{"id":58640,"date":"2020-01-23T14:40:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T09:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58640"},"modified":"2020-01-23T14:40:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T09:10:41","slug":"bombay-high-court-relief-to-suspended-dig-nishikant-more-accused-of-molestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bombay-high-court-relief-to-suspended-dig-nishikant-more-accused-of-molestation","title":{"rendered":"Bombay High Court relief to suspended DIG Nishikant More accused of molestation."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/Bombay-High-Court-relief-to-suspended-DIG-Nishikant-More.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58644\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/bombay-high-court-relief-to-suspended-dig-nishikant-more-accused-of-molestation\/bombay-high-court-relief-to-suspended-dig-nishikant-more\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/Bombay-High-Court-relief-to-suspended-DIG-Nishikant-More.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=\"Bombay High Court relief to suspended DIG Nishikant More\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/Bombay-High-Court-relief-to-suspended-DIG-Nishikant-More.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/Bombay-High-Court-relief-to-suspended-DIG-Nishikant-More.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-58644\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/Bombay-High-Court-relief-to-suspended-DIG-Nishikant-More.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/Bombay-High-Court-relief-to-suspended-DIG-Nishikant-More.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/Bombay-High-Court-relief-to-suspended-DIG-Nishikant-More.jpg?resize=134%2C100&amp;ssl=1 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from arrest to suspended Maharashtra deputy inspector general of police Nishikant More, who is accused of molesting a 17-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>Justice P D Naik directed More to appear before Taloja police in Navi Mumbai on January 29, 30 and 31 to cooperate with the probe in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The court in its order noted that the accused and the family of the girl shared cordial relations, which later turned sour after the victim&#8217;s father refused to return money that he allegedly borrowed from the accused.<\/p>\n<p>The court also said that when the alleged molestation incident took place on June 5, 2019 during the victim&#8217;s birthday celebration, her family was present.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The manner and conduct of the victim in the video creates doubt on the alleged incident,&#8221; Justice Naik said.<\/p>\n<p>The bench has posted the matter for further hearing on February 17.<\/p>\n<p>More approached HC last week after the Panvel sessions court rejected his anticipatory bail application.<\/p>\n<p>In his plea, the accused claimed all the allegations were &#8220;baseless&#8221;, and the complaint against him was made because of the financial dispute between the two families.<\/p>\n<p>According to Navi Mumbai Police, the girl was allegedly molested at her home in Taloja town of neighbouring Raigad district during her birthday celebration on June 5, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The victim&#8217;s father claimed that while they had lodged a complaint on July 12, 2019, the police refused to take cognisance of it and an FIR was belatedly lodged on December 26, 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted interim protection from arrest to suspended Maharashtra deputy inspector general of police Nishikant More, who is accused of molesting a 17-year-old girl. 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