The observations came while dismissing a plea for interim bail, filed by a man convicted by a trial court and a High Court for the rape of two minor girls.
The accused man, who is deaf and mute, had moved the top court challenging a Chhattisgarh High Court’s 2022 decision to uphold his conviction and sentence in the rape case.
The top court opined that it was prima facie satisfied with the orders of the trial court and the High Court. Therefore, it dismissed the plea for interim bail.
However, the Court’s attention was then drawn to the apparent gap in the law when it comes to the process of trial against deaf and mute persons.
The Court, therefore, sought the responses of the Union government and the Chhattisgarh government in the matter, before adjourning the case till July end.
Source: Barandbench
