Apex Court Raps Allahabad High Court For Saying Rape Survivor 'Invited Trouble'

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed its concern over a bail order of Allahabad High Court where it had observed that the victim "herself had invited trouble" and was also responsible for the alleged rape committed on her by the accused.

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"There is another order now by another judge. Yes, bail can be granted. But what is this discussion that 'she herself invited trouble, etc'. One has to be careful when saying such things," remarked a bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and A.G. Masih as it dealt with the matter where it had suo motu (on its own motion) stayed another Allahabad High Court judgment holding that grabbing a girl's breasts and breaking her pyjama string was not enough for charge of attempt to rape.