{"id":233332,"date":"2020-08-04T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T06:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=233332"},"modified":"2020-08-14T13:03:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T07:33:01","slug":"gang-rape-bom-hc-mere-fact-that-dna-report-does-not-support-paternity-is-no-ground-for-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/08\/04\/gang-rape-bom-hc-mere-fact-that-dna-report-does-not-support-paternity-is-no-ground-for-bail\/","title":{"rendered":"[Gang Rape] Bom HC | Mere fact that DNA report does not support paternity, is no ground for bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bombay High Court:\u00a0<\/strong>Bharati Dangre, J., rejected the bail application in view of the offence of gang rape against the applicant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Applicant was punishable for offences under Section 376 of Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3, 4, 5(G), 5(J)(II), 6, 8 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Applicant&#8217;s Counsel <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Subhash with Samarth Karmarkar, Supriyanka Maurya, Yashpal Purohit <\/span>submitted that the applicant had been roped into the charge under Section 376(d) IPC without any rhyme and reason.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DNA Report of the child born out of the alleged act of sexual assault did not trace the applicant as the father of the baby girl.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hence the case for grant of bail was made out according to the applicant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the prosecutrix, she was made to visit the applicant by her friends and then taken to the applicant&#8217;s house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, prosecutrix was left alone in the company of applicant, thereafter the applicant and his two friends in a pre-planned manner arrived in his house with some drinking and eating stuff. Prosecutrix on consuming some drink felt dizzy and went off to sleep.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Applicant asked the prosecutrix to rest in bed-room, after which she was raped by applicant and his two friends.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On fearing the outcome of the act, prosecutrix did not reveal the incident or the fact that she was pregnant, to her mother. <span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Prosecutrix was below 18 yrs of age at the time when the incident took place. She delivered a baby girl which has been forwarded to an orphanage and is leading her life there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bench took into consideration the fact that the charge against the applicant is serious one of committing gang-rape and taking advantage o a situation of a poor helpless victim girl. He has indulged with two other people into an act of rape.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Mere fact that the DNA report do not support the paternity is not ground to release the applicant at this stage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Court notes that fact that the applicant might pressurize the victim girl on being released, hence no case for his release on bail is made out. [Vaibhav Bhanudas Ubale v. State of Maharashtra, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Yjv5702i\"><b>2020 SCC OnLine Bom 835<\/b><\/a>, decided on 24-07-2020]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bombay High Court:\u00a0Bharati Dangre, J., rejected the bail application in view of the offence of gang rape against the applicant. 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