HC: Video recording of bail hearings under SC/ST Act must even for sex offences
The Morning Standard|September 08, 2024
THE Delhi High Court has ruled that all proceedings under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, including bail hearings, must be video recorded, even in cases involving sexual crimes against women and children.
SHEKHAR SINGH

The HC emphasised that Section 15A(10) of the SC/ST Act, which mandates video recording, does not provide any exception for sexual offences.

Justice Vikas Mahajan, in a single-judge bench, highlighted that the legislature did not intend to exclude sexual offences from the purview of video recording requirements under Section 15A(10).

The ruling came while hearing a bail plea from Laxmi Narayan, accused of the rape-murder of a minor girl.

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