The appellant official contended in the apex court that allegations do not constitute the necessary ingredients of the offences alleged as the deceased was bothered by the pressure of working in two districts.
Authorities have uncovered instances where political parties are employing private agencies to attract voters, thereby breaching the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in the district.
The accused committed the crime on October 11 and an FIR has been registered in women police station under relevant IPC sections of gang rape and criminal conspiracy.
He said a youngster on a motorcycle allegedly approached the girl and told her that her mother had been bitten by a venomous creature and admitted to a hospital in Kunda.
On September 8, 2022, a case was registered against him under IPC sections 354A (sexual harassment), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 506 (criminal intimidation) and the POCSO Act, he said.
The soldier was booked under sections 153a, 153 b and 120 b of the IPC. Further investigation is ongoing and in the course of investigation if anybody is involved they will be arrested, the police officer added.
On August 25, the Calcutta High Court's Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench ordered a CBI probe over the allegations against the cash-lending cooperative society in Alipurduar.
The complainants were accompanied by their relatives who were not allowed to go inside. And they described the incidents soon after to their partner, husband, and mother, the counsel argued.
The bills -- the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Bill -- were introduced in the Lok Sabha by Home Minister Amit Shah on August 11.
The key bills include a new penal code against mob lynching, death provision for the rape of minors and a time-bound approval to prosecute civil servants.