STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Third Additional Sessions Judges Jammu Kishore Kumar on Monday rejected the bail application of Harvinder Singh alias Minto who was allegedly involved in Akhnoor Sex-Scandal.
According to the police case, on Dec, 02, 2015 complainant Surinder Kumar filed a written report in the police station, Akhnoor stating therein that his daughter name with held (age 15 years), went missing from his house from November 12, 2015. He had enquired from all his relatives but her daughter was not traced and because of this reason there is a delay in lodging the report with the police but later on he came to know that accused Abhi alias Tarsem Lal, resident of Pathankot. On this report, FIR 221/2015 was registered under section 363 RPC and investigation of the case was entrusted to ASI Kuldeep Singh.
The police during investigation went to Pathankot alongwith complainant and recovered the minor girl from the possession of accused Gulshan Kumar alias Abhi from Nanku Chowk. Police arrested the accused and got the girl medically examined from SDH Akhnoor and also got recorded her statement under section 164-A Cr.PC.
On the basis of statement recorded under section 164-A Cr.PC, police added offence under section 376 RPC. Police during the course of investigation also arrested other persons. Police also got identification parade of the accused persons conducted in presence of Executive Magistrate, Akhnoor and investigation of the case is still going on. Third Additional Sessions Judges Jammu Kishore Kumar after hearing APP Sarwesh Gupta for the state observed that perusal of the record it is revealed that accused /petitioner named above is arrested for the commission of offence under section 363/376 RPC and the investigation
has not been completed so far. The petitioner stands arrested for a very heinous offences and as such does not deserve bail at this stage. I am in agreement with the submissions made by APP .On the other hand the arguments of the learned counsel for the petitioner/accused has no force in view of the gravity of the offence and also the prevailing lawlessness and the increasing crime of Gang rape in respect of rape, molestation etc that too of a minor girl. With these observations Court rejected the bail application.
