A 38-year-old man, Hemant Reddy, was granted bail by the Sessions court on Monday after a 17-year-old girl implicated him. She had earlier alleged that he had raped her. In reality, she was in a physical relationship with her friend’s brother and was five months pregnant. But fearing her family’s outrage, she implicated Reddy.

What was the case?
Last November, when the girl’s mother noticed that her daughter’s belly seemed protruded, she suggested they go to a doctor for a thorough checkup. But before a doctor could be consulted, the girl went missing prompting the anxious parents to lodge a complaint at the Cuffe Parade police station. However, before the cops could take up the matter, a call to the girl’s uncle revealed that she was in his safe custody. The relieved parents brought their daughter back.