NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court has denied anticipatory bail to a senior Navy officer, accused of raping a woman on the pretext of marrying her, noting that he was allegedly trying to influence his colleagues in the investigation and has destroyed the evidence against him.
The high court also said the allegation by the accused that the woman was extorting money from him inflicts “more pain to her injury”.
“No doubt, the victim is an educated lady, but is an educated person immune to cheating. The answer would be ‘no’,” said Justice Yogesh Khanna while dismissing the anticipatory bail plea of the man.
The court said the facts showed the man and the woman did have such relations to kindle a hope in her that he would marry her at all costs, which was not illogical for her to think so. “Can he be allowed to play with her dignity on the pretext that he cohabited with her just for fun and later claim she is extorting money from him. Such allegations if not backed with proof are rather insulting,” the judge said.
The court said the investigation so far had revealed that he was trying to influence his subordinates and had destroyed or deleted the evidence against him.
According to the woman complainant, the accused established physical relations with her between December 2019 and January 2020 on the promise of marriage. The accused claimed that they both were friends and she was obsessed with him and wanted to extract money from him and also denied having any physical relations with her.
