India, June 8 -- The sessions court recently sentenced a 42-year-old Dombivali resident to 10 years imprisonment for repeatedly raping a woman by promising to marry her and dishonestly withdrawing Rs.1.5 lakh from her account. The man's promise with the intention to deceive and convince the woman to engage in sexual relations vitiates her consent, observed the court.

The convict, Jayendra Moranjan, met the woman, a nurse, on a matrimonial website. In June 2016, Moranjan emailed her with a marriage proposal. He then took her to Shirdi and his sister's place, claiming to seek blessings before marriage. During their outdoor stays this time, she alleged that he raped her multiple times. Later that month, when the duo went to watch a movie in...