Court acquits man, says woman didn't resist rape attempt

A man accused of raping a married woman has been acquitted by a Delhi court which said her conduct was "highly unnatural" because she had "neither raised alarm nor resisted the attempt" made by him.
Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat also held that she had no complaint against him, as after the incident also she continued buying goods on credit basis from his shop and even borrowed Rs 2,000 from his mother.
"It is apparent from the testimony of prosecutrix (woman) that she neither raised alarm at the time of incident nor offered any resistance. As per her testimony, there had been some talks between her and the accused (man) before he started sexual assault upon her. She could have raised alarm and shouted for help but she did not do so.

"...This was sufficient to raise doubts in her minds about the intention of the accused and she could have shouted for help as soon as she had first seen him in her room in that condition. The conduct of the prosecutrix, as reflected from her testimony, is highly unnatural," the judge said.
According to the police, the accused, who was running a grocery shop, had raped the woman in March 2013 when she was at her house in west Delhi with her children.
"One day in the month of March, 2013 at about midnight or 1 AM, she was present in her room along with her children, who were sleeping. Her husband had gone out for some work. She went outside the house near the drain to answer the nature's call and meanwhile, accused had quietly entered her room which she did not know.

"When she returned to the room, she saw him. The accused told her that he would not demand due money if she allows him to have intercourse with her," the woman had told the police, adding that thereafter she was raped by the accused.