The Supreme Court in the case XXX v. Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands & Anr observed and has refused to cancel the bail of Jitendra Narain, the former chief secretary of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar, thus, who along with other top government officials, has been accused by a 21-year-old of gang-raping her.
The bench comprising of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah in the case observed wherein the batch of pleas were moved for the cancellation of bail application of the suspended AGMUT cadre IAS officer.
Therefore, the list of petitioners who seek the bail of Narain’s bail to be cancelled and it also included the survivor on the basis of whose complaint, the Andaman and Nicobar police had lodged a first information report, FIR in October 2022.
It has also been directed by the court to Narain to be released on bail in February this year by the Port Blair bench of Calcutta High Court. The bench of Justice Nath informed the parties of the decision of the court to dismiss the clutch of petitions wherein seeking the cancellation of the Narain’s bail.
However, it has also been stated by him that the high court was right in not dealing with respective arguments because it would affect the trial of the case. This court have also refrained ourselves from dealing with the facts, although this court have noticed a few.
The Supreme Court while considering the facts and circumstances of the case stated that certain apprehensions raised by the survivor and directed the union territory administration to ‘adequately’ deal with any complaint made by her.
Further, the bench headed by Justice Nath-led observed and has directed the trial court to expedite the trial and the respective parties to fully extend their cooperationAccordingly, the court dismissed the plea.