Overview
- A three-judge vacation bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice J K Maheshwari and Justice Augustine George Masih is set to hear the matter on Monday.
- The CBI filed a Special Leave Petition on December 26 seeking to overturn the Delhi High Court’s December 23 order that suspended the life sentence and granted bail.
- The High Court reasoned that a life term was not permissible under the relevant POCSO provisions and declined the CBI’s request for a purposive interpretation of the statute.
- Bail conditions include a ₹15 lakh personal bond with three sureties, a bar on entering a 5‑km radius of the survivor’s residence, and no contact with the survivor or her mother.
- The survivor and her mother submitted a complaint to the CBI alleging the investigating officer colluded with a judge, and protests followed the bail order as police removed them from a demonstration site.