In one of the fastest disposed writ petitions, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday ordered officials of Uttar Pradesh to ensure immediate compensation and police security to a 12-year-old rape survivor, who had approached the court on September 8 to terminate her 23-week pregnancy.
The Bench of Justices Attau Rahman Masoodi and Om Prakash Shukla had ordered the termination of pregnancy of the minor on September 12 and it was carried out by a medical team last week. The daughter of a daily wager, the girl was raped by her neighbour in April. The order came after an expert panel of doctors cleared the termination of the pregnancy.
The Bench stated, “We permit it in order to free the victim of the trauma and social miseries ahead.” It added that the tissue of the foetus had to be preserved for the trial of the rape case that is going on.
