Supreme Court of India
Aparna Bhat & Ors. v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Anr.
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What the Court ordered
Before parting, this Court expresses its gratitude for the valuable suggestions and the assistance rendered by the learned Attorney General pursuant to the notice issued.
Judgment, page 32
From the headnote
Bail condition – Accused guilty of sexual offence – Rakhi tying as a condition for bail, propriety – Imposing conditions that implicitly tend to condone or diminish the harm caused by the accused and have the effect of potentially exposing the survivor to secondary trauma is forbidden – The law does not permit or countenance such conduct, where the survivor can potentially be traumatized many times over or be led into some kind of non- voluntary acceptance, or be compelled by the circumstances to accept and condone behavior what is a serious offence – Using rakhi tying as a condition for…
Authorities it was built on
- 1996 The State of Punjab v. Gurmit Singh Anr Ors.
- 2004 Sakshi v. Union of India
- 2020 Parvez Noordin Lokhandwalla v. State of Maharashtra & Anr.
- 2013 Sumit Mehta v. State of N.C.T. of Delhi
- 2009 Munish Bhasin & Ors. v. State (govt. of N.C.T. of Delhi) & Anr.
- 2015 State of M.P. v. Madan Lal
- 1989 Madanlal Manoharlal and Ors. Etc. Etc. v. State of Haryana and Anr.
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