Lower court issues bailable warrant against 5-year-old for not appearing as a witness in a sexual harassment case
Lower court issues bailable warrant against 5-year-old for not appearing as a witness in a sexual harassment case
No one is out of the purview of India's justice system, not even five-year-old kids. A lower court in Delhi issued a bailable warrant against a five-year-old girl for not deposing in a case of sexual harassment. Interestingly, the case was filed by the girl's mother against one of her neighbours and the girl was mentioned as an eye witness.
The incident took place in New Usmanpur police station area in June this year. A case of sexual harassment was registered against Sunil alias Sonu after the mother of the five-year-old alleged that her daughter was sexually assaulted by him.
Metropolitan Magistrate Shivali Sharma issued a bailable warrant for the girl after she and her mother failed to appear before the court to record their statement.
The court has now directed the two to appear before the court on December 10, the next date of the hearing.
"We need to record the statement of the girl and her mother. The accused has already been arrested and produced before the court, but without their statement the case cannot move ahead," said a police official.
The New Usmanpur police refused to comment on development in the case. MiD DAY tried to contact the SHO RK Khatana, but all calls to his mobile phone went unanswered.
The court has directed the investigating officer of the case to inform the two to depose before the court on the next date of hearing.
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