Ramrathi Bhawant Yadav v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court (Shyam C. Chandak, J.), Criminal Bail Application No.3364 of 2025, decided 15 June 2026 — bail rejected. Applicant Ramrathi Bhawant Yadav; offences under Section 376 IPC and Sections 3, 4, 5(i) and 8 of POCSO Act, 2012; F.I.R. C.R. No.232 of 2020, Boisar Police Station, Palghar. Six years' custody; victim (aged 8) and mother hostile/turned tail; medical evidence of torn hymen and bleeding, S.164 Cr.P.C. statement and DNA report cited; prima facie case found; trial part heard, to be completed within six months from 25 June 2026; observations not to influence trial court.
What did the court decide?
Although the victim and her mother have not supported the prosecution case, the medical evidence (medical certificate recording that the victim's hymen was torn and she was bleeding), the victim's police statement, her statement under Section 164 Cr.P.C. and the witness statements support the prosecution, and the learned APP submitted that the DNA report also supports it; in view thereof there is a prima facie case against the Applicant.