A Delhi court docket final week ordered the initiation of a perjury inquiry towards a girl for making “false” rape allegation towards BJP chief Shahnawaz Hussain.
“…it’s expedient within the curiosity of justice to provoke inquiry u/s 340 of Cr.P.C. Accordingly, the impugned order is put aside with the route to the Ld. Trial Court docket to carry an inquiry and proceed as per regulation,” mentioned Particular Decide Jitendra Singh in his February 20 order.
In April 2018, the girl had alleged that Hussain took her to a farmhouse and raped her after intoxicating her. He, in response to the complainant, additionally made a video of the act and threatened to kill her and her household.
Earlier, the police had filed a cancellation report in favour of Hussain, saying their probe discovered “no prima facie offence” towards Hussain. A delay of 4 to 5 years in lodging of FIR was cited as one of many causes for cancellation. The girl filed a protest petition towards the cancellation.
“An allegation of sexual impropriety can completely stain a person’s fame, even when a dedication finally happens that the accuser by accident or intentionally made a false accusation,” famous the decide. “…the truth that prosecutrix has filed the protest petition towards the cancellation report regardless of the truth that the presence of A-2 (Hussain) and prosecutrix on the date and place of alleged incident has been fully dominated out by scientific and documentary proof, factors to a sustained effort on behalf of prosecutrix to falsely implicate A-2,” he mentioned. The revision petition filed by the girl was put aside by a Delhi court docket and the cancellation report was accepted through an order dated December 16, 2023. This order was upheld by the Delhi HC on August 2, 2024.
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