The case was registered under IPC sections for rioting, assault, defiling a place of worship or sacred object, outraging religious feelings and under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
ASP Sharma said that the accused took the girl to a deserted forest area, where he along with his three friends raped her and also threatened to kill her
The recent killing of a Dalit child for drinking water out of a pot meant for upper caste people lays bare the extreme discrimination, exclusion, and violence that Dalits suffer.
The order was pronounced by the same Kozhikode sessions court which granted the activist bail in another case saying the offence of sexual harassment offence is not applicable when the woman was wearing a "sexually provocative dress".