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Bombay high court acquits rape convict after 7 years

Holding that there was no resistance by the victim for a month and she even stayed with the accused till then, the court recently acquitted a rape convict who was found guilty and was lodged in prison for seven years.

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Holding that there was no resistance by the victim for a month and she even stayed with the accused till then, the Bombay high court recently acquitted a rape convict who was found guilty and was lodged in prison for seven years.

Judge Roshan Dalvi acquitted Narharsingh Kharwat, who was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old girl.

The bench observed, “The lack of protest on her part shows her complete consent for living with the accused for a month, until she was brought back by her uncle and brothers.”

The court further said that medical evidence in the case was inconclusive as the accused and the victim were examined one month after the alleged instances of rape. The report does not show any evidence of injury due to force.

As per the prosecution case the girl’s father accused his driver, Kharwat, of kidnapping the girl and taking her to Rajasthan to his sister’s house where he illegally confined her.

However, Kharwat’s lawyer contended that the girl’s father did not like Kharwat talking to his daughter and slapped false charges on him to teach him a lesson.

Accepting the defense arguments challenging the conviction HC directed the authorities to release Kharwat.

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