The Alipore Court has granted bail to the IIM Calcutta student accused of rape on a bail bond of ₹50,000. The court noted that the survivor had not cooperated with the investigation.The incident came to light last Saturday when police confirmed that a female student had accused a fellow student of sexual assault inside a boy’s hostel on the IIM Calcutta campus. Following the complaint filed at Haridevpur Police Station, the accused was arrested and an FIR was registered.
The court directed the student to deposit his passport and not to leave the state without its permission. The woman, a clinical psychologist, alleged in the FIR that she was called to the hostel by the accused for a counselling session and was allegedly raped there by him.
The prosecution counsel prayed for judicial remand of the accused, claiming that releasing him on bail at this early stage will jeopardise the investigation in the case.Praying for bail of the accused, his lawyer submitted before the court that the complainant did not appear before the magistrate for recording her statement. He also claimed that a medico-legal test of the complainant had not been done.(With PTI inputs)
