The Kerala High Court has observed that the concept that any girl or woman would not make a false allegation of sexual assault or any other mode of misconduct against a man seems to have been diluted recently.
The court observed that allegations of rape, sexual molestation, and other misconduct are levelled nowadays without an iota of truth so as to settle a score and also to compel the persons against whom allegations are made to heed the illegal demands of the complainant.
The court observed that it was a matter of common law that in Indian society any girl or woman would not make such allegations against a person as she is fully aware of the repercussions. If she is found to be false, she would be looked at by society with contempt throughout her life. For an unmarried girl, it will be difficult to find a suitable groom. Therefore, unless an offence has really been committed, a girl or a woman would be extremely reluctant even to admit that any such incident had taken place. In the recent years, this concept seems to have been diluted.
Justice A. Badharudeen made the observations while quashing a rape case registered against a man on a complaint of a woman. The court added that the concept could not be followed blindly without analysing the truth of the allegations on a case to case basis.
Published – March 16, 2025 07:18 pm IST