Court grants bail to rape accused

June 03, 2017 10:48 pm | Updated 10:48 pm IST - New Delhi

A court here has granted bail to a man accused of raping a woman after offering her a spiked drink. The accused also allegedly took obscene photographs of the victim.

Granting bail to Rakesh Kumar Singh, Special Judge at the Rohini district courts, Dinesh Bhatt, said: “No purpose would be served by keeping the applicant in further custody. He is admitted to bail on furnishing a personal bond in the sum of ₹1,00,000 with two sureties in the like amount...’’

‘Falsely implicated’

The counsel for the accused, Pradeep Rana, submitted that his client had been falsely implicated in the case as the complainant was in the habit of lodging false cases against people.

She had earlier levelled similar allegations against three persons and later filed settlement deeds in courts, Mr. Rana submitted. He also said that the complainant had on her own accompanied his client to various destinations. He also submitted photographs to support his claim.

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