A rape FIR has been quashed by Bombay High Court, after the accused and the victim (25) got married to each other in Raigad.

Advocate Ganesh Gupta for the accused pointed to the woman’s affidavit which said since she had resolved her case and married him, she wants to drop the charges.
She said she was friends with the accused and her physical relationship since 2019 with him was “consensual” and that the FIR was lodged due to a misunderstanding.

The woman in her complaint has stated that the two knew each other since 1999 and the man, on a false promise of marriage, had established physical and sexual relations with her on many occasions since 2017 and later refused to marry her.

An FIR was lodged at Tilak Nagar Police Station, Mumbai on January 2, 2021 against the man for the offences punishable under Sections 376 (rape), 504 (intentional insult) and 506 (criminal intimidation), 376(N) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 67A of the Information Technology Act.

It was also alleged that some obscene video of hers was forwarded by the man to her brother and aunt.

However, after the registration of the FIR, the man and the woman got married and also became parents to a six-month-old son.

Advocate Nazneen Khatri appearing for the man said that the accused and the victim were very happily married and the woman did not want to pursue the case any further.