RANCHI, India, Jan. 14 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Dec. 15:
1. This Criminal Appeal has been filed on behalf of the appellant for grant of regular bail in connection with SC/ST Case No. 91 of 2024 arising out of Patan P.S. Case No. 48 of 2024 registered for offences under Sections 376(1), 341, 504 and 506/34 of the Indian Penal Code and under Sections 3(1)(w) of the SC/ST (POA) Act, whereby the learned Special Judge SC/ST (POA) Act, Palamau at Daltonganj has dismissed the Miscellaneous Criminal Application No. 1468 of 2025.
2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 19.04.2024, the appellant who is aged about 55 years, has forcibly committed rape upon the mentally retarded daughter of the informant by gagging...