A special court on August 16 extended the interim anticipatory bail plea of a headmaster of a tribal school in Narayangaon for alleged abetment of rape of three physically challenged minor girls by a peon.
The accused Vasant Balwant Gite (51) was the headmaster of the school.
The state government's social welfare department-run school is situated
in a small hamlet called Ane and has a total 57 girl students and 123
boys who are mostly from poor families.
The school peon Mahadev Borhade (45) has been charged with repeatedly
raping the three girls, who are 60 to 80% physically challenged. The
victims had reported the matter to their caretaker and teachers and they
had informed the headmaster. Instead of reporting the matter to the
police, Gite allegedly noted down their complaints in writing got them
medically examined at a primary health centre and sent them home during
summer vacation.
Gite allegedly suppressed the matter till one of the victims told her parents who lodged a complaint in April this year. Police had arrested Borhade for allegedly raping the girls. Six teachers, the headmaster and other office bearers of the school were also arrested under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, for allegedly hiding the offence.
The Narayangaon police station had registered three separate cases against the accused as three girls had lodged the complaints. Gite was granted bail in one case and his anticipatory bail pleas in two cases were rejected. Later, the police submitted chargesheets in these two cases and released Gite on Rs 25,000 bond.
However, special judge Vinay Joshi found that Gite was neither granted bail by the sessions court nor the Bombay High Court, but he was released on bail by cops themselves.
Inspector Narayanrao Sarangkar of the Narayangaon police station, submitted that "as there were three parallel chargesheets, due to mistake he accepted bonds in other two cases and released Gite on bail".
The court has ordered the IO to file explanation as to how Gite was released on mere bond without any bail order. After this Gite was taken under judicial custody. He again applied for bail through his lawyer Aneeta Katariya. She argued that police have already interrogated him and he remains present in court. The court granted interim bail to Gite on furnishing personal bond of Rs 15,000.
Gite allegedly suppressed the matter till one of the victims told her parents who lodged a complaint in April this year. Police had arrested Borhade for allegedly raping the girls. Six teachers, the headmaster and other office bearers of the school were also arrested under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, for allegedly hiding the offence.
The Narayangaon police station had registered three separate cases against the accused as three girls had lodged the complaints. Gite was granted bail in one case and his anticipatory bail pleas in two cases were rejected. Later, the police submitted chargesheets in these two cases and released Gite on Rs 25,000 bond.
However, special judge Vinay Joshi found that Gite was neither granted bail by the sessions court nor the Bombay High Court, but he was released on bail by cops themselves.
Inspector Narayanrao Sarangkar of the Narayangaon police station, submitted that "as there were three parallel chargesheets, due to mistake he accepted bonds in other two cases and released Gite on bail".
The court has ordered the IO to file explanation as to how Gite was released on mere bond without any bail order. After this Gite was taken under judicial custody. He again applied for bail through his lawyer Aneeta Katariya. She argued that police have already interrogated him and he remains present in court. The court granted interim bail to Gite on furnishing personal bond of Rs 15,000.
Source : TOI , 17th August 2013
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