High Court On Thane Rape: "If School Not Safe, No Point Of Right To Education"

In addition, the court inquired as to whether the young ladies had gotten counseling in order to deal with the trauma. The justices questioned the state administration, saying, “We can’t lose sight of what happened…”

The High Court subsequently made demands on the timing of the investigation, namely when the Special Investigation Team (SIT) was established and the reasons for the local police’s refusal to turn over all of the papers.

In addition, it sought to know why, despite being included in the first girl’s parents’ statement, the second daughter was not included in the FIR. The judge gave the authorities instructions to “make sure the second victim’s statement is recorded today and video-record everything.”

“Why did the Badlapur Police not provide the SIT with the complete record? “Why are you hiding facts from us?” the judge questioned, casting doubt on the police findings.

“We don’t know how this police investigated the case… it did hardly anything,” the girl said, inquiring as to whether the officers had complied with Section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, which requires them to wrap up investigations as soon as possible and recorded the statements made by both girls.

However, Mr. Saraf emphasized that a SIT had been established, the police had turned over all relevant paperwork, and the second girl’s statement will be recorded today.