NAINITAL, Jul. 31, 2023 (TBINN)
Uttarakhand High Court has directed a man to plant 50 trees as condition while allowing his application to quash a sexual harassment case against him.
A bench of Justice Sharad Kumar Sharma allowed the application filed by the man under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) on the grounds that the victim, on account of the accused’s apology, had expressed her intention to not prosecute him any further.
As the offences alleged against the accused under Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code (I.P.C.) and Sections 67(a) and 67 of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, were not compoundable, the court made the quashing of the case subject to the condition of plantation of 50 trees.
The case against the accused was registered on the complaint of a girl whose family was known to the accused. The girl had alleged that after she accepted the accused’s friend request on Facebook, he started misusing it and sent her indecent photographs and videos.
Investigating Officer found the allegations against the accused prima facie true and filed a charge-sheet. The Magistrate Court also issued summons to the accused. However, he moved the high court seeking direction to quash the whole criminal proceedings against him.
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