http://www.hindu.com/2010/09/05/stories/2010090553460300.htm
Tamil Nadu - Madurai Dalit woman's plea alleging rape dismissed Staff Reporter Court says she filed case with mala fide intention -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- She had signed agreement that she would not interfere with life of rape accused Police had conducted probe following complaint by petitioner and matter was settled: judge -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MADURAI: The Madras High Court Bench here has dismissed a petition filed by a Dalit woman post-graduate from Madurai seeking a direction to register a rape case against an employee of the Police Department. Justice R. Mala refused to entertain the case on the ground that the petitioner had approached the court, with a “mala fide” intention, a month after signing an agreement that she would not interfere with the life of the rape accused. The judge pointed out that the police had conducted an enquiry following a complaint lodged by the petitioner and the matter was settled by signing the agreement in the presence of a Dalit leader, a notary public and an advocate. “Even though the petitioner belongs to a depressed class, she is well educated and an M.A. graduate and knows the consequences of the agreement. The occurrence is alleged to have taken place in 2007, but she has come forward with this complaint only after a lapse of three years. Hence, I do not find any merits in the petition and the same deserves to be dismissed,” the judge said. According to the woman, the accused, a caste Hindu, came into contact with her when she was undergoing her second-year in the post-graduate course. He had a physical relationship with her on the promise of marrying her by convincing his parents. However, he did not keep up his promise and married another girl. A complaint was lodged with the Superintendent of Police to register a case against the accused under Sections 376 (rape), 313 (causing miscarriage without woman's consent), 506 part II (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code, besides a few other provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The complaint was referred to T. Kallupatti police station but no case was registered and hence the present petition. Filing a status report before the Bench, the police claimed that both the victim as well as the accused had entered into an agreement in the presence of C.M. Periyasamy, the State president of Ambedkar Jana Sakthi, on June 3 stating that they would not interfere in each other's life. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to zestmedia-dig...@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to zestcaste-subscr...@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: zestcaste-dig...@yahoogroups.com zestcaste-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: zestcaste-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
