Court was not persuaded to accept the submissions of the state and hence, it went ahead to grant bail to the applicants considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the fact regarding inordinate delay in lodging of the FIR by the informant and also the fact that the trial is at its conclusive end.

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