New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea moved by a woman, who has accused a Rajasthan Minister’s son of rape, challenging the anticipatory bail granted to him by a lower court in the national capital. The 23-year-old woman had alleged that Rohit Joshi, the son of Rajasthan Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Minister Mahesh Joshi, raped her multiple times for over a year.
Seeking the responses of the state among other respondents, the bench of Justice Yogesh Khanna posted the next hearing for August 23. The woman’s plea was moved through Advocates Monish Panda and Abhishek Pati while Advocate Amit Sahni, Additional Public Prosecutor appeared for the state. In the plea, the woman (petitioner) contended that the trial court failed to consider the material aspects and settled principles of law while granting anticipatory bail to accused Rohit Joshi.
“The trial court failed to consider the nature and gravity of the accusation, the severity of the punishment in the event of conviction, the danger of the accused missing or fleeing, if released on bail, character, behavior, means, position, and standing of the accused; likelihood of the offense being repeated; reasonable apprehension of the witnesses being influenced; and danger of justice being thwarted by grant of bail and adhered to the merits of the case while passing the impugned order,” read the plea.
