Surat: The sessions court here has granted bail to a 25-year-old man accused of rape, observing that he and the survivor had engaged in physical relationship several times and the woman had never resisted or raised alarm during the crime.
The court took note of the FIR which mentioned that they had engaged in a physical relationship at the woman’s house and at some public place named ‘Couple Box.’ during the last one-and-a-half-year.
“There is nothing on record to show that at any time the victim had tried to raise an alarm or offered resistance, despite she being at her home. Thus, when the accused and victim had built a physical relationship in the victim’s own house, that too on several occasions, there is prima facie reason to believe that such relationship was consensual and not forced,” the court observed.