Mumbai lawyer arrested for raping 22-year-old after helping release her mother on bail
Mumbai lawyer arrested for raping 22-year-old after helping release her mother on bail
A case has been registered under sections 115 (2) (voluntarily causing hurt) and 69 (engaging in sexual activity based on a false promise of marriage) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
The Mumbai Police arrested a 27-year-old lawyer for allegedly raping a 22-year-old woman from Kurla under the pretext of marriage.
The accused was identified as Siddhanth Kapase, a Dombivli resident. The Parksite police in Vikhroli East, who arrested him, said that the survivor had approached the lawyer to get her mother.
The woman’s mother had been arrested by the Cuffe Parade in a theft case. She was in judicial custody for three months, which is when her daughter started looking for help to get her out.
The lawyer helped her mother get bail, befriended her and then raped her under the false promise of marriage, the police added.
During her search for a lawyer, she was told about an NGO in Sandhurst Road that can help her get her mother out. She then approached the NGO and met the accused, who took her mobile number. Thereafter, they started chatting and, later, he even helped get her mother released on bail, said a police officer.
After her mother was released on bail in February 2023, the survivor and the accused started meeting and went to a movie together in Ghatkopar. He started touching her, and when she objected, he promised to marry her and took her to his house when no one was around and had sexual relations with her. This happened several times, but when the complainant asked him about marriage, he allegedly refused, assaulted and threatened her.A case has been registered under sections 115 (2) (voluntarily causing hurt) and 69 (engaging in sexual activity based on a false promise of marriage) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, said the police officer.
