Bail of POCSO Accused Cancelled, Trial Court’s ‘Mechanical’ Grant of Bail After Chargesheet Criticised: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has cancelled the bail granted to an accused charged with aggravated penetrative sexual assault on a 14-year-old girl. The Court held that filing of a chargesheet cannot be treated as an automatic ground for granting bail in serious offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. Bench And Judicial Observation The matter was decided by Justice Bivas Pattanayak while setting aside the bail…
