IIM-Calcutta Rape Case: Court docket Grants Bail To Accused Pupil | India Information
The Alipore Court docket on Saturday granted bail to Premanand Mahaveer Toppannavar, often known as Parmanand Jain, the coed accused within the alleged rape case on the Indian Institute of Administration (IIM) Calcutta campus.
The court docket allowed bail on a bond of Rs 50,000, citing that the sufferer had ‘not cooperated’ within the investigation.
The choice comes after Toppannavar, a second-year pupil at IIM Calcutta, was remanded to police custody until July 19. He had been arrested by Kolkata Police on the night time of July 13 following a criticism filed by a girl alleging that she had been raped on the IIM Calcutta campus.
Earlier, Kolkata Police officers had knowledgeable {that a} nine-member Particular Investigation Crew (SIT) was constituted beneath the Deputy Commissioner of the South West Division to make sure an intensive and neutral investigation into the incident.
Chief Prosecutor Sourin Ghosal informed ANI that in the course of the court docket proceedings, the defence claimed the sexual act was consensual, whereas the prosecution argued that prima facie proof and medical reviews supported the complainant’s claims.
“We requested for police custody, and the accused requested for bail. They argued that it was consensual. We argued that no, the prima facie investigation exhibits {that a} crime was dedicated, and the medical proof helps the sufferer. The court docket granted police custody until July 19,” Ghosal mentioned.
In the meantime, the mom of the accused pupil, Mahaveer Toppannavar alias Parmanand Jain, mentioned the household was surprised by the event and had no data of the rationale behind his detention. She asserted that her son, a final-year pupil on the prestigious institute, was harmless and incapable of committing such an act.
Her feedback got here after Kolkata Police arrested Toppannavar. Chatting with ANI, mom of Mahaveer Toppannavar alias Parmanand Jain mentioned, “We recieved a name from his pal round 11 within the night time. He informed us that my son has been detained and he would not know the rationale… We’ve got no clue why our son has been arrested… We need to meet our son and speak to him.”
“He was within the closing 12 months of his school… We have no idea something right here in Kolkata. The place the Police Station is or the Court docket. My son is harmless. He has come up to now to check. He won’t ever do such a unclean factor,” she informed ANI.
