Western ideas influence youth to get into live-ins; FIRs filed after relations fail: Allahabad HC

Key Highlights

• The appellant had been sentenced in March 2024 by a Special Judge, Exclusive Court (POCSO Act), Maharajganj.
• The prosecution had alleged that he enticed the woman on the pretext of marriage, took her to Bengaluru, and established a physical relationship with her.
• Also read: India missing, China rising: What Trump’s defence blueprint reveals The High Court, however, found that the victim was not a minor.
• The bench also observed discrepancies in the victim’s age, stating that “in the FIR, the mother had stated her age as 18-1/2 years, but it appeared to the court that later, ‘on legal advice’, she stated her age as 17 years in her court statement.” The Court highlighted the victim’s conduct, noting that she “admitted in her testimony that she left her house willingly and travelled with the appellant by public transport to Gorakhpur and then to Bengaluru.” Also read: Dhanush ties knot with Mrunal Thakur in intimate ceremony?
• What’s the truth behind the viral video She lived with the accused in a locality full of other houses in Bengaluru for six months and “had a consenting physical relationship with him,” contacting her family only after he dropped her back at Shikarpur Crossing.