The victim's family had also filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court and a special team was formed to investigate the case. (Photo: Representational image)

A special court on Wednesday passed an application to question three Mumbai police staff in relation to a rape trial. The application was filed by the victim's father as the minor gangrape victim was coerced by these policemen to marry her rapist in 2013.

Special Judge Madhuri H More allowed the application and directed summons to be issued to senior inspector Jaywant Shinde, inspector Vivek Shinde and women constable MA Bhosale.

The three will face trial under Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act for failing to report the sexual offence.

The application was filed through lawyer Wesley Menezes, after the victim deposed in court in February narrating how she was coerced by the officers to marry the accused against her will. She was aged 13 at the time of the incident.

The victim's family had also filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court and a special team was formed to investigate the case.

While the three policemen were not named as accused by the SIT, an application was filed under Criminal Procedure Code after the deposition of the victim and her father.

Lawyers of accused contented there was no substantial evidence except for deposition of the victim and her father. However, the court rejected their contention.

As per the prosecution's case the minor was gangraped by two men inside a general store in 2012 after being administered a sedative.

She was threatened that her brother and father would be killed if she spoke to anyone about the incident. In 2013, appearance realised she was eight months pregnant, an FIR was registered against the accused by the police.