Delhi High Court expresses worry over ‘alarming increase’ of false rape cases
The Hindu
Such cases are registered ‘only to arm-twist the accused and make them succumb to the demands of the complainant’, says judge.
The Delhi High Court has expressed worry that there is an “alarming increase” of false cases of rape being registered “only to arm-twist the accused and make them succumb to the demands of the complainant”. Justice Subromonium Prasad made the observation while rejecting a plea seeking to quash an First Information Report for offence of rape, in which the parties pleaded that they had amicably resolved the issue and entered into a compromise. The court pointed out that the parties had registered cross-cases against each other for offences under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Aman Vihar police station here.More Related News
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