Badlapur school sexual assault victims very young, trial should be fast-tracked: Bombay HC
The Hindu
Bombay High Court orders fast-tracked trial for Badlapur school sexual assault case involving young victims.
The Bombay High Court on Monday (January 13, 2025) said the trial in the last year's Badlapur school sexual assault case should be fast-tracked and conducted expeditiously as the victim girls are very young.
In August last year, a male attendant sexually assaulted the two girls — aged four and five — inside the toilet of their school located in Badlapur area of Maharashtra's Thane district.
He was arrested and later killed in a shootout with police when he was being taken from jail for questioning.
The Special Investigation (SIT), set up by the Maharashtra government to conduct a probe into the case, has filed its chargesheet.
The chargesheet was filed against the attendant, the school's headmaster and two members of its management for "failing to report" the sexual assault, as required under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The High Court took suo motu (on its own) cognisance of the incident after it came to light that the local Badlapur police had not taken prompt action to lodge an FIR in the case.
On Monday, public prosecutor Hiten Venegaonkar informed the bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Neela Gokhale that the probe into the case was over, chargesheet filed and now trial would be held.
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