POCSO accused threatens victim
After the incident, the victim’s mother filed an application, requesting the court to cancel the 20-year-old offender’s bail
Loses bail as HC orders him to surrender after he pressures 13-yr-old male victim; had been let out for reformation.
The
Sexual Offences Act (
POCSO Act) case to surrender to the Chatuhshrungi police. The court has directed the police to arrest the accused if he fails to surrender.
The court had earlier granted the accused
interim bail taking into consideration his young age and applying the methodology for reformation. The POCSO case was registered against him for assaulting a 13-yearold boy.
Bombay HC Extends Stan Swamy s Stay in Private Hospital Until June 18
Swamy, 84, was on May 28 shifted from the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai to the Holy Family Hospital after he filed a petition, seeking interim bail on medical grounds.
A file photo of human rights activist Stan Swamy. Photo: PTI
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Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Thursday said Jesuit priest and activist Stan Swamy, arrested in the Elgar Parishad case, shall remain admitted in a Mumbai-based private hospital till June 18 as he is suffering from COVID-19.
Swamy, 84, was on May 28 shifted from the Taloja prison in neighbouring Navi Mumbai to the Holy Family Hospital here after he filed a petition, seeking interim bail on medical grounds.
The bench declined to accept senior advocate Siddharth Dave s request for extra time, saying Chandra should comprehend why the circumstances under which the court had earlier cancelled the interim bail.
Andhra Pradesh HC: Release All Convicts, Under Trial Prisoners on Interim Bail for 90 Days
However, those who are either second offenders or convicted or facing trial under Section 376 IPC (rape) and the POCSO Act shall be exempted.
The Andhra Pradesh high court in Amaravati. Photo: IM3847/Wikimedia Commons CC BY SA 4.0
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New Delhi: The Andhra Pradesh high court has directed that all convicts and undertrial prisoners â who were readmitted in prisons last year after being released on bail â be released on interim bail of 90 days,
This decision was taken in view of the recommendations made by the Supreme Court-mandated high powered committee in May. Several rights organisations across the country have been repeatedly asking the authorities to decongest prisons during the deadly second wave of COVID-19.