“There are no rules in love and war and …. and this case perhaps stands as a testimony to this statement,” Justice N Seshashayee noted with amusement as he recorded the unique facts of the case.
The result of the mediation in the case was that the two parties ended up having a second child, the single-judge noted.
“When the appeal was preferred, this Court tried to find what best could be done to the child born to the prosecutrix through the appellant, for which purpose it referred the matter to mediation. The result of the mediation was not a solution for the child that was already born, but on the contrary ended up with them having a second child,” it said.
The man, who was accused of rape in 2014 after the complainant gave birth to a child, had approached the Court in 2017 against his conviction.
During the pendency of his appeal, the Court had expressed its concern about the future of the first child and accordingly, referred the matter to mediation.
Source: Barandbench
