{"id":55791,"date":"2019-03-26T13:35:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T08:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=55791"},"modified":"2019-03-26T13:35:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T08:05:50","slug":"gauhati-high-court-quashes-criminal-proceedings-against-union-minister-gohain-in-rape-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gauhati-high-court-quashes-criminal-proceedings-against-union-minister-gohain-in-rape-case","title":{"rendered":"Gauhati High Court quashes criminal proceedings against Union minister Gohain in rape case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Gauhati-High-Court.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"170\" data-attachment-id=\"55795\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/gauhati-high-court-quashes-criminal-proceedings-against-union-minister-gohain-in-rape-case\/gauhati-high-court-4\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Gauhati-High-Court.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"296,170\" 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=\"Gauhati High Court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Gauhati-High-Court.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Gauhati-High-Court.jpg?fit=296%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-55795\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Gauhati-High-Court.jpg?resize=296%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Gauhati-High-Court.jpg?w=296&amp;ssl=1 296w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/Gauhati-High-Court.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a>The Gauhati High Court Monday quashed criminal proceedings against Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain in a rape case.<\/p>\n<p>After hearing the minister&#8217;s petition, Justice Suman Shyam set aside the order passed by the Nagaon Chief Judicial Magistrate on November 16 last year taking cognisance of the criminal proceedings.<\/p>\n<p>An FIR had been lodged against the BJP leader alleging rape, and criminal proceedings were initiated against him.<\/p>\n<p>The Union minister moved the high court challenging the criminal proceedings and subsequent passing of the November 16 order of the CJM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gauhati High Court Monday quashed criminal proceedings against Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain in a rape case. 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