The Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the sentence of a man convicted of rape on the false promise of marriage after he and the prosecutrix expressed a willingness to marry each other..A Bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma asked the couple to exchange flowers inside the courtroom."We met the parties in-chamber in the lunch session. The parties have both unequivocally expressed their desire to marry each other," the Court said before urging the man to propose to the woman.While suspending the sentence of the man, the Court said,"They (rape accused and victim) are willing to marry each other. The details of the marriage shall be worked out by the respective parents. We hope that the marriage takes place as expeditiously as possible. In such circumstances, we suspend the sentence and release the petitioner...today the petitioner appeared before this court pursuant a direction dated 6/5/2025. He shall return to jail and will be produced before the concerned sessions court as early as possible.".The Court further directed that the concerned sessions court shall release the convict on bail, subject to any conditions it deems appropriate to impose.The matter was adjourned to July 25.Advocate Nikhil Jain appeared for the victim..The convicted man had moved the Supreme Court challenging the order dated September 5, 2024 passed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court which rejected his application under Section 389(1) of the CrPC for suspension of sentence. The case against the accused stems from a 2021 first information report (FIR), in which he was accused of repeatedly raping the prosecutrix-victim between 2016 and 2021 under the false promise of marriage. According to the FIR, the man met the woman through Facebook, as she was friends with his sister. They developed a relationship and had physical relations on multiple occasions. It was alleged that each time, he assured her that he would marry her.When she eventually asked him to marry her, he refused, saying that his mother did not agree..In September 2024, a trial court convicted the petitioner under Sections 376(2)(n) (rape) and 417 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code. He was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeated rape under Section 376(2)(n) and 2 years for cheating under Section 417 IPC. After he failed to get relief from the High Court, he moved the Supreme Court..[Read Order]
The Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the sentence of a man convicted of rape on the false promise of marriage after he and the prosecutrix expressed a willingness to marry each other..A Bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma asked the couple to exchange flowers inside the courtroom."We met the parties in-chamber in the lunch session. The parties have both unequivocally expressed their desire to marry each other," the Court said before urging the man to propose to the woman.While suspending the sentence of the man, the Court said,"They (rape accused and victim) are willing to marry each other. The details of the marriage shall be worked out by the respective parents. We hope that the marriage takes place as expeditiously as possible. In such circumstances, we suspend the sentence and release the petitioner...today the petitioner appeared before this court pursuant a direction dated 6/5/2025. He shall return to jail and will be produced before the concerned sessions court as early as possible.".The Court further directed that the concerned sessions court shall release the convict on bail, subject to any conditions it deems appropriate to impose.The matter was adjourned to July 25.Advocate Nikhil Jain appeared for the victim..The convicted man had moved the Supreme Court challenging the order dated September 5, 2024 passed by the Madhya Pradesh High Court which rejected his application under Section 389(1) of the CrPC for suspension of sentence. The case against the accused stems from a 2021 first information report (FIR), in which he was accused of repeatedly raping the prosecutrix-victim between 2016 and 2021 under the false promise of marriage. According to the FIR, the man met the woman through Facebook, as she was friends with his sister. They developed a relationship and had physical relations on multiple occasions. It was alleged that each time, he assured her that he would marry her.When she eventually asked him to marry her, he refused, saying that his mother did not agree..In September 2024, a trial court convicted the petitioner under Sections 376(2)(n) (rape) and 417 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code. He was sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for repeated rape under Section 376(2)(n) and 2 years for cheating under Section 417 IPC. After he failed to get relief from the High Court, he moved the Supreme Court..[Read Order]
