Woman filing false rape case: court initiates legal action against her
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New Delhi: Finding out that a woman registered a false case of rape against a man, a court in Delhi ordered Delhi Police to initiate legal action against the woman. The court noted that special privileges given to women should not be used as a "sword" to settle personal scores, PTI reported.
Additional Sessions Judge Shefali Barnala Tandon also said that such false allegations destroy the life, reputation and social standing of the accused.
The court was hearing a bail application of the accused.
Noting the facts of the case, the court said an FIR was registered against the man on July 14, but the next day, the prosecutrix gave a statement to the magistrate stating she voluntarily went to a hotel with the accused, where they had consensual sexual relations.
After a fight with the accused, however, she became irritated, called the police, and made allegations of rape in a fit of rage, the court noted.
The prosecutrix stated the same facts before the court, it said in an order dated July 25 while granting bail to the man.
"The men of our country have equal rights and protection under the law as enshrined in the Constitution. However, special privilege is given to women. But this special privilege and woman-protecting laws should not be made a sword to settle scores or to satisfy ulterior motives, which is going rampant in the society," the court said.
"Allegations of rape are made at the drop of a hat nowadays for many other reasons as observed by the Courts, day in and day out. This is one such case in hand. False rape allegations not only destroy the life of the man named but also the reputation and social standing of his family members at large," it added.