Police oppose bail petition of mom who sexually harassed her son
3 min read By Express News Service
KOCHI: The state police on Tuesday opposed the bail plea of a 35-year-old girl who was arrested below provisions of the Pocso Act within the Kadakkavoor sexual harassment case. There is enough proof in opposition to her within the alleged sexual harassment of her 13-year-old son, the police submitted earlier than the High Court.
When the bail utility got here up for listening to, Senior Public Prosecutor Suman Chakravarthy submitted that the accused had additionally administered a specific drug on the kid that the police had recovered. The assertion of the sufferer, recorded below part 164 of the CrPC, revealed that the boy caught to his allegation made earlier than the police.
In the bail petition, the girl stated the case was foisted on her by her separated husband. She had stopped residing along with her husband after he married one other girl and had moved to her mother and father’ home, the girl submitted. She then filed petitions earlier than the household court docket looking for upkeep and custody of her kids. It was after submitting the petition that her husband filed the criticism alleging sexual abuse of their second son, the girl stated within the bail petition.
The prosecution advised the court docket that the accused had sexually assaulted her son when he was ten years previous and the harassment continued until December 10, 2019. The father and his second spouse had come to the police station to present a press release final November. But the police felt suspicious as a result of a household dispute was occurring. So they had been referred to the kid welfare committee which stored the boy in a hostel for ten days. He was given further counselling earlier than his assertion was recorded.
Even after professional counselling by way of a seasoned counsellor, it was discovered that the sooner model of the boy in opposition to his mom was right. Later, he was referred again to the police for registering FIR. Following this, the police performed an in depth inquiry and the proof collected by the investigation company to this point reveals that the model of the kid is right, the prosecution stated. The husband and the accused girl have 4 kids, together with the sufferer. The prosecution identified that, on the time of the incident, the boy was aged 10 or 11. Later, his father married one other girl and the talaq occurred solely in 2019.
The step-mother observed the bodily and psychological adjustments of the kid and introduced it to her husband’s consideration.“It isn’t a family dispute. Records that have been seized by the investigating agency, including her mobile phone, indicate her involvement. The mobile phone has to be sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for cyber examination and for collecting evidence. There are sufficient statements from other witnesses in support of the prosecution case,” the prosecution submitted.
The sufferer has been produced earlier than a medical board to establish his psychological standing, intelligence quotient (IQ) and for additional counselling. As the medical board is more likely to take extra time to current its report, the prosecution submitted that, if the accused is launched on bail, she’s going to affect the media and switch all witnesses hostile, the prosecution stated. When the prosecution requested the court docket to look at the case diary earlier than reaching a remaining conclusion on the bail plea, the court docket requested for the case diary to be produced earlier than it. The court docket reserved its order after the conclusion of the arguments from each side.
