The curative hearings were an opportunity for the victims of the tragedy to have their day in court. It was incumbent upon the SC to parse their claims with care and rigour. Instead, however, the SC did the opposite.
The teacher, who is posted at the Government Middle School in Isharpur village, has been held under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
According to police, the incident happened when the man's first wife Anjum, along with her son and a few others reached his house, and got into an argument with the man's second wife.
At the rally of his political outfit Azad Samaj Party, he said MP has the highest number of tribals in India but was yet to have a CM from these communities.
The son of the deceased woman told the police that the accused boy had stolen a mobile phone from their house two years ago and he had been treating their family as enemies since then.