Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (SS)

Bengaluru, Jun 2: The Karnataka high court has dismissed a case of rape contested by a woman against four members of a family and ruled that the complainant and the accused could reach a compromise and end the legal proceedings against rape.

A woman had on February 16, 2022 filed a complaint against Satish and charged him with rape and threat to life, insult and extortion against three others with the Byadarahalli police.

The court under the judge M Nagaprasanna heard the case against the accused K Satish, Srinivas, Kokila and Mamatha, residents of Byadarahalli in Bengaluru after all the four had moved the court to annul the legal proceedings.

The judge ruled that the matter should be sorted out through a compromise.

The public prosecutor pleaded that a case of rape should not be treated lightly and appealed to the court not to allow a compromise.

The lawyer on behalf of the accused however, quoted several judgments passed by the Supreme Court and other courts that allowed for compromise to be reached between the accused and the victim to which the court agreed.