New Delhi, March 31: A Delhi court jailed a youth for seven years for raping a girl on pretext of marrying her, saying the convict had obtained a “tainted consent” for having sex with the girl.
“In this case, consent was obtained on the basis of some fraud and allurement or practicing deception upon the victim on the pretext that ultimately she will be married and under that pretext she allowed the accused to have sexual intercourse with her. This is tainted consent,” Additional Sessions Judge S C Rajan said while convicting 24-year-old Manoj.
While the convict, a native of Bihar, worked as a barber near Gole Market in central Delhi area, the victim, a migrant from West Bengal, had been working as a domestic help in the same area.
Manoj had allured the girl, saying that he liked her and wanted to marry her.
–Agencies–