Judge recuses from hearing of advocate accused of rape
New Delhi, Dec. 19 -- A Delhi High Court judge on Thursday said he would recuse himself and transfer to another bench the anticipatory bail and FIR-quashing petitions filed by a 51-year-old advocate accused of repeatedly raping and assaulting a 27-year-old woman lawyer, saying that hearing the pleas would amount to reviewing his own order.
Justice Amit Mahajan said he had cancelled the advocate's anticipatory bail on November 7 and that there was no change in circumstances warranting reconsideration. He told senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, appearing for the accused, that he would otherwise dismiss both petitions. Pahwa argued that circumstances had changed after the complainant and the accused entered into an MoU on November 29, in which the woman stated she had no subsisting grievance, and that the investigation was complete. The judge said the accused could seek a hearing before another bench and listed December 22 for hearing both the challenge to the trial court's December 15 order and the quashing petition. htc...
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