Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, May 12: Principal District and Sessions Judge, Baramulla today granted bail to a teacher who had recently been arrested in widely publicized sexual harassment case.
The counsel of the accused teacher, Ghulam Hassan Mir, submitted before the court that the allegations were unsupported by the material collected during investigation.
Police had registered a case (FIR No. 90/2026) under Section 75 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 9/10 of the POCSO Act.
The counsel vociferously argued that the recorded statements collected during investigation failed to prove any incriminating role of the accused and that continued incarceration in absence of substantive material was wholly unjustified.
After hearing detailed arguments from both sides and considering the material placed on record, the court grant bail to the accused.
The defence counsel maintained in this regard that criminal jurisprudence rests upon the settled principle that no individual can be declared guilty merely on the basis of public sentiment, controversy or media trial, and that liberty cannot be curtailed in absence of credible incriminating material.
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