New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- The Supreme Court has recently quashed an FIR and chargesheet against a man, where he was made an accused of rape on the pretext of marriage, while holding that the FIR was an "afterthought and was a vehicle for vengeance for the impending consequences."

A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh set aside a Madhya Pradesh High Court order that had refused to quash the proceedings.

The apex court observed that the FIR was filed only after the complainant was served with a show-cause notice by her employer, following representations made by the accused.

As per the case, a woman employee of a Municipal Corporation, who worked as a Computer Operator, made allegations against her colleague, an Assistant Reve...