Delhi High Court denies bail to maulvi accused of raping minor girl on pretext of curing her of evil spirits
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The Delhi High Court recently denied bail to a maulvi (faith healer) accused of raping a minor girl under the pretext of curing her of evil spirits or jinn. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that the man, one Mohd Mubarak, took undue advantage of the vulnerable physical and mental condition of the woman as well as the blind faith reposed in him by her family. “The prosecutrix was a young girl suffering from illness, and both she and her family were made to believe that t