The Telegraph report on the bail granted to the three

Patna, Nov. 28: The state police headquarters today said an immediate charge-sheet would be filed against the three youths who had allegedly misbehaved and assaulted a girl at the Hartali Mor area on Saturday.

The trio had been granted bail the same evening.

Director-general of police Abhayanand told The Telegraph today that the youths had been booked under sections that were bailable.

“The police work as per the law, which was followed in this case too. They were booked under bailable sections and hence got bail. But instructions have been sent to the cops to file a chargesheet in the case immediately. Also, instructions have been given that the police should request the court of the chief judicial magistrate to immediately start a trial in the case,” Abhayanand said.

The DGP pointed out that laws were made by legislators and the police work according to them.

But it appears that the force that Abhayanand heads follows different laws for different people.

The three boys, who had accosted and assaulted the girl in full public view around 12.30pm on Saturday, were booked under bailable sections 354 (use of force against women with intent to outrage modesty) and 504 (intentional insult) of the IPC.

The main accused in the case, Ashish, is the son of a senior government official. The three were granted bail the same evening on a personal bail bond of Rs 5,000.

However, the police had acted differently in a similar incident, on September 26, which also took place at the Hartali Mor area.

On that day, a young girl was pulled out of a moving car and allegedly molested and thrashed by two youths in broad daylight.

The police had nabbed one of the attackers and slapped a case under Section 307 (attempt to murder), a non-bailable offence, on the boy, who was forwarded to prison.

Girls in the state capital said the police should act sternly to prevent recurrence of such incidents.