The Allahabad High Court’s ruling that grabbing breasts and snapping pyjama string isn’t enough to charge an accused with attempt to rape has created outrage with many lawyers and politicians criticising it.
In 2021, accused Pawan and Akash had allegedly attacked an 11-year-old girl in Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh, and grabbed her breasts, snapped her pyjama string and tried to drag her under a culvert after offering to drop her on their bike while she was walking with her mother. The accused managed to flee when passers-by rushed to rescue the minor girl after hearing her screams.
They were summoned by the trial court to face charges to assault or “use of criminal force with intent…