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Vadodara criminal lawyer booked in rape case
A lawyer in the city of Vadodara has been accused of committing a serious crime.
A woman said that the lawyer hurt her badly on two different days.
She also said she was threatened with the sharing of private pictures of her if she went to the police.
The police listened to her and wrote down her complaint in an official paper called an FIR.
That paper names the lawyer, his wife, and another person who works with him.
The lawyer says the woman's story is not true.
The police will now look into what really happened.
Nobody is punished until the police and the court find out the truth.
This case shows how important it is for people who are hurt to be able to ask the police for help.
A criminal advocate in Vadodara, Hitesh Gupta, has been booked in a rape case following a woman's complaint.
The FIR was registered on August 7 at a police station in Chhota Udepur district against Gupta, his wife and an unidentified junior.
The complainant, a woman in her mid-30s, alleged she was sexually assaulted on two occasions and threatened with circulation of purported private videos.
The alleged incidents occurred in February this year at the lawyer's office in Vadodara and at another location on May 22.
Gupta has denied all the allegations, while the FIR invokes the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
- Who
- Criminal advocate Hitesh Gupta, his wife and an unidentified junior, booked on a complaint by a woman in her mid-30s.
- What
- A rape case FIR alleging sexual assault on two occasions and threats to circulate purported private videos.
- Where
- The lawyer's office in Vadodara and another location; the FIR was filed at a police station in Chhota Udepur district.
- When
- The FIR was registered on August 7; the alleged incidents occurred in February and on May 22.
- Why
- The complainant alleged she was sexually assaulted and threatened to stop her from approaching the police.
Key facts
- Main accused
- Hitesh Gupta, criminal advocate in Vadodara
- Other accused
- Gupta's wife and an unidentified junior
- Complainant
- A woman in her mid-30s
- FIR registration date
- August 7
- Police station
- Chhota Udepur district
- Legal provisions invoked
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act
- Alleged incident dates
- February (lawyer's office, Vadodara) and May 22 (another location)
- Accused's response
- Denied all allegations
Sources
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