New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled a sexual harassment case cant be cancelled due to a compromise reached by the accused and the complainant, media reports said.
The top court ruled quashing an order passed by the Rajasthan High Court, which relieved a teacher, named Vimal Kumar Gupta, who was accused of sexually harassing a minor girl student in Rajasthans Gangapur.
The case dates back to 2022.
The High Court had relieved Gupta after he produced a statement from the minors parents on a stamp paper.
The parents had reportedly claimed they had registered a police complaint out of misunderstanding and refrained from any action against the teacher.
Police had accepted the statement. Though a lower court rejected the statement, the High Court relieved Gupta and ordered the cancellation of the First Information Report.
Ramji Lal Bairwa, a social worker, moved the Supreme Court to challenge the High Court order.
A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices CT Ravikumar and PV Sanjay Kumar has ordered a prosecution.
