"Unbecoming of an Indian woman" to sleep after being ravished, not how our women react: Karnataka HC while granting bail to rape accused.
While granting anticipatory bail to a rape accused, the Karnataka High Court on Monday strangely observed in the order that it was "unbecoming" of an alleged rape victim to have fallen asleep after being "ravished".
The rape accused in the instant case was employed by the complainant for the past two years. It was alleged that the accused had developed sexual relations with the complainant on the false pretext of marriage. On the night of the incident, the accused got into the complainant's car and went to her office, where he allegedly raped her.
Subsequently, the accused was charged under Sections 376 (sexual assault), 420 (Cheating) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) as well as Section 66-B of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act).
"The version of the complainant that she was subjected to rape on the false promise of marriage in the given circumstances of the case, is a bit difficult to believe at this stage; there is a letter allegedly written by the complainant to the effect that she was ready to withdraw the complaint if a compromise is brought about...nothing is stated by the complainant as to why she did not approach the Court at the earliest point of time when the petitioner was allegedly forcing her for sexual favors.": Karnataka High Court.
Note:
The Karnataka High Court officially known as Karnataka Uccha Nyayalaya is the High Court of the Indian state of Karnataka.
It is located in Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka. It was previously called the High Court of Mysore.
The High Court functions out of a red brick building known as Attara Kacheri.
Current Chief Justice: Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka.
Source: Bar & Bench.
Vizag Gas Leak: AP HC Permits South Korean Employees Of LG Polymers' Parent Company To Leave India.
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday permitted seven South Korean employees of LG Chem Ltd., the parent company of LG Polymers India Ltd - which was the source of the leak of styrene gas near Vishakhapatnam to leave India.
The permission was granted by the same bench which is hearing the suo moto case registered against LG Polymers while stating that the South Korean employees do not have any liability vis-à-vis the untoward incident. A bench comprising Chief Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Lalitha Kanneganti said,
"Petitioners came to India as a part of the Expert Team being employees of the parent company, primarily they may not have any liability of the incident, more so, when they are not the employees of the LGPI and are the employees of the parent Company LGC and came to India from South Korea to assist or to find out the cause for the incident. In such a situation, we deem it appropriate to direct the authorities to permit the petitioners to travel from India to South Korea."
The court however observed that the Petitioners did not appear to have any liability of the incident, more so when they are not the employees of the LGC.
Note:
The Andhra Pradesh High Court is the High Court of Indian State of Andhra Pradesh.
The seat of the High Court is at Amaravati, the capital of Andhra Pradesh.
The court complex currently used for High court was named as "Judicial complex" and will be used for "City civil court" after the inauguration of Permanent High court building.
Current Chief Justice: Justice Jitendra Kumar Maheshwari
Source: Live Law.
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