{"id":202308,"date":"2021-08-28T18:20:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T12:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/?p=202308"},"modified":"2021-08-28T18:48:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T13:18:48","slug":"madhya-pradesh-high-court-dismisses-bail-plea-of-rape-accused","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/constitutional-law-news\/courts-news\/madhya-pradesh-high-court-dismisses-bail-plea-of-rape-accused\/","title":{"rendered":"Madhya Pradesh High Court dismisses bail plea of rape accused"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Madhya Pradesh High Court<\/a> on Wednesday dismissed the bail application of an exorcist held for raping a woman who had come to him for an exorcism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A single-judge bench of Justice Anil Verma passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Mangilal in connection with the crime registered at police station Sardarpur, District Dhar for commission of offence punishable under Sections 376, 506 of the Indian Penal Code. The applicant has been in Jail since May 22, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The applicant, Mangilal, claims to be an ojha, and the prosecutrix is a young married woman of 20. She was feeling unwell before the date of incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On August 18, 2020, the husband of prosecutrix and her maternal-uncle-in-law Govind took her to Mangilal in village Khamaliya. Then at midnight the applicant took them to the cremation ground and stopped her husband and maternal uncle-in-law near a drain. Then applicant took off clothes of prosecutrix and raped her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ojha then threatened the prosecutrix that if she will disclose the incident to anyone, he will kill her along with her family members. She did not disclose the incident to any one for 8 months because of fear and threat given by the applicant. After 9 months, she narrated the incident to her mother Kalibai and cousin Kanha. On May 20, 2021 the prosecutrix approached the police and launched an FIR against the applicant. On the basis of that FIR, a crime under Section 376 and 506 of IPC has been registered against the applicant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Counsel for the applicant submitted that prosecutrix is a major married lady aged about 20 years. It is highly unnatural that on the date of incident her husband as well as her maternal uncle-in-law was there but prosecutrix did not disclose this incident to any of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Counsel for the applicant further submitted that the applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in the offence due to dispute between the family members of prosecutrix and applicant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n