Rajkot: A 34-year-old Nigerian woman is in jail Bhujhas been shifted to Palara Jail Gujarat The High Court alleged that she was raped in judicial custody by the jail staff and an FIR should be registered against the accused.
She approached the High Court after the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhuj asked her to approach a “court having jurisdiction over Palara Jail” and “provided no remedy”. He also demanded a probe by an independent agency.
He had narrated his ordeal in the Bhuj court on April 21 when he was produced there.
The woman had come to India in January 2015 on a valid passport and business visa. according to his lawyer Dilip JoshiShe came to India to send hair wigs to her country.
When she was in Bhuj to get the hair wig, she was taken into custody special operations group (SOG) on October 23, 2021 because her visa had expired and she stayed longer.
He was sent to Joint Inquiry Center in Bhuj. Later an FIR was registered under sections 465 and 471. Indian Penal Code And the provisions of Passport Act and Foreigners Act were registered against him at Madhapar police station in Kutch on December 6, 2021. He was formally arrested on December 8, 2021.
The next day, the woman was produced before the court which sent her to judicial custody at Palara Jail. Chargesheet was filed against him on 23 January 2022.
On 21 April, when she was produced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhuj, she made a written application alleging that she was forced to have sex with a senior jail official with the help of two other jail staff. had gone. The woman had alleged that this happened thrice in April and her barrack companion was asked to go out all these three times.
He mentioned in the application that the barrack companion is a witness to the crime.
Their petition before the High Court states, “The petitioner filed his written complaint which reveals an offense of cognizable nature, which requires a judicial order, but the second Additional Senior Civil Judge and Additional Chief Judicial Judge of Bhuj The magistrate passed an order which is not within the established law of criminal justice.”
The woman’s lawyer Dilip Joshi told TOI, “We had no remedy, so we approached the Gujarat High Court. We have prayed in our petition that an FIR be registered against the accused and an independent agency inquiry be conducted.
She approached the High Court after the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhuj asked her to approach a “court having jurisdiction over Palara Jail” and “provided no remedy”. He also demanded a probe by an independent agency.
He had narrated his ordeal in the Bhuj court on April 21 when he was produced there.
The woman had come to India in January 2015 on a valid passport and business visa. according to his lawyer Dilip JoshiShe came to India to send hair wigs to her country.
When she was in Bhuj to get the hair wig, she was taken into custody special operations group (SOG) on October 23, 2021 because her visa had expired and she stayed longer.
He was sent to Joint Inquiry Center in Bhuj. Later an FIR was registered under sections 465 and 471. Indian Penal Code And the provisions of Passport Act and Foreigners Act were registered against him at Madhapar police station in Kutch on December 6, 2021. He was formally arrested on December 8, 2021.
The next day, the woman was produced before the court which sent her to judicial custody at Palara Jail. Chargesheet was filed against him on 23 January 2022.
On 21 April, when she was produced before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhuj, she made a written application alleging that she was forced to have sex with a senior jail official with the help of two other jail staff. had gone. The woman had alleged that this happened thrice in April and her barrack companion was asked to go out all these three times.
He mentioned in the application that the barrack companion is a witness to the crime.
Their petition before the High Court states, “The petitioner filed his written complaint which reveals an offense of cognizable nature, which requires a judicial order, but the second Additional Senior Civil Judge and Additional Chief Judicial Judge of Bhuj The magistrate passed an order which is not within the established law of criminal justice.”
The woman’s lawyer Dilip Joshi told TOI, “We had no remedy, so we approached the Gujarat High Court. We have prayed in our petition that an FIR be registered against the accused and an independent agency inquiry be conducted.