In the Etah rape case, a police officer allegedly took six samosas as a bribe to file the final report. The officer is also accused of ignoring eyewitness accounts and the rape survivor’s statement in the process.
A disturbing incident in Etah district, Uttar Pradesh, raised concerns about police conduct in a rape case involving a 14-year-old girl.
The Special POCSO Court, led by Judge Narendra Pal Rana, dismissed the final report (FR) submitted by the police, which allegedly came after the investigating officer accepted a bribe of just six samosas.
The events date back to April 1, 2019, within the jurisdiction of Jalesar police station.
According to the complaint, the minor girl was on her way home from school when a local man named Veeresh allegedly misled her into a wheat field and made inappropriate advances. When two villagers arrived at the scene, the accused reportedly shouted caste-based insults and fled, threatening to kill them.
The victim’s father claimed that the police displayed bias and reluctance from the beginning. Initially, local authorities refused to register an FIR, prompting him to seek a court order to file the case under the POCSO Act.
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Despite the gravity of the allegations, the police submitted a final report on December 30, 2024, citing a lack of evidence.
Following this, the father filed a protest petition on June 27, 2025, highlighting that the investigating officer neglected to record crucial eyewitness statements and overlooked the girl’s own account of the assault.
Notably, the protest petition drew attention to the claim that the investigating officer accepted six samosas from the accused’s shop as a bribe and subsequently filed a false and negligent report.
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Alarmingly, the FR suggested that the girl had merely asked for samosas on credit and, upon being refused, fabricated the case out of revenge.
The court rejected this assertion and quashed the final report, directing that the case proceed as a complaint (pariwad), thereby allowing the judiciary to hear and try the matter independently of police influence.