Bail denied in rape case

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 18: Presiding Officer Fast Track Court Kishore Kumar today rejected the bail application of one Rohit Sharma, son of Davinder Kumar Sharma of Rajpura in a rape case.
After hearing both the sides, the Presiding Officer observed, “in view of the recent incidents of crime against women, particularly, incident of rape of minor, the courts have already sounded that precaution is to be taken while considering the bail pleas of the offenders of such heinous crime”.
“It has been impressed upon the judicial officers and Sessions Judges dealing with such cases to take care and caution in exercising discretion to consider their release or otherwise of accused on bail pending investigation and trial, lest the discretion so exercised adverse the societal interests”, the court said while rejecting the bail application.