New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused
to interfere with a Bombay High Court order which had
cancelled the anticipatory bail granted to Goa politician
John Fernandes accused of raping a Russian girl.
A Bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and A K Patnaik
said the twelve-thirteen injuries on the victim was sufficient
to infer that there was an attempt to rape her.
The apex court also took the view that the Russian
girl had no axe to grind against the accused by implicating
him in a false case.
Sensing the mood of the apex court, senior counsel U U
Lalit sought permission to withdraw the petition.
A sessions court had earlier granted anticipatory bail
to Fernandes but the High Court on an appeal from the Goa
Government cancelled the same following which he appealed in
the apex court.
Fernandes is accused of raping the Russian girl on
December 1, 2009.
PTI
