The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the pleas against the bail granted to former Andaman Chief Secretary Jitendra Narain in a Port Blair gangrape case.
“We have dismissed all the petitions,” an apex court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and A Amanullah said, adding that it has also directed the trial court to expedite the trial while all cooperation will be extended by the “respective parties”.
The appeals were filed by the state and the complainant woman against the bail granted to Narain by the Calcutta High Court’s bench in Port Blair on February 20.
After the bail, the rape survivor had moved the apex court that“unless the bail order of February 20, 2023 is quashed and/or set aside and stayed, unless the principal accused is directed to surrender before the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Port Blair and unless the police authority is directed to take the principal accused (Narain) into custody”, he may destroy evidence taking advantage of the bail.
A bench of Justices Krishna Murari and Ahsanuddin Amanullah had then issued a notice on the woman’s plea, which contended that the Calcutta High Court Circuit Bench at Port Blair granted bail to the accused IAS officer “in a very casual manner” without considering the woman’s objections.
The plea said “unless the bail order of February 20, 2023 is quashed and/or set aside and stayed, unless the principal accused is directed to surrender before the Chief Judicial Magistrate at Port Blair and unless the police authority is directed to take the principal accused (Narain) into custody”, he may destroy evidence taking advantage of the bail.
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“Narain was given conditional bail. Among the conditions is that he cannot enter Andaman and Nicobar Island unless called for, he will not use officers to influence the witness, he cannot make phone calls to any officers and the victim party, he will deposit his passport and cannot leave India,” advocate Pathick Chandra Das, who represented the rape survivor, had stated.
Narain was suspended by the Centre in October last year following the allegations made by a 21-year-old woman in Port Blair.
The Indian Express had reported on October 15 that the woman in Port Blair had accused Narain and Labour Commissioner R L Rishi of sexual assault and gangrape at the Chief Secretary’s official residence, alleging that they had lured her with the promise of a government job.
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