Rape case: SC dismisses pleas against HC order giving bail to former Andaman chief secretary
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed pleas challenging the bail given to former Andaman and Nicobar Islands chief secretary Jitendra Narain in a rape case.
Narain was granted bail by the Port Blair circuit bench of the Calcutta High Court on February 20.
The apex court delivered its verdict on the appeals filed by the state and the complainant woman against the bail granted by the high court.
"We have dismissed all the petitions," said a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and A Amanullah.
The top court said it has also directed the trial court to expedite the trial, in which all cooperation will be extended by the respective parties.
The woman has alleged that she was raped by Narain and others after being lured to the then chief secretary's residence with the promise of a government job.
On August 1, the apex court reserved its verdict on the pleas challenging Narain's bail in the case filed by the 21-year-old woman.
Narain was arrested on November 10 last year after an FIR was registered on October 1, 2022 when he was posted as chairman and managing director of the Delhi Financial Corporation. The government suspended him on October 17 last year.
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
