Accused in sexual harassment case gets bail
Jino, 19, was implicated as the second accused in the case based on the confession of the first accused Kasi. The Nagercoil all women police booked him for offences under sections 376, 354(A),323 of IPC and Section 67(A) of the Information Technology Act. The case was subsequently transferred to the CB-CID.
The counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that Jino is under judicial custody for more than 90 days since May 9 and the final report has not yet been filed.
The government advocate submitted that nearly 80 women were victimized in the case.
He would also submit that two previous cases of similar nature are pending against the petitioner.
He further submitted that police have completed investigation and the final report is yet to be filed.
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Hearing the submissions, justice V Bharathidasan granted bail to the petitioner.
