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- A Jammu and Kashmir High Court has granted anticipatory bail to police sub-inspector Vikrant Kotwal, accused of sexually exploiting a woman constable.
- The constable alleged the officer hid his marital status, promised marriage, and persuaded her to terminate two pregnancies before abandoning her when she became pregnant a third time.
- Kotwal was booked under multiple BNS sections after a departmental inquiry recommended a proper investigation.
- Justice Sanjay Dhar observed the prolonged relationship appeared prima facie consensual even after the woman learned the officer was married.
- The bail came after a sessions court in Samba dismissed his anticipatory bail plea on July 23.
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- The status and course of the investigation against Kotwal under the BNS sections
- The constable's response or any challenge to the High Court bail order
- Any departmental action against the officer
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Sanjay Dhar
Justice of the J&K high court
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“would be inconceivable that the same would not be consensual in nature”
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…dismissed his anticipatory bail plea on July 23.In his order, Justice Sanjay Dhar said considering their prolonged relationship, especially even after the woman discovered that the SI was married and had children, it “ would be inconceivable that the same would not be consensual in nature ”.…
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