Bihar: Araria court grants bail to rape survivor

ARARIA: A 22-year-old gang-rape survivor, who was arrested and sent to judicial custody on the directive of a judicial magistrate on July 11 for obstructing public servant in discharging official duty in course of recording of her statement, was granted bail on Friday by a local court.
Two other women, who accompanied the rape survivor in the court room of the judicial magistrate and arrested for allegedly pressuring the magistrate to record the survivor’s statement as per their diktats, were refused bail.
Chief judicial magistrate Anand Singh heard the advocate who appeared on behalf of the rape survivor and also the public prosecutor before granting bail to the survivor.
The Araria CJM court heard the bail petition on the direction of district and sessions judge under a special circumstance as judicial courts across the state are closed till July 20 as per the direction of the Patna high court owing to Covid-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, Bihar State Women’s Commission chairman Dilmani Mishra on Friday said the commission had taken cognizance of the matter of sending a rape survivor to jail. “I had written to Araria SP seeking details about the case,” Mishra said.
She said the SP has informed her about the rape survivor getting bail. “We will wait for SP’s report to know who is guilty,” she said.
(With inputs from Debashish Karmakar in Patna)