Supreme Court of India

Victim ‘x’ v. State of Bihar and Anr.

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Reported as [2025] 7 S.C.R. 1330
Bench Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 21 July 2025

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Issue for Consideration Allegations of torture and sexual exploitation against the respondent no.2-accused. She was granted bail by the High Court. Whether the grant of bail to the respondent no.2-accused has resulted into travesty of justice. Headnotes† Penal Code, 1860 – ss. 341, 323, 328, 376, 120- r/w. s.34 – Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 – s.3 and s.4 – Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 – s.3(1)(w), s.3(2)(va) and s.15A(3) – The prosecution case as against respondent no.2 was that she while being posted as the Superintendent of the

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