[POCSO] Allahabad High Court grants bail to rape accused on condition that he marries victim

The Court considered the stand of the minor victim and her father that they have no objection to the release of the accused, and also the fact that the victim had delivered a child from the accused.
Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh with Allahabad HC (Lucknow Bench)
Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh with Allahabad HC (Lucknow Bench)

The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to a rape accused in a Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) case on the condition that he marries the victim within fifteen days of his release [Monu v. State of UP].

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