While hearing a batch of pleas seeking a CBI probe into the recent sexual assault of a second-year engineering student at Anna University in Chennai, the Madras High Court on Friday (December 27) orally emphasized that no one should blame the victim for being with her male friend when the incident happened.
“Just because this incident has happened, no one should blame the girl for sitting with her boyfriend. It is her private right. The university or any person cannot say that girls cannot go out at night, talk to boys, etc. It is their right. People cannot morally police the girl. That is why we stressed that we appreciate the girl for coming forward,” the court orally remarked….