- By Raju Kumar
- Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:44 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Kolkata Rape Case: A rape case in Kolkata took a shocking turn when the victim gave a bizarre reason to change her statement. She claimed that her rape complaint was a result of a misunderstanding. The victim said she had signed the complaint without reading the text, written by her friend. After a drastic turn in her statement, the court gave an acquittal to the accused.
According to the complaint filed by the victim, she was in a relationship with the accused since 2017. The woman spent the night with him in a hotel in Salt Lake, where they had developed a physical relationship on his promise to marry her. The next day, however, she claimed he refused to fulfil his marriage promise.
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Acting of the complaint, the Kolkata police arrested him on November 25, 2020. As the case progressed, he had to spend 51 days behind bars before getting bail. He was arrested on November 25, 2020, and got bail by a court on January 14, 2021.
U-Turn By Woman On Rape Claim
The victim, during the trial in the case, changed her statement, saying that due to a misunderstanding with the man, she lodged a complaint against him. She did not remember anything else, court documents showed.
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Holding that the "prosecution has miserably failed to bring home the charge u/s 417/376 of IPC and the accused is entitled to the benefit of doubt", additional district and sessions judge, Fast Track 2nd Court, Calcutta, Anindya Banerjee pronounced the man "not guilty". The court, in its judgment on August 28, said that from the evidence of the complainant, it appeared that the only allegation made by her against the man was that he indulged in a physical relationship with her.
"It appears that two adult persons indulged in consensual sex," the judge observed, holding that the complaint was not proved before the court.
(With PTI inputs)
