{"id":48657,"date":"2017-06-16T04:21:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T22:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=48657"},"modified":"2017-06-16T04:21:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T22:51:25","slug":"prajapati-case-allahabad-hc-grants-2-weeks-govt-file-reply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/prajapati-case-allahabad-hc-grants-2-weeks-govt-file-reply","title":{"rendered":"Prajapati case: Allahabad HC grants 2 weeks to UP govt to file reply"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43878\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/High-Court-Pic.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"43878\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-grants-bail-ex-bsp-mp\/high-court-pic\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/High-Court-Pic.jpg?fit=700%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"HC grants bail to ex-BSP MP\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;HC grants bail to ex-BSP MP&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/High-Court-Pic.jpg?fit=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/High-Court-Pic.jpg?fit=640%2C366&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-43878 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/High-Court-Pic.jpg?resize=300%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Prajapati case: Allahabad HC grants 2 weeks to UP govt to file reply\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/High-Court-Pic.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/High-Court-Pic.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prajapati case: Allahabad HC grants 2 weeks to UP govt to file reply<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Allahabad High Court today granted two weeks to the Uttar Pradesh government to file its reply on a petition questioning the cognisance of offence under POSCO Act against former minister Gayatri Prajapati in a gangrape case.<\/p>\n<p>The matter will be heard after two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>A vacation bench of Justice S N Shukla here passed the order on the petition field by Prajapati.<\/p>\n<p>He had challenged the cognisance order passed on June 5 by the Additional Sessions judge court summoning him for trial under various sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>However, during arguments, his counsel Mridul Rakesh confined his plea against POSCO Act only.<\/p>\n<p>The counsel argued that from the statement of the victim recorded under section 164 of CrPC, no offence under POSCO Act was made out.<\/p>\n<p>Opposing the plea, Additional Advocate General V K Sahi submitted that there were other materials as well as further statement of the survivor which certainly covered ingredients of Section 5 of POSCO Act.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Therefore, without perusal of those documents, it would not be appropriate for the court to interfere with the summoning order,&#8221; added Sahi demanding two weeks&#8217; time to file counter affidavit in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Allahabad High Court today granted two weeks to the Uttar Pradesh government to file its reply on a petition questioning the cognisance of offence under POSCO Act against former minister Gayatri Prajapati in a gangrape case. 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