Pictures of the young woman, allegedly taken by police, were then circulated on social media.

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The court said the rights of the 18-year-old secondary school student had been violated.

Privately-owned newspaper The Standard reports the schoolgirl was photographed half-naked during the incident and the pictures leaked on social media. The schoolgirl then filed a lawsuit jointly with a children rights group, Cradle, claiming the semi-nude photos humiliated her and asking for a compensation of $70,000.

The Standard reports the female student was with 44 others who were all arrested in a trading centre in the central Nyeri country. The newspaper says police intercepted the school bus they were travelling in and found the students smoking marijuana and having sex.

It adds the schoolgirl pleaded guilty to being in possession of marijuana and was remanded in police custody for 18 months.

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