Kerala High Court: In criminal cases, there is no presumption that eve….

Kerala High Court: In criminal cases, there is no presumption that everything the complainant woman says is \”gospel truth\” Court said nowadays there is a tendency to implicate innocent people in such matters. Court further said that if the police find that the allegations of such women against men are false, \”they can very well take action against the complainants also\” as the law permits it. The court also said that the damages caused to a citizen because of false implication cannot be compensated by payment of money alone. The observations by Justice P V Kunhikrishnan came while granting anticipatory bail to a man accused of sexually harassing a former woman employee. He was released on bail on executing a bond for a sum of Rs 50,000 with two solvent sureties each for the like sum. The other bail conditions included appearing before the IO as and when required, cooperating with the probe and not to influence or intimidate witnesses in the case. The woman had alleged that the accused, who was the manager of a company where she worked, grabbed her arms with sexual intent. The accused had complained to the police about the woman’s verbal abuse and threats and also gave a pen drive containing an audio recording of what she had said, according to the court order.

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