New Delhi, July 15 -- The Delhi High Court has set aside the bail granted to a female school teacher accused in a POCSO case involving the alleged sexual assault of a three-year-old nursery student, and directed her to surrender within three days, observing that the trial court overlooked material considerations while granting her liberty.

Justice Saurabh Banerjee held that the impugned bail order suffered from serious infirmities as it ignored the gravity of the allegations, the statutory rigours of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and the vulnerability of the child victim. The High Court directed the respondent to surrender before the jurisdictional Additional Sessions Judge (POCSO Court) within three days o...