Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 2: Principal Sessions Judge Reasi Kamlesh Pandit has rejected the bail application of one Mukesh Gupta, son of Romesh Chander Gupta of Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi, who was allegedly involved in a rape case.
According to police case, on 15.10.2018, the prosecutrix lodged a written complaint in Paharganj Police Station that she along with accused had gone to Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Katra to pay obeisance and after performing Darshan they remained in a hotel for a night.
In the hotel, the accused outraged the modesty of prosecutrix by blackmailing her on the basis of the nude photographs which the accused had clicked in the past. On this complaint, FIR was registered by Paharganj Police Station at Delhi and later the investigation was transferred to Police Station Katra where FIR No.13/2019 was registered for the commission of offences under Sections 376/506 RPC.
After hearing both the sides, the court observed, “the rape is traumatic event causing such extreme spike in emotions that it permanently skews one’s narrative towards that event”, adding “a sexual assault is considered as one of the most heinous crimes and dastardly acts, having social, psychological, physical and social repercussions on the life and prospect of a victim”.
“Therefore, a solemn duty is cast on the courts while exercising discretion in balancing individual liberty and the interest of the whole society at large”, the Judge said while rejecting the bail application.
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