: SC scraps HC order asking sexual harassment accused to get rakhi tied by complainant #IndiaNEWS The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a Madhya Pradesh High Court order from last year that directed

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SC scraps HC order asking sexual harassment accused to get rakhi tied by complainant #IndiaNEWS
The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a Madhya Pradesh High Court order from last year that directed a man accused of sexual assault to get a “rakhi??? tied by the complainant as a bail condition, Bar and Bench reported. The court, in its order, said that stereotypes should be avoided in such cases, according to NDTV.A bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and S Ravindra Bhat was hearing a petition, filed by Supreme Court advocate Aparna Bhat and eight other women lawyers, challenging the decision. In July 2020, the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court had asked a bail applicant in a sexual harassment case to get a rakhi tied in order to get bail. The court also ordered the man to give the woman Rs 11,000 as a customary offering and “seek her blessings??? and a further Rs 5,000 to the son of the complainant “for purchase of clothes and sweets???. The bail applicant had allegedly entered the house of the woman, his neighbour, and sexually harassed her.The petition filed by Bhat and other lawyers contended that the High Court order trivialised a heinous offence. The plea also asked whether in a case of bail, it was appropriate for a court to impose “extraneous conditions??? that allow contact between...Read more

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