New Delhi, Aug 8 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday granted an opportunity to an Additional District Judge (ADJ) from Bihar, challenging his suspension order by the Patna High Court for allegedly convicting and sentencing a POCSO accused within a day, to prove his innocence and produce relevant documents in 10 days.
The Patna High Court had suspended Pocso (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) judge Shashi Kant Rai from Araria in Bihar, presumably for delivering a series of quick judgments, including in a POCSO case where he concluded the trial on a single day.
Rai had moved the Supreme Court through his counsel Vikas Singh, a senior lawyer and former Additional Solicitor General (ASG), who claimed innocence in the case.