Bombay High Court quashes rape FIR as victim marries accused
India Today
The Bombay HC quashed the case on mutual consent, holding that no useful purpose would be served if a rape FIR is continued after the accused and survivor got married to each other.
A division bench of the Bombay High Court quashed an FIR registered at Talegaon Dabhade Police Station, Pimpri Chinchwad area of Pune district, as the woman told the court that she had registered the FIR for rape due to misunderstanding. The woman said that she was now married to the man and was even carrying their child and so sought a quashing of the case.
The FIR in Pune was registered under Sections 376 (rape), 504 (intentional insult) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and two sections of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities ) Act were also added in the case on July 5, 2019.
