'Not Simpliciter Case Of Rape, Parties Were Engaged': Uttarakhand High Court Grants Short Term Bail To Rape Accused To Marry Victim

The Uttarakhand High Court on Wednesday passed an order granting short term bail for a period of two weeks to a rape accused for the purposes of getting married to the victim. The single bench of Justice Ravindra Maithani noted that this was not a simpliciter case of rape but the parties were engaged and it was thereafter that the accused established physical relations with the...