HC summons Aurangabad PSI in rape case transfer | Nagpur News – Times of India

Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of Bombay high court has summoned the police station officer of Aurangabad to remain present on March 10 regarding a rape case.
The rape survivor had filed a petition challenging Jaripatka police’s action of transferring her rape complaint to Aurangabad’s Satara police station against accused boyfriend Saurabh Tiwari. Even a charge sheet was filed there.
Through counsel Amit Band, the survivor contended that the case shouldn’t have ideally been transferred to Aurangabad as the accused forced himself on her at various places multiple times, including at Nagpur and Pune.
“Ample opportunity has been granted to the Aurangabad commissioner of police and inspector to file their reply. Now, both of them should file a reply before March 10. If they fail to comply with these directives, the commissioner shall have to remain personally present,” a division bench of justices Sunil Shukre and Avinash Gharote warned.
According to the petitioner, she was familiar with the accused. He once called her to his flat in Aurangabad, mixed sedatives in her drink and raped her after she fell unconscious. He then promised to marry her, and again committed the same acts at various locations. When she insisted that he should marry her, he used to neglect her request under one or the other pretext. Finally, he married her at his flat in Aurangabad in the absence of any witnesses. He, however, refused to register their marriage and continued forcing himself on her.
After the petitioner came to know about his engagement to another girl, she lodged a complaint of rape against Tiwari last year.