{"id":222591,"date":"2019-11-27T18:00:05","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T12:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=222591"},"modified":"2019-12-05T13:10:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T07:40:03","slug":"mp-hc-age-of-victim-may-be-duly-considered-while-deciding-application-for-granting-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/11\/27\/mp-hc-age-of-victim-may-be-duly-considered-while-deciding-application-for-granting-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"MP HC | Age of victim may be duly considered while deciding application for granting bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Madhya Pradesh High Court<\/b>: Vishnu Pratap Singh Chauhan, J. while allowing the appeal set aside the order passed by the Trial Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The present appeal was filed against the order of the Special Judge under Section 14-A(2) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 for dismissing the bail application filed by the appellant under Section 439 CrPC.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The appellant was in jail for commission of offence punishable under Sections 341, 354, 354-B and 323 IPC, under Sections 7 and 8 of the POCSO Act and under Section 3(1)(w) &amp; 3(2) (v-a) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prosecution had submitted that on 28-01-2019 appellant appeared when prosecutrix went to answer call of nature, tried to drag her to some other place by holding her hand. 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