New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- The Supreme Court has ordered that the Allahabad High Court's ruling which observed that acts like grabbing a woman's breast, breaking her pyjama-string and dragging her underneath the culvert are insufficient to charge the accused under provisions pertaining to Attempt to rape or Rape under the Indian Penal Code and other criminal laws, shall remain stayed.

A bench led by CJI Surya Kant also directed that the trial of accused persons in the said matter shall proceed under the charges of Attempt to rape and Rape under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and POCSO Act and not under any lesser charges.

However, the bench clarified that it expresses no opinion on the merits of the case and that the accused persons (defendants)...