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Delhi Capitals cricketer Abishek Porel denied bail, sent to 14-day judicial custody
Delhi Capitals cricketer Abishek Porel denied bail, sent to 14-day judicial custody
The Chinsurah District Court in Hooghly on Friday denied bail to Delhi Capitals and Bengal wicketkeeper-batter Abishek Porel in an alleged rape case, sending the 23-year-old into judicial custody for 14 days.…
The Story in Brief
The Chinsurah District Court in Hooghly on Friday denied bail to Delhi Capitals and Bengal wicketkeeper-batter Abishek Porel in an alleged rape case, sending the 23-year-old into judicial custody for 14 days. Porel was produced before the court after the completion of three-day police custody. The FIR was filed by a Karnataka-based medical student at the Mogra Police Station on June 23 under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including charges of rape, murder threat, forceful confinement, and cheating, as well as sections of the IT Act. Superintendent of Police Hooghly (Rural) said most charges against Porel are non-bailable and sensitive. The cricketer has denied all allegations.
This order follows an earlier rejection of Porel's anticipatory bail application. He was arrested on Monday from Emami City following a Calcutta High Court direction on July 21 to take him into custody immediately and seize his electronic devices.
The Indian Opinion
The automatic public sympathy for a young sportsperson facing rape allegations must be tempered with the specific weight of the charges. The complaint includes murder threats and confinement, and the court has already rejected anticipatory bail and found grounds for police custody. A bail hearing is the first test of judicial process. Was the survivor's detailed complaint under multiple serious sections corroborated by the electronic devices the court ordered seized? That digital evidence, once examined, will either strengthen or weaken the prosecution's case far more than any celebrity status.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com
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