India, Sept. 24 -- The Bombay High Court last week rejected the bail application of a man accused of raping his colleague while he was on bail in another case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Rejecting his bail application, Justice Neela Gokhale observed that given his tendencies, he was likely to repeat his actions.

The court's September 19 order read that the 34-year-old accused, who worked in a real estate company in Bandra (West), had "committed the present offence while he is on bail in the previous CR (Complaint Register in a criminal offence)."

The court held that the allegations in the earlier CR were also grave, since the accused was married and had eloped with a minor girl. According to the pr...