Teacher gets interim bail

17/04/2020, STAFF REPORTER,MADURAI

Following the Supreme Court’s recommendation to decongest jails in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, Madurai District Court granted interim bail to a government school teacher, who was accused of sexually assaulting his student, till May 4. He was directed to stay in his house till then.

Mahila Court Judge J. Flora granted the bail with the conditions that the petitioner should execute a personal bond of ₹ 10,000 before the Superintendent of Prison, Madurai and that he must appear before the court without fail on May 5. He shall appear before the Mahila court and execute a fresh bond with two sureties.

With the accused languishing in prison from February 26 and on considering the urgent need and necessity to ensure social distancing to reduce the scope of infection, the interim bail was granted, the judge said.

The case of the prosecution was that the teacher had asked two girl students to sweep his room. It was said that after relieving one girl from the assignment, he sexually assaulted the other girl. The police booked a case against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) 2012, following which he was arrested and remanded in judicial custody.