Overview

• The single-judge order was delivered on September 4 by Justice S. Rachaiah and came to light in late September reporting.
• Prosecutors say the petitioner restrained the survivor’s cousin as an accomplice raped her near KR Puram railway station on April 2.
• The court quoted a Manusmriti verse on respecting women and recalled a remark attributed to Mahatma Gandhi on women’s safety.
• Police booked the case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for rape, wrongful restraint and intimidation, and under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act provisions.
• The defence argued false implication and no direct role, while the prosecution alleged he threatened the cousin; bystanders intervened and both men were arrested.