{"id":60677,"date":"2021-06-04T17:20:35","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=60677"},"modified":"2021-06-04T17:20:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:50:35","slug":"sc-rejects-plea-against-hc-order-granting-anticipatory-bail-to-journalist-in-rape-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-rejects-plea-against-hc-order-granting-anticipatory-bail-to-journalist-in-rape-case","title":{"rendered":"SC rejects plea against HC order granting anticipatory bail to journalist in rape case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea challenging the Delhi High Court order granting anticipatory bail to a Mumbai-based journalist in a rape case lodged against him by a 22-year-old woman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/bail.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37114\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-dismisses-bail-plea-of-suspected-let-operative\/bail-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/bail.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"275,183\" 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=\"bail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/bail.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/bail.jpg?fit=275%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37114\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/03\/bail.jpg?resize=275%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>We find no reason to interfere. The special leave petition is dismissed, said a vacation bench of Justices Navin Sinha and Ajay Rastogi while rejecting the plea filed by the complainant.<\/p>\n<p>The high court had on May 13 granted anticipatory bail to journalist Varun Hiremath in the case.<\/p>\n<p>The complainant has alleged that she was raped by the accused at a five-star hotel in Chanakyapuri on February 20.<\/p>\n<p>Hiremath had approached the high court after his anticipatory bail plea was dismissed by a trial court here on March 12.<\/p>\n<p>On the basis of the woman&#8217;s complaint, an FIR under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 376 (punishment for rape), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) was registered at the Chanakyapuri Police Station here.<\/p>\n<p>Senior advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, appearing for the petitioner, argued in the apex court that accused had earlier absconded for 50 days and he also evaded the non-bailable warrant.<\/p>\n<p>In her plea filed in the top court, the petitioner has alleged that the accused has not faced custodial interrogation even for a day in the case despite not co-operating in the police investigation.<\/p>\n<p>By a minute, critical and erroneous assessment of the section 164 statement of the complainant-petitioner, and a summary evaluation of the nature of consent&#8217; at a stage where the accused has not even faced a day&#8217;s custodial interrogation, the high court has erroneously granted anticipatory bail in such heinous offences as rape and assault, said the plea, drawn by advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai.<\/p>\n<p>Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) deals with recording of confession and statement before a magistrate.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner said that after the high court had on April 9 granted him interim protection from arrest, the accused had appeared before the investigating authority.<\/p>\n<p>It claimed that the FIR and section 164 CrPC statement of the complainant both categorically record that the petitioner pushed him away multiple times and that she also vehemently said no .<\/p>\n<p>The counsel for the accused had earlier claimed before the trial court that there was a history of sexual relationship between the complainant and the journalist.<\/p>\n<p>The accused&#8217;s counsel had also highlighted WhatsApp and Instagram chats between the complainant and the accused before the trial court &#8220;in order to show the love and passion between them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The trial court, while rejecting his anticipatory bail plea, had said that consent cannot be implied from the complainant&#8217;s previous experiences with the accused and if the woman stated in her evidence before the court that she did not consent, the court shall presume that she did not.<\/p>\n<p>Source : PTI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea challenging the Delhi High Court order granting anticipatory bail to a Mumbai-based journalist in a rape case lodged against him by a 22-year-old woman. 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