‘Love, Not Lust’: Bombay HC Grants Bail To Man Who Had Sexual Relations With Minor | File
Nagpur, January 13: The Bombay Excessive Courtroom has granted bail to a 26-year-old man charged with raping a 13-year-old lady, holding that the sexual relationship between them was out of “love, attraction and never lust”. The accused, hailing from Amravati, was booked and jailed for raping the minor lady three years in the past, and the courtroom stated that she stayed with the person at a number of locations with out complaining of any sexual assault.
The lady was a minor and her consent was not related
Noting that the lady was a minor and her consent was not related, Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke stated that she had given her assertion to the Investigation Officer which confirmed that she left residence on August 23, 2020, on the excuse of shopping for a guide, went lacking and had joined the accused voluntarily, and in addition admitted her love for him.
Justice Joshi-Phalke, of the courtroom’s Nagpur Bench, stated that it was obvious she was within the firm of the accused petitioner, and each have been mutually in love.
The accused was nabbed by personnel of the Anjangaon police station
The accused was nabbed by personnel of the Anjangaon police station in Amravati on August 30, 2020, the cost sheet was filed on October 26, 2020, however there was no progress within the trial. Later, he utilized for bail, which has been granted, after the courtroom stated that “no goal can be served by retaining him behind bars”.
The grievance was lodged by the minor lady’s father, who stated that after she went lacking, they tried to hint her after which they approached the Anjangaon police, who tracked her with the accused in Bengaluru and nabbed him.
