HC directs ACP to undergo sensitisation programme on crimes against women
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April 12, 2021 23:11 IST
Investigating officer developed cold feet and could not muster courage to arrest high-profile politician accused of rape: court
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Investigating officer developed cold feet and could not muster courage to arrest high-profile politician accused of rape: court
The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court recently directed the Assistant Police Commissioner of Aurangabad city to undergo a sensitisation programme on crimes against women after he developed “cold feet and could not muster the courage to arrest a high-profile politician accused of rape”.
On April 7, a Division Bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and B.U. Debadwar was hearing a plea seeking a direction to arrest an accused against whom an FIR was filed under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code. The court was informed that the investigating officer (IO) in the case was Ashlesha
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