The Supreme Court observed that the offer of payment of ad interim compensation to the victim cannot be a ground to release the accused on bail. In this case, accused were arrested after an FIR was registered against them under Sections 341, 342 and 376(D) IPC and under Sections 4 and 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and Section 3(4)(w)(i) of the SC/ST (Prevention...
