Rape Accused Bail Plea

Highlighting the need to uphold individual liberty, a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha said it will take ten seconds for it to dictate an order, but the accused will lose his liberty and be in jail for another week

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a bail plea by a rape accused, saying that merely because the parties were engaged did not mean that the accused could have sexually assaulted, beaten or threatened the victim.

The sessions court at Yupia near Itanagar on Monday rejected the bail plea of the Koloriang MLA who is evading arrest.

The Supreme Court Friday said that 'Arya Samaj' has no business to issue marriage certificates and rejected a bail plea of an accused booked for kidnap and rape of a minor girl.

A 21-year-old rape accused jumped to death from the sixth floor of a Faridabad court building on Saturday after his regular bail plea was heard.

An unreasoned order suffers the "vice of arbitrariness" as reasoning is the lifeblood of the judicial system, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said while setting aside a Rajasthan High Court's "cryptic" order granting bail to a man accused of rape

"Ask your bhaiya to be careful this week," a miffed Supreme Court told the defence counsel in a rape case as it decided to consider a victim's plea for cancelling the bail of an accused after hoardings with 'bhaiya is back' celebrated his release.

The Supreme Court Friday refused the plea of a woman seeking cancellation of bail of a person accused by her of raping her saying it appears to be a case of "consensual relationship" in which she went to hotels with him.

The Kerala High Court on Monday sought the stand of the police on the bail pleas moved by controversial self-styled antiques dealer Monson Mavunkal in two separate rape cases in which he is an accused.

Prince Raj is the nephew of late Ram Vilas Paswan and cousin of Chirag Paswan.

The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea challenging the Delhi High Court order granting anticipatory bail to a Mumbai-based journalist in a rape case lodged against him by a 22-year-old woman.

A district court has deferred till Thursday the hearing on the bail plea of one of the four people charged with sedition, among other charges, after they were arrested while on their way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh.

The Supreme Court Thursday expressed surprise over interim bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to a former Uttar Pradesh government counsel, accused of raping a junior lawyer, despite the dismissal of a similar plea by it earlier.

Courts cannot ignore issuing notice to survivors in sexual assault cases while deciding bail pleas of offenders, the Delhi High Court has held, noting that survivors were not being informed in a majority of matters.

The Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea filed by an accused in a rape case seeking interim bail to perform his father's last rites, saying it would be dangerous to release him in the current coronavirus pandemic situation as he will get in touch with many people outside increasing the risk of infection.

Highlighting the need to uphold individual liberty, a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha said it will take ten seconds for it to dictate an order, but the accused will lose his liberty and be in jail for another week

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a bail plea by a rape accused, saying that merely because the parties were engaged did not mean that the accused could have sexually assaulted, beaten or threatened the victim.

The sessions court at Yupia near Itanagar on Monday rejected the bail plea of the Koloriang MLA who is evading arrest.

The Supreme Court Friday said that 'Arya Samaj' has no business to issue marriage certificates and rejected a bail plea of an accused booked for kidnap and rape of a minor girl.

A 21-year-old rape accused jumped to death from the sixth floor of a Faridabad court building on Saturday after his regular bail plea was heard.

An unreasoned order suffers the "vice of arbitrariness" as reasoning is the lifeblood of the judicial system, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said while setting aside a Rajasthan High Court's "cryptic" order granting bail to a man accused of rape

"Ask your bhaiya to be careful this week," a miffed Supreme Court told the defence counsel in a rape case as it decided to consider a victim's plea for cancelling the bail of an accused after hoardings with 'bhaiya is back' celebrated his release.

The Supreme Court Friday refused the plea of a woman seeking cancellation of bail of a person accused by her of raping her saying it appears to be a case of "consensual relationship" in which she went to hotels with him.

The Kerala High Court on Monday sought the stand of the police on the bail pleas moved by controversial self-styled antiques dealer Monson Mavunkal in two separate rape cases in which he is an accused.

Prince Raj is the nephew of late Ram Vilas Paswan and cousin of Chirag Paswan.

The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea challenging the Delhi High Court order granting anticipatory bail to a Mumbai-based journalist in a rape case lodged against him by a 22-year-old woman.

A district court has deferred till Thursday the hearing on the bail plea of one of the four people charged with sedition, among other charges, after they were arrested while on their way to Hathras in Uttar Pradesh.

The Supreme Court Thursday expressed surprise over interim bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to a former Uttar Pradesh government counsel, accused of raping a junior lawyer, despite the dismissal of a similar plea by it earlier.

Courts cannot ignore issuing notice to survivors in sexual assault cases while deciding bail pleas of offenders, the Delhi High Court has held, noting that survivors were not being informed in a majority of matters.

The Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea filed by an accused in a rape case seeking interim bail to perform his father's last rites, saying it would be dangerous to release him in the current coronavirus pandemic situation as he will get in touch with many people outside increasing the risk of infection.