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HC refuses bail to serial child rapist
Hindustan Times Navi Mumbai
|October 20, 2025
THE COURT SAID THAT PROTECTING CHILDREN WAS PARAMOUNT AND IT COULD NOT RISK RELEASING A PERSON WITH A HISTORY OF ABUSING MINORS
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has rejected the bail plea ofa 28-year-old serial child rapist from Kharghar, arrested for allegedly raping his Il-year-old niece in the fourth case against him of child sexual abuse.
Justice Amit Borkar rejected the accused’s bail plea and said that granting him bail would “not only send a wrong message to society but would also jeopardize the safety and security of the victim and the fairness of the trial process”.
This story is from the October 20, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Navi Mumbai.
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