Jharkhand HC pulls up cops for not making sufferer witness in POCSO case

Wondering if the police was siding with the accused in a minor woman’s rape case, the Jharkhand High Court has severely reprimanded police authorities for not presenting the sufferer earlier than the trial court docket for testimony regardless of its repeated orders.
The bench of Justice Anand Sen additionally directed the Jharkhand director common of police (DGP) to personally submit an affidavit inside 4 weeks stating as to why contempt of court docket proceedings shouldn’t be initiated towards 4 officers together with the investigating officer (IO) and the DIG, Dumka, for violating the court docket orders. The bench was listening to the bail utility of the accused within the rape of a 13-year-old woman registered in 2018. The accused was charged beneath Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.