Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 877 · Decided 21 July 2025
Victim ‘X’ v. State of Bihar and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 877 · [2025] 7 S.C.R. 1330
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 3090/2025
- Decided
- 21 July 2025
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 341, 323, 328, 376, 120, 34; Constitution Article 136; SC/ST Act Section 3(1)(w), 14(A)(2)
Headnote
Allegations of torture and sexual exploitation against the respondent no.2-accused. She was granted bail by the High Court. Whether the grant of bail to the respondent no.2-accused has resulted into travesty of justice. Penal Code, 1860 - ss.341, (Prevention) Act, 1956 - s.3 and s.4 - Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 - s.3(1)(w), s.3(2)(va) and s.15A(3) - The prosecution case as against respondent no.2 was that she while being posted as the Superintendent of the Uttar
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