MUMBAI: The Bombay prime court on Monday disposed of a petition which alleged that the Thane Municipal Corporation commissioner had allegedly sexually pressured a 15-year-old woman.
A bench of Justices R M Savant and Sarang Kotwal refused to factor any instructions or go orders on the petition, after the sufferer retracted her allegations while her observation used to be being recorded by the police and the magistrate.
The bench used to be hearing a plea filed by an activist, Vikrant Karnik, in quest of appropriate instructions to the Thane police.
In his plea, Karnik had alleged that the minor woman used to be hired by the Thane Municipal Commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal as a domestic assist.
The petitioner claimed that during December remaining 12 months, he got here throughout a video on social media during which the lady alleged that Jaiswal had subjected her to mistreatment and harassment.
Karnik stated that he registered a police complaint and in addition wrote to the Thane police commissioner in quest of a probe into the matter, no appropriate steps were taken.
The state government, in the meantime, submitted that quickly after the alleged video surfaced, the lady and her family left Thane for Surat in Gujarat. Hence, her observation may just no longer be recorded.
The state had additionally raised doubts on the veracity of the lady's allegations.
The bench, alternatively, had famous that the police had an obligation to put into effect the provisions of section 24 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act that offers with recording a minor sufferer's observation without reference to any apprehensions on the veracity of the allegations.
Today, the state's counsel, Y P Yagnik, submitted transcripts of the sufferer's testimony sooner than the Thane Police and in addition sooner than the magistrate under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), pointing out that the allegations made by her were false.
Thus, the bench famous that nothing survived within the plea anymore given the retraction of the allegations by the sufferer.
A bench of Justices R M Savant and Sarang Kotwal refused to factor any instructions or go orders on the petition, after the sufferer retracted her allegations while her observation used to be being recorded by the police and the magistrate.
The bench used to be hearing a plea filed by an activist, Vikrant Karnik, in quest of appropriate instructions to the Thane police.
In his plea, Karnik had alleged that the minor woman used to be hired by the Thane Municipal Commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal as a domestic assist.
The petitioner claimed that during December remaining 12 months, he got here throughout a video on social media during which the lady alleged that Jaiswal had subjected her to mistreatment and harassment.
Karnik stated that he registered a police complaint and in addition wrote to the Thane police commissioner in quest of a probe into the matter, no appropriate steps were taken.
The state government, in the meantime, submitted that quickly after the alleged video surfaced, the lady and her family left Thane for Surat in Gujarat. Hence, her observation may just no longer be recorded.
The state had additionally raised doubts on the veracity of the lady's allegations.
The bench, alternatively, had famous that the police had an obligation to put into effect the provisions of section 24 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act that offers with recording a minor sufferer's observation without reference to any apprehensions on the veracity of the allegations.
Today, the state's counsel, Y P Yagnik, submitted transcripts of the sufferer's testimony sooner than the Thane Police and in addition sooner than the magistrate under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), pointing out that the allegations made by her were false.
Thus, the bench famous that nothing survived within the plea anymore given the retraction of the allegations by the sufferer.
Sexual harassment case: HC disposes of plea against Thane civic chief
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