Girl changes statement; man acquitted of rape charges

A man, who was accused of raping a 20-year-old girl on a false promise of marriage, has been freed by a Delhi court after she told the court that they had consensual relationship and were now married.

Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja acquitted the man, a north Delhi resident, of the charge of rape under section 376 of the IPC after the girl, who had lodged a complaint against him, told the court that she had established physical relations with him with her consent. ‘In the light of deposition of the girl wherein she deposed physical relations were established with accused with her consent, I find there is no material on record for convicting him’, the judge said.

According to the prosecution, the girl, a native of Bihar, lodged a complaint with the Delhi Police that on 30 July, 2014, the accused had befriended her and had raped her on the pretext of marriage. 

The man established physical relations with her and took her to a bus stand where he left her and did not return. The girl then lodged a complaint against him and the man was arrested the next day. The accused had also denied the allegation saying the relationship was mutual.