P.NAVEEN RAO
Kedarnath Mahapatra, S/o. N. Ch. Mahapatra – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
ORDER :
Facts to the extent relevant are as under:
Petitioner is working in the cadre of Principal in the respondent Society. At the relevant point of time petitioner was posted in the school run by the society in Hyderabad. This Court consciously not disclosing the details of girl student, parents and the school. Mother of girl student lodged complaint in the Rachakonda police station on 24.11.2017 alleging that petitioner misbehaved with her daughter at about 15.30 hours on 28.10.2017. Her daughter was studying in Class IX of the school and was aged about 14 years. Crime No. 820 of 2017 was registered under Section 354 (a) of IPC and Section 12 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (Act 32 of 2012) (for short referred to as POCSO Act). He was arrested and sent to judicial custody and was later released on bail. On 31.10.2017, father of the girl child informed the Chairman of the Society in writing that his daughter was subjected to sexual harassment by the petitioner.
2. In the complaint lodged with police, mother of girl student alleged that on 28.10.2017 at about 15.30 hours, when her daughter was ready to leave school, petitioner called her into his cabin, offe
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