Overview

• The bench cited POCSO Act provisions that bar interim relief when a victim is under 18 years old.
• The Jaipur FIR filed on July 23 under IPC and POCSO adds to a June 21 Ghaziabad complaint now pending before the Allahabad High Court.
• Defense counsel Kunal Jaiman alleges a coordinated extortion racket behind successive FIRs and highlights the earlier Ghaziabad case stay.
• Police say the complainant first alleged abuse at age 17 under false career promises and a second incident at a Sitapura hotel during IPL 2025.
• Royal Challengers Bengaluru and the BCCI have declined to comment on the allegations against their fast bowler.