India, Aug. 31 -- The Delhi High Court has imposed a cost of Rs.10,000 on a man who sought the quashing of a rape case involving a minor. The man had argued that it was in the minor girl's best interest to avoid social stigma but the court rejected this reasoning, saying that stigma should rest on the perpetrator, not the victim.

Refusing to quash the case, justice Girish Kathpalia, in his verdict delivered on Friday, released later, underscored the need for a paradigm shift in societal mindset, stating that the blame and stigma must rest with the accused, not with the girl who endured the trauma of rape.

In the present case, the FIR was registered under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including rape, kidnapping and Sec...