Kerala High Court Grants Bail in Attempt to Rape Case of Nurse

On Friday, the Kerala High Court granted bail to an accused person charged with multiple offences, including an attempt to commit rape on a nurse. The case was heard before the single bench of Justice VG Arun.

The prosecution case alleged that on March 22, the accused, an electrician, had barged into the nursing station of the hospital where he was working and attempted to commit rape on the nurse. It was further stated that the accused had attempted to kiss the nurse first and when she wriggled away, he had tried to disrobe her. The Public Prosecutor also informed the court that the accused had made a similar attempt the very next day.

The counsel for the accused contended that even if the prosecution allegations were accepted in entirety, no offence under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was made out. 

He further argued that the prosecution story was highly improbable since the scene of occurrence was said to be the nursing station of the hospital.

The Public Prosecutor, however, submitted that the accused person had attempted to disrobe the nurse and hence it was sufficient to attract Section 376 read with Section 511 of IPC. He further added that the repeated attack by the accused on the nurse was sufficient to deny bail to him.

Justice VG Arun expressed his concern over the incident, saying, “Perverts are capable of doing anything. His lust was not satiated by the first attempt so he repeated it.” 

After hearing the submissions, the court noted that the accused had been in custody since March 24 and had committed the offence of attempt to rape. Hence, it granted bail but subject to stringent conditions.