Man gets 10 years jail for raping woman on false marriage promise

New Delhi A man has been awarded ten years in jail for raping a woman on false promise of marriage by a Delhi court which refused to take a lenient view saying the crime committed by him was very serious as he has ruined the victim physically psychologically and financiallyHere was an innocent lady who handed over her body as well as her money to the convict on the belief that he will be her life partner but was totally unaware of evil intentions of the convict who was all out to gain only the bodily pressure from her by deceitThe convicts family background as canvassed by his counsel before me does not persuade me to take a lenient view in his favour The crime committed by the convict is veryserious and he does not deserve any leniency at allHe has ruined the prosecutrix physically psychologically and also financially Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhatt saidThe court also imposed a fine of Rs 15 lakh on the convict Rohit Tiwari directing that the amount realised shall be paid to the victimThe court while convicting Tiwari had observed that he had been deceitfully exploiting the woman sexually as well as financially and deliberately concealed his marriage from herHe knew that the woman may be averse to sexual relations with a married man and hence told her that he was unmarriedThe prosecutrix believed the words of convict to such an extent that she not only consented to physical relations with him but also had been extending financial help to himregularly it saidThe court held that the convict had dishonest intentions since the beginning while noting that the woman had paid Rs 3 lakh to him on two occasions to help him come out offinancial constraints but he fled with the moneyAccording to the prosecution a complaint was lodged in December 2013 by the woman who had a love affair with the convict alleging that he established physical relations withher on false promise of marriage and disappeared after taking money from herThe court said that the woman a Delhi resident who was also married at that time had clearly revealed her marital status to convict adding that under the belief that he would marry her she persuaded her estranged husband for divorceIt also rejected the contention of the convicts counsel that the complainant being a married lady could not have been misled by any promise of marriage saying a married ladyliving separately from her husband for 17 years is as susceptible as an unmarried ladySuch a lady is always in need of true love and in search of a dependable partner with whom she may start her life afresh after desertion by her husband the court saidThe complaint had said that the woman who was residing separately from her husband initiated divorce proceedingsbut the man who befriended her vanished and when she visitedhis native place in UP she found out that he was married and had kidsDuring the trial he pleaded not guilty and claimed he was falsely implicated by the complainantSeeking leniency from the court the convict had said he was the sole bread earner in his family and had clean antecedents