Siddique vs State Of Kerala 2024 INSC 877 - Anticipatory Bail

Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 - Section 438 - Anticipatory Bail Granted - Allowing appeal, SC observed: Considering the fact that the complainant had lodged the complaint almost eight years after the alleged incident, which had taken place in 2016 and the fact that she had also posted the post on facebook somewhere in 2018, making allegations against about 14 people, including the appellant with regard to the alleged sexual abuse, as also the fact that she had not gone to the Justice Hema Committee constituted by the High Court of Kerala for ventilating her grievance, we are inclined to accept the present appeal, subject to certain conditions mentioned hereinafter.