Register complaint against woman for false accusations of gang rape: Maharashtra court

The Judicial Magistrate First Class at Satara ordered Maharashtra police to register a complaint against a woman for lodging false rape complaint against the two men and for giving a false statement to the Magistrate in furtherance of the complaint. .The Magistrate Court passed the order after it was brought to the Court’s attention that a closure report was filed by the police against her FIR as they could not bring any evidence against the accused to file a chargesheet..Judge VN Girwalkar came to the conclusion that “informant has lodged false FIR with intent to cause injury to the present applicant and to Bhisham Parwani, knowing that no just or lawful ground for further proceeding on the basis of that false FIR.”.Informant has lodged false FIR with intent to cause injury knowing that no just or lawful ground for further proceeding on the basis of that false FIR.Judicial Magistrate First Class VN Girwalkar.The woman had lodged an FIR under Section 376(d) (gang-rape) under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against two men for allegedly raping her under the pretext of giving her a job..However, during investigation the police found out that one of the accused was not even in India. They also discovered that the vehicle in which the woman was allegedly raped was not in the possession of the either of the accused..This was mentioned by the investigation officer in the B-summary report which was submitted before the Magistrate. The woman also opposed to B-summary report by filing a protest petition..After considering the report and the grounds of the petition, the Magistrate accepted the B-summary report..The Court further noted that “the informant of said crime has given false FIR at the police station as well false statement on oath under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code in Court of Justice. …The informant has given statement on oath under Section 164 of Code of Criminal Procedure in the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class inspite of knowledge that the FIR lodged by her is false.”.The Court ordered the Assistant Superintendent of Civil and Criminal Court at Wai in Maharashtra to file a written complaint against the woman for offences punishable under Sections 193, 194 (false evidence), 199, 200 (false declaration under law) and 211 (false charge of offence) of the IPC..[Read Order]