Supreme Court Criticizes Gurugram Police for 'Insensitive' Investigation in 4-Year-Old's Rape Case
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Supreme Court Raps Gurugram Police Over 'Insensitive' Probe Into 4-Year-Old's Rape
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News18•25-03-2026, 13:58
Supreme Court Raps Gurugram Police Over 'Insensitive' Probe Into 4-Year-Old's Rape
•Supreme Court slammed Gurugram Police for 'heights of insensitivity' in a 4-year-old's sexual assault case.
•Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi criticized officers for cross-examining the child, calling it 'worst form of secondary victimisation'.
•Court questioned why the offense was reduced from POCSO Act Section 6 (20 years jail) to Section 10 (10 years jail).
•CJI Kant stated, 'You have disbelieved the innocence of a four-year-old child. Shame on them.'
•CJI expressed disappointment over naming the child in the affidavit and highlighted the child's multiplied trauma due to the police's 'unlawful investigation'.