The HC bench was today informed that after the girl filed the petition in October last year, a sum of Rs one lakh was given to her by the government as compensation.
During the last hearing, the government had told the high court that it would pay only Rs two lakh compensation to the girl, as the incident seems to be of “consensual nature”.
Irked with this, the high court today said a 14-year-old cannot be expected to understand and take such mature decisions and realise the consequences.
