Months after the #MeToo campaign raged in India, another accusation against a former vice-president of a multinational financial institution has surfaced. However, in a rare turn of events, the court has granted the accused bail within a fortnight of being arrested, citing the possibility of a consensual relation based on prima facie facts. The accused was arrested by the Powai Police on January 2 immediately after a complaint was made by the survivor, and granted bail on January 17.

The survivor's story
In her complaint to the Powai Police, the woman has alleged that the accused was her reporting boss back in 2014, and had then kissed her after he dropped her home in suburban Mumbai. The accused had allegedly captured the act on his mobile phone, basis which he threatened her to maintain a physical relationship with him. He continued asking her for sexual favours between 2014 and 2017 by threatening to make the kissing picture public, the survivor alleged.