{"id":253142,"date":"2021-08-24T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T03:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=253142"},"modified":"2021-08-24T08:48:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T03:18:05","slug":"rape-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/08\/24\/rape-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Gau HC | \u201cBoth victim and accused are State\u2019s future assets\u201d; HC grants bail to IIT student accused of raping his junior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Gauhati High Court:<\/strong> Ajit Borthakur, J., granted bail to an IIT student accused of raping his junior. The Bench stated,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u201cBoth the informant\/victim girl and the accused were the state\u2019s future assets being talented students pursuing technical courses at the I.I.T., Guwahati, who were young in the age group of 19 to 21 years only, the continuation of detention of the accused was not necessary.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The instant petition was filed by the accused, namely Utsav Kadam praying for grant of bail in connection with a rape case pending before the Addl. Sessions Judge. The accused was a youngster aged about 21 years and was a student of B. Tech Pre-final year of Indian Institute of Technology (\u2018I.I.T.\u2019), Guwahati in chemical engineering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The case against the accused was that on 28-03-2021 at around 9 p.m., the accused lured the informant\/victim female student of the same educational institution to Aksara School premises, in the pretext of discussing about her responsibility as the Joint Secretary of the Finance and Economic Club of the students of the I.I.T., Guwahati and after making her unconscious, by forcibly administering alcohol raped her. The victim regained her consciousness at around 5 a.m., the next morning at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital, where she underwent treatment and forensic examination etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The petitioner contended that he had been in judicial custody for about 120 days in connection with the case, which was entirely based on assumption of commission of the offence of rape without any credible evidence. Therefore, it was urged by the petitioner that as the investigation had already been completed and as there was no chance of him jumping the course of justice in any manner, being a student of I.I.T., Guwahati, further continuation of his detention for the purpose of trial may not be warranted and that would amount to causing further damage to his brilliant academic pursuit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While strongly opposing the bail application, Mr D. Das, counsel for the State contended that allegations made in detail by the victim girl, who was a student of 2nd year B. Tech Chemical Engineering of I.I.T., Guwahati, prima facie established a clear case in favour of the victim girl. Therefore, if liberty of bail was granted to the accused, the trial of the case was certain to be hampered, which may occasion gross injustice to the victim.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On hearing both sides and after considering relevant documents, i.e. FIR, medical report, \u00a0statements under Sections 161 and 164 Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, the contents of the charge-sheet and the Fact-Finding Committee Report etc., the Bench opined that there was a\u00a0 prima facie case as alleged against the accused petitioner. However, as the investigation in the case was completed and both the informant\/victim girl and the accused were the state\u2019s future assets being talented students pursuing technical courses at the I.I.T., Guwahati, who were young in the age group of 19 to 21 years only the Bench was of the view that continuation of detention of the accused was not necessary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, the Court stated that there was no possibility of the accused tampering with their evidence or influencing them directly or indirectly, if released on bail. Hence, the accused was directed to be released on bail of Rs. 30,000 with two sureties of the like amount.[Utsav Kadam v. State of Assam, Bail Appln. No. 1623 of 2021, decided on 13-08-2021]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Kamini Sharma, Editorial Assistant has reported this brief.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Appearance by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Advocate for the Petitioner: Mr. K N Choudhury<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Advocate for the Respondent: PP, Assam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gauhati High Court: Ajit Borthakur, J., granted bail to an IIT student accused of raping his junior. 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