As per the FIR, the victim had parked his car on the opposite side of the road in front of his office. He got down and started crossing the road towards his office when the applicant’s bike hit him.
The victim's mother, who filed the complaint, had claimed that the applicants, with whom their family had a strained relationship, forced him to watch a porn video under threat, while two members of the family allegedly touched him inappropriately and disrobed him.
The applicant's lawyer argued that as the charges are yet to be framed against him and the trial is unlikely to conclude in near future, he should be released on bail, which the court accepted.
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The Bench said the election process in other Municipalities should continue as per the schedule announced by State Election Commission The Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court on March 1 set aside a notification issued by the State government’s Directorate of Municipal Administration reserving various wards in five out of 11 civic bodies where elections will be held later this month.
The court ordered the Goa government to reconduct the exercise of reservation of wards in the five Municipal Councils of Margao, Mormugao, Mapusa, Sanguem and Quepem.
The Bench said the election process in other Municipalities should continue as per the schedule announced by State Election Commission (SEC).