The Bombay High Court has taken a stance against conducting a DNA test on the child of a rape victim who was put up for adoption, emphasizing that it would not be in the best interest of the child. The decision came as the court granted bail to a man accused of raping a 17-year-old girl who later gave birth to the child in question.

Justice G A Sanap, presiding over a single bench, issued the bail on November 10, prompting inquiries into whether a DNA test had been conducted on the child born to the victim. The police clarified that the child had been placed for adoption, and the institution handling the adoption withheld information about the adoptive parents.