HP HC: Rape Case Quashed Against Religious Leader After Woman Accuses him After a Fight at his Darbar. Court Cites Delay of 7 Years in Filing FIR and Improbability of Incident ever Happening.
Himachal Pradesh High Court quashed FIR registered against a religious leader charged under Sections 376, 506 and 34 IPC, holding that the allegations against him did not disclose the commission of any cognizable offence and that continuation of the criminal proceedings would amount to an abuse of the process of law.
The case arose from a complaint made by a woman who alleged that when she was taken to the petitioner in 2016 for treatment, he administered an intoxicating substance and attempted to sexually assault her. She further alleged that another man later sexually assaulted her on the pretext of marriage...
