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IS TRIAL DELIBERATELY DELAYED IN SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES, ASKS HC

The New Indian Express

September 17, 2025

THE Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed inspector generals of police (IGPs) of the south and central zones, to file separate affidavits whether trial in sexual assault cases, in which the accused are detained under Goondas Act, are being deliberately protracted till the end of the detention period and if the investigating officers (IOS) have a role in it.

A bench of justices C V Karthikeyan and R Vijayakumar issued the direction on a habeas corpus petition (HCP) filed by a woman from Tirunelveli challenging the detention of her husband, who was arrested in a Pocso case, under Goondas Act in October last year.

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