Rape case: Couple agree to marry, exchange flowers in Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Thursday suspended the the 10-year sentence of a man convicted of rape on false promise of marriage after he and the woman expressed willingness to marry each other.
A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and S C Sharma also persuaded the couple to exchange flowers in the court.
Advocate Mrinal Gopal Eker, appearing for the state of Madhya Pradesh, said that the court itself arranged the flowers.
The SC order said, 'Having regard to the sensitivity of the matter, we directed the parties as well as their parents along with their respective learned counsel and learned standing counsel for the State of Madhya Pradesh to appear before us in chamber. They have appeared before us in chamber in the pre-lunch session. We heard them.'
'We passed over the matter so as to enable the parties to have a dialogue and inform the court as to whether they are inclined to get engaged and be married to each other. In the post-lunch session, the matter was again called in the court hall. The petitioner and respondent No.2 have unequivocally stated before us that they are willing to marry each other,' it said.
The top court said that the details of marriage will be worked out by their respective parents and hoped that the marriage takes place expeditiously.
The convict will return to jail and be produced before the sessions court concerned which will release him on bail, subject to such conditions as it may deem appropriate, the top court said.
As per the prosecution, the couple came in contact on Facebook and had physical relations between 2016 and 2021. The woman claimed that he had assured to marry her but backtracked following which he was charged with rape and convicted.
On September 5, 2024 , the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh HC rejected his application under Section 389(1) of the CrPC for suspension of sentence, following which he moved the top court.
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