The Delhi High Court today agreed to hear a PIL filed by an NGO questioning the "sincerity" of the city police in investigating crime against women alleging that the Station House Officer (SHO) of Ambedkar Nagar granted bail to a rape accused.
The public interest litigation (PIL) was mentioned before a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Siddharth Mridul who directed the matter be listed before the appropriate court tomorrow.
The bench, however, made it clear there should be proof that the police officer granted bail to the rape accused, else a cost of Rs one lakh could be imposed on the NGO Centre for Human Rights.
The NGO, in its plea filed through advocate Gaurav Kumar Bansal, has contended the victim was raped on September 5, 2014 by her sister-in-law's husband who had run away after committing the alleged offence.
The in-laws and husband of the victim pressurised her not to lodge a complaint and when she had refused, they had kept her confined for 15 days, the petition alleged and added that later on she had managed to escape and contact her brother who took her to the police.
Initially, the police had refused to lodge an FIR but after the victim and her brother contacted senior police officials, an FIR under section 376 (rape) and other provisions of the IPC was lodged on September 27, the petition has alleged.
