Sexual harassment case can't be cancelled over compromise between accused and complainant: Supreme Court
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled a sexual harassment case can't be cancelled due to a "compromise" reached by the accused and the complainant, media reports said.
The top court ruled quashing an order passed by the Rajasthan High Court, which relieved a teacher, named Vimal Kumar Gupta, who was accused of sexually harassing a minor girl student in Rajasthan's Gangapur.
The case dates back to 2022.
The High Court had relieved Gupta after he produced a statement from the minor's parents on a stamp paper.
The parents had reportedly claimed they had registered a police complaint out of misunderstanding and refrained from any action against the teacher.
Police had accepted the statement. Though a lower court rejected the statement, the High Court relieved Gupta and ordered the cancellation of the First Information Report.
Ramji Lal Bairwa, a social worker, moved the Supreme Court to challenge the High Court order.
A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices CT Ravikumar and PV Sanjay Kumar has ordered a prosecution.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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