The Bombay High Court chose to release the rape accused on bail in a case which seems to be quite weird. On June 11, 2014, a 23-yr lady visited her sister in Shironda; it was 8 am in the morning and then a man known as Sameer Jadhav pulled her into his car, choked her and took her to a hotel, where he assaulted her sexually. The strange part is that the lady chose to make complaint of this incident in police in May, 2015, 11 months after the actual incident took place.
When the case went into the sessions court, the judgment was in the favor of the lady and the accused was sentenced for seven years; however, he appealed in the high court and got bail of Rs. 15,000.
Justice Anant Badar expressed doubt over what the woman told about the incident. The court said,
“Prima facie, the theory put up by the victim is improbable in the sense that she wants the court to believe that an adult woman can be dragged inside a vehicle by only one male person and then her mouth can be tied by a handkerchief and in that position, a man is able to drive the vehicle to take her to a hotel while her hands were not tied. (Her) evidence does not show any resistance by her, despite the fact that her hands were free and the vehicle was being driven by the accused.”
The court added,
“It is seen that the prosecution has not adduced any evidence to corroborate version of the victim in the light of the fact that prima facie the incident appears to be improbable.”
Sameer’s lawyers didn’t deny that the accused and the woman were sexually involved but they refused the charges of rape against their client. The hearing of the case is pending.
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