The Goa authorities, in a legal revision software within the High Court of Bombay in Goa towards a trial courtroom’s order acquitting a person in a rape case, stated the trial courtroom’s order was “a shocking understanding of how sexual intercourse takes place”. Indicates a deficiency which will or might not be there.
According to the prosecution, the accused Gulsher Ahmed (37) had raped the complainant on March 2, 2020, in a resort room in Canacona, South Goa, on the pretext of getting him a job.
While acquitting Ahmed on March 3 this yr, Additional Sessions Judge Dwijpal V Patkar had stated, “The complainant, being a girl of 20 years of age, is, in all likelihood, likely to have committed her act in a locked hotel room with the accused. Be aware of the consequences.”
The choose stated: “The conduct of the complainant for not protesting at the reception counter, presenting his ID card, going into the room on the first floor with the accused and the receptionist and accepting the key after the locked room has been opened by a hotel staff prima facie Indicates a relationship by consent.”
The High Court is anticipated to listen to the matter on Thursday.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
