Assam Padma Shri awardee granted bail in POCSO case
The Hindu
Uddhab Kumar Bharali said the case was filed against him after a dispute with the chairperson of the local Child Welfare Committee.
The Gauhati High Court has called for the case diary on January 7 after granting anticipatory bail to innovator Uddhab Kumar Bharali, a Padma Shri awardee, accused of raping minor girls in his foster care.
The accused had claimed that the case was filed against him after he had a dispute with the chairperson of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) in north-eastern Assam’s Lakhimpur. The chairperson had asked him to provide foster care to the alleged victims.
The Assam police had registered an FIR against Mr. Bharali under relevant Sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on December 18, 2021. This was based on a complaint from a chief judicial magistrate who was briefed by the District Legal Services Authority the previous day.
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