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2021 Supreme(Del) 2082

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Rajnish Bhatnagar, J.
Mahender Swami - Appellant
Versus
State (NCT Of Delhi) - Respondent
Bail Appln No. 3091 of 2020
Decided On : 09-04-2021

Advocates appeared:
Satish Kr Panchal, Advocate, Rajni Gupta, Advocate, Inderjeet Sindhu, Advocate, Mehak Bhatia, Advocate

Headnote:

Bail - Rape Case - The court dismissed the bail application of the petitioner who was accused of gang rape based on specific allegations made by the prosecutrix, despite the petitioner's claim of being falsely implicated and inconsistencies in the victim's statements.

Fact of the Case:

The petitioner filed a bail application under Section 439 Cr.P.C. in a case involving allegations of gang rape against him. The victim was found admitted to a hospital and alleged that she was kidnapped, drugged, and gang-raped multiple times before being left at her home.

Finding of the Court:

The court dismissed the bail application, stating that the allegations against the petitioner were grave and serious, and the victim had specifically accused the petitioner of the crime. The court did not find the inconsistencies in the victim's statements to be sufficient grounds for discrediting her testimony at this stage.

Issues: The main issue was whether the petitioner should be granted bail in a case involving grave allegations of gang rape, despite his claim of being falsely implicated and inconsistencies in the victim's statements.

Ratio Decidendi: The court emphasized that at the bail stage, it would not be proper to discuss in detail any contradictions or inconsistencies in the victim's testimony, as doing so might prejudice the case of either party. The specific allegations made by the victim against the petitioner were considered significant in denying the bail application.

Final Decision: The court dismissed the bail application, stating that no ground for bail was made out based on the grave and serious nature of the allegations against the petitioner and the specific accusations made by the victim.

JUDGMENT

Rajnish Bhatnagar, J. - By way of this order, I shall dispose of the present petition filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. on behalf of the petitioner for grant of bail in case FIR No. 0279/2017 U/s 328/365/376-D IPC, P.S. Kirti Nagar (Distt. West), New Delhi.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that on 24.08.2017 on receiving DD No. 14-A SI Asha Singh reached at E.S.I. Hospital, Basai Dara Pur, Delhi, where she found the victim admitted vide MLC No. 524/17. The victim was not in a position to give the statement. Therefore, on the basis of DD No. 14-A and as per the contents of the MLC, the present FIR was registered. In her MLC, the victim gave the alleged history of kidnapping on 8 July 2017 by 4 people from Kirti Nagar by auto after inhalation of drug and then she was gang raped 5-7 times at unknown place, thereafter, she was left at her home.

3. I have heard the Ld. counsel for the petitioner, Ld. APP for the state and have also gone through the records of this case.

4. It is submitted by the Ld. counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner has been falsely implicated. It is further submitted by him that the prosecutrix had given different version in her different statements and even she has not supported the case of the prosecution. It is further submitted that there is not even an iota of evidence against the petitioner. It is further submitted that the present FIR has been registered on behalf of the mother of the victim to save herself from the punishment of feticide as she has given some pills to the prosecutrix for abortion. It is further submitted that the testimony of the prosecutrix suffers from inconsistencies and contradictions and the story put fourth by her is highly improbable. It is further submitted that the prosecutrix had a long pending grievance against co-accused Ajay @ Ajju and for the reasons best known to her she has implicated the petitioner. It is further submitted by the Ld. counsel for the petitioner that the prosecutrix and her mother have been examined and now there are no chances of tampering with the evidence. It is further submitted that the petitioner has clean past antecedents.

5. The application has been opposed by the Ld. APP for the State. It is submitted by the Ld. APP that the allegations against the petitioner are grave and serious in nature and the petitioner alongwith his co-accused had gang raped the prosecutrix. It is further submitted by the Ld. APP that there are specific allegations against the petitioner and even if, there are some contradictions or inconsistencies in the testimony of the victim, that cannot be the sole ground for discarding her testimony and this is not the stage to credit or discredit the testimony of the victim recorded in the Court. It is further submitted that the prosecutrix was taken captive in a house where she was repeatedly raped for 3 days.

6. In the instant case the prosecutrix has made specific allegations against the petitioner and has even denied the suggestion during the cross-examination that she was not raped by the present petitioner. The contention of the counsel for the petitioner that the prosecutrix has not supported the case of the prosecution and there are inconsistence and contradictions in her statement have also no force in it as at this stage, it would not be proper to discuss in detail any such contradictions or inconsistencies in the testimony of the victim, otherwise the same might prejudice the case of either of the parties. The counsel for the petitioner during the course of the arguments has not been able to point out any such glaring contradiction or inconsistency which could at the threshold make the testimony of the victim unreliable. The allegations against the petitioner are grave and serious in nature and as per the prosecutrix she was held captive and raped for 3 days and she has categorically deposed about the role of the present petitioner. Therefore, in these circumstances, no ground for bail is made out,

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