The Supreme Court has overturned bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to a police officer accused of raping a 13-year-old who had come to his station to register a complaint of gang rape in Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh in 2022.
A Bench of Justices A.S. Bopanna and Sanjay Kumar ordered the accused, Tilakdhari Saroj, who was the Station House Officer (SHO) when the child came for help, to surrender immediately. The court directed the State of Uttar Pradesh to apprehend him in case he did not cooperate and send him to judicial custody.
The court passed the order on May 3 based on an appeal filed by the minor’s mother, represented by senior advocate H.S. Phoolka.
