HC sets aside potency test order for trainee IPS
The Telangana High Court has set aside a lower court order that permitted a potency test on a trainee IPS officer accused of sexual assault. The judge ruled that the prosecution's application did not align with established legal precedents from other High Courts.
Why it matters
The ruling clarifies the legal boundaries and privacy rights of accused individuals regarding invasive medical testing during criminal investigations.
Justice J. Sreenivas Rao of the Telangana High Court on Wednesday set aside a lower court order permitting the Cyberabad police to subject trainee IPS officer M. Uday Krishna Reddy to potency test in a case of sexual assault registered against him.
The judge, however, said the direction will not stall the prosecution from filing an appropriate petition if necessity arose in the matter in accordance with law. The order was passed in a criminal petition filed by the trainee officer accused of stalking, harassing and sexually assaulting a co-trainee IPS officer at the national police academy where they were undergoing training.
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