Laws are being misused: Pascal

Laws are being misused: Pascal

Deputy Head of Chancery in the French Consulate in Bangalore, Pascal Mazurier, who was accused of sexually assaulting his four-year-old daughter, on Friday said, “Many women, to settle scores with their husband, accuse them of raping their own children.”
Speaking at a press conference ahead of Father’s Day celebration, here on Saturday, he said, “A person is innocent until the court pronounces him/her guilty. The accused has the right to meet his family members. His links with family members should not be cut off because of some baseless allegations.”
His advocate Pierre Oliver Sur said Pascal was wrongly accused and his reputation tarnished, which affected his career beyond repair. “He has no news of his three children,” Sur, who is president of the Paris Bar Association, said.
His associate Clemence Witt said the link between the father and his children, which is far superior then any legal proceeding, has been broken due to the case.
Lawyer P B Appaiah said the family is asking permission from the court to at least allow Mazurier’s mother Jacqueline Maille to meet her grandchildren. “The paramount consideration is the welfare of the children. In some cases, mothers who falsely implicate the father, make them suffer. Can they take care of the children?” asked Appaiah.
He also said the family is contemplating to raise provisions under the Guardian and Wards Act before the court to establish contact with the children while the case is pending.
Agreeing with the lawyer, Kumar Jahagirdar, president of Children’s Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP), said they had visited Pascal’s children.

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