Rape accused

The Bombay High Court has granted anticipatory bail to an Army Major, accused of rape by a woman who met him on a matrimonial website.

The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a man accused of raping a 24-year-old woman. The accused was arrested on March 20, 2020 and has been in jail since. He had befriended this woman through Facebook.

The Karnataka High Court has expunged the derogatory remarks made by Justice Krishna S Dixit on the conduct of the rape victim while granting bail to the rape accused.

A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S. Dixit observed that, “the explanation offered by the complainant that after the perpetration of the act she was tired and fell asleep, is unbecoming of an Indian woman; that is not the way our women react when they are ravished.”

The Jaipur district court...