{"id":55265,"date":"2019-01-26T14:36:28","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T09:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55265"},"modified":"2019-01-26T14:36:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T09:06:28","slug":"court-grants-bail-to-elderly-man-who-was-accused-of-raping-minor-girl-on-medical-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-grants-bail-to-elderly-man-who-was-accused-of-raping-minor-girl-on-medical-grounds","title":{"rendered":"Court grants bail to elderly man who was  accused of raping minor girl on medical grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/stalking-minor-girl.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" data-attachment-id=\"55046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/man-gets-one-month-imprisonment-for-stalking-minor-girl\/stalking-minor-girl\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/stalking-minor-girl.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" 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=\"stalking minor girl\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/stalking-minor-girl.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/stalking-minor-girl.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55046\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/stalking-minor-girl.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/stalking-minor-girl.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/01\/stalking-minor-girl.jpg?resize=134%2C100&amp;ssl=1 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>The Madhya Pradesh High Court here has granted bail to an old man, charged with sexually assaulting a minor girl, on medical grounds that he was devoid of penile erection and other facts.<\/p>\n<p>A single bench of Justice MF Anwar on Tuesday observed, &#8220;Looking at the facts and circumstances of the case, the age of Dhaniram (68) and the period of detention, I am inclined to enlarge the applicant on bail.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As per medical evidence observation, the applicant&#8217;s penile erection was missing and he was not capable for semen slide,&#8221; his counsels Vasant Daniel and Vishal Daniel told the court.<\/p>\n<p>Dhaniram, who had been in judicial custody since November 6 last, was suffering from various diseases related to heart and prostates, they contended.<\/p>\n<p>The applicant had served in the Navy and after retirement, worked as a teacher in the government school, the lawyers said.<\/p>\n<p>The Navy and the principal of the school had issued certificates to the effect that he held a good moral character, they added.<\/p>\n<p>The counsels claimed that the petitioner was falsely implicated by the father of the minor, while the prosecution opposed the bail application.<\/p>\n<p>After hearing both sides, the court granted bail to the accused.<\/p>\n<p>The accused was arrested under sections 363, 366-A, 376(A)(B), 376(2)(j)(k)(i) of the IPC and sections 3-A, 4, 5m, 6 of the POCSO Act. The case was registered at the Mungwani police station in Madhya Pradesh&#8217;s Narsinghpur district.<\/p>\n<p>The allegation against the accused was that at around 8 pm on November 4 last year, he had lured the minor girl and took her to his house on the pretext of showing her sparkling lights and sexually assaulted her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Madhya Pradesh High Court here has granted bail to an old man, charged with sexually assaulting a minor girl, on medical grounds that he was devoid of penile erection and other facts. 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