IIM-Calcutta Rape Case: Accused student released on ₹50,000 surety

Alipore Court has released Premanand Mahaveer Toppannavar alias Parmanand Jain, the accused student in the case of rape alleged to have been committed on the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta campus, on Saturday. The court released the accused on bail on a surety of Rs 50,000 on grounds of rationale that the victim had 'not cooperated' with the investigation.

Alipore Court on Saturday released Premanand Mahaveer Toppannavar, alias Parmanand Jain, the student accused of the reported rape case in Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta campus.

The court released him on Rs 50,000 bail on the reason that the victim had 'not cooperated' during interrogation by the police.

About The Decision

The arrest follows police custody until July 19 of Toppannavar, a second-year student at IIM Calcutta. Kolkata Police detained him on the evening of July 13 after a complaint lodged by a woman claiming she was raped within the IIM Calcutta campus.

Earlier, the Kolkata Police authorities had stated that a nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed under the Deputy Commissioner of the South West Division so that a fair and proper investigation into the incident can be done.

Chief Prosecutor Sourin Ghosal, in a conversation with ANI, has stated that in the court hearing, the defence pointed out that the sexual act was a consensual act, but the prosecution again insisted that prima facie evidence and reports from doctors were against the complainant.

"We had requested police custody, and the accused had requested bail. They had pleaded it was consensual. We had pleaded no, the issue of prima facie lays down that a crime is being committed and the medical evidence corroborates the victim. The court had granted us police custody up to July 19," Ghosal made clear.

Statement Of The Mother Of The Accused Student, Mahaveer Toppannavar

While the mother of the accused student, Mahaveer Toppannavar alias Parmanand Jain, had asserted that the family was shocked and had no idea why he was arrested, she insisted that her son, a final-year student of the prestigious institute, was innocent and could never have done something like that.

She made this statement after Kolkata Police arrested Toppannavar. Reporting to ANI, Parmanand Jain's mother, alias Mahaveer Toppannavar stated, "We have been called by his friend late at night around 11. He informed us that my son has been taken away and he does not know why. We do not know why our son has been taken away. We want to meet our son and speak with him." "He was in his last year of college. We do not know anything here in Kolkata. Where the Police Station or the Court is. My son is innocent. He has come so far to study. He will never do anything so dirty," she informed ANI.