The Supreme Court has made a big comment on the sexual harassment case.
On Thursday, the court said that the case cannot be quashed merely on the basis of agreement between the accused and the victim.
In this regard, the top court overturned the decision of the Rajasthan High Court, in which the court had used its powers under Section 482 of CrPC to quash the case.
what was the matter
In fact, the Rajasthan High Court had given relief to teacher Vimal Kumar Gupta, guilty of sexually assaulting a minor student. This case is of Gangapur of 2022.
It is reported that a settlement was reached between the two parties, which was initially refused to be accepted by the lower court, but was accepted by the High Court.
After this, social activist Ramji Lal Bairwa challenged the High Court order in the Supreme Court.
In 2022, a minor Dalit girl had filed a complaint of sexual harassment against a government school teacher. After this a case was registered.
The statement of the minor was also recorded during the investigation. After this, Gupta had obtained the statement of the girl’s family on a stamp paper.
It was said that he had lodged a police complaint due to a misunderstanding and now he did not want any action against the teacher.
what happened in supreme court
Now the bench of Justice CT Ravikumar and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar, which was hearing this case in the Apex Court, overturned the order of the High Court.
Along with this, the way has also been cleared for prosecution against the accused teacher.
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