One of the convicts in Bilkis Bano case was charge- sheeted for outraging the modesty of a women in 2020 while out on parole, the Gujarat Government has told the Supreme Court in an affidavit.
Mitesh Chamanlal Bhatt was charge-sheeted under sections 354 (outraging the modesty of woman), 504 (insult intended to provoke breach of the peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC, entailing a maximum sentence of 7 years, or fine, or both.
As the per May 25, 2022 letter of the collector-cum-district magistrate of Dahod, the alleged incident happended on June 19, 2020 at 9.15 am.
The collector further said, “On the records of all the police stations of Dahod district being summoned, neither any representation nor any memorandum nor any FIR has been found filed against the said prisoner namely Mitesh Chimanlal Bhatt, resident of Singwad…during his parole furlough leave that may lead to communal conflict between Hindu-Muslim.”
He gave no objection to the premature release of Bhatt after taking into account the opinion of Police Sub-Inspector, Randhikpur, and DSP of Limkheda.