Madhya Pradesh High Court recently acquitted a man, who had to spend 12 years in jail for a fake rape case by his daughter.
The daughter had filed a fake rape case against her father after he caught her with her boyfriend in 2012. In February 2013, the man was sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Rs 10,000. He had filed an appeal against the decision in the High Court in the same year. After 12 years, he was finally acquitted by the court.
The court said that the daughter herself admitted to submitting a false rape case after her father caught her with her boyfriend and scolded her. “Heavy reliance is placed on para-5 of the cross-examination wherein she admitted that when father scolded her, she, along with the said boy, lodged a report in the police station. She candidly admitted that her father/appellant has not developed any physical relationship with her. She clarified that her physical relations were only with the said boy,” the court said.
A complaint was filed on 21st March 2012 at Chola Mandir Police Station. The man was booked under Sections 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Following investigation, the man was arrested and on 15th February 2013, he was sentenced to life imprisonment after trial.