Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma rejected the bail plea, citing concerns that the case “strikes at the root of trust between two families” and that there is a risk of witness tampering at this stage.
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New Delhi: On Friday (6th Sept), the Delhi High Court denied bail to Seema Rani Khakha, the wife of suspended Delhi Government official Premoday Khakha, who is accused of repeatedly raping a minor girl and impregnating her.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma rejected the bail plea, citing concerns that the case “strikes at the root of trust between two families” and that there is a risk of witness tampering at this stage.
Premoday Khakha faces allegations of raping the minor girl multiple times between November 2020 and January 2021 and is currently in judicial custody following his arrest in August 2023. The minor is reportedly the daughter of an acquaintance of the accused.
Seema Rani Khakha, also implicated in the case, is accused of administering medication to the girl to terminate her pregnancy and is currently in judicial custody.
The minor girl involved is the daughter of an acquaintance of the accused, according to the police. Seema Rani Khakha, the official’s wife, is also charged in the case for allegedly administering medication to the girl to terminate her pregnancy and is currently in judicial custody.
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The Delhi Police argued against her bail application, stating she was not merely a “passive spectator” but had an “active role” in the crime. The couple was arrested after the survivor gave her statement to a magistrate at a hospital.
The case is being prosecuted under the POCSO Act and the Indian Penal Code.
The case was registered under the provisions of the POCSO Act and Indian Penal Code sections 376(2)(f) (being a relative, guardian or teacher of, or a person in a position of trust or authority towards the woman, commits rape on such woman) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to outrage the modesty of a woman).
IPC sections 506 (criminal intimidation), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 313 (causing miscarriage without woman’s consent) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) have also been invoked in the case, police said.
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