Pinnacle court angers on "Bhaiya Is Back" posters for bailed rape accused

12-04-2022

"There's a hoarding saying 'Bhaiya is back'. What are you celebrating?" questioned Justice Hima Kohli, who was a part of a three-judge bench led by jurist of India NV Ramana.

A bunch of posters and hoardings reading "Bhaiya is back", welcoming the bail of a student leader accused in a very rape case, hugely irked the Supreme Court on Monday. the lady from Madhya Pradesh had approached the highest court challenging the bail, contending the accused had repeatedly raped her on a false promise of marriage and compelled her to abort a baby.

"There's a hoarding saying 'Bhaiya is back'. What are you celebrating?" questioned Justice Hima Kohli, who was a part of a three-judge bench led by justice of India NV Ramana.

"What is that this 'Bhaiya is Back'?" echoed the judge. "Ask your bhaiya to use caution this one week," the justice of India then told the accused's lawyer.

The accused, Shubhang Gontia, is outwardly a frontrunner of ABVP, the scholar wing of the BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. the data about the posters was a part of the women's petition against the bail.

The court issued a notice to accused Shubhang Gontia, asking why his bail mustn't be cancelled. The court also sought response from the Madhya Pradesh government.

The Madhya Pradesh state supreme court had granted bail to Shubhang Gontia in November.

In her petition, the lady claimed the tribunal failed to consider the facts and seriousness of the case. 

During the hearing today, the highest court was told that the accused had put vermillion on the woman's forehead and a mangalsutra on her neck during a private ceremony but refused to acknowledge her publically.

It was also alleged that when she became pregnant, she was forced to undergo an abortion.

After this, the girl lodged a case of rape at the Jabalpur Mahila police headquarters. Gontia, she alleged, fled as soon because the case was registered.

An FIR was registered against the accused in June 2021 on charges of rape and therefore the police had announced a souvenir of Rs 5,000. 

The court will hear the matter next on April 18.