MUMBAI, 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, emailed the woman, a nurse, with a marriage proposal on a matrimonial website. 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. In July, the victim found that he had withdrawn Rs.1.5 lakh from her bank account between June 24, 2016 and July 5, 2016, without her knowledge. When she confronted him, he allegedly began threatening her. After he failed to show up to their wedding, she approached the Vile Parle police. An FIR was registered on July 17, 2016 for rape and cheating against him. Moranjan's advocate argued that he never refused to marry, so it cannot be said that he raped under the pretext of marriage. The prosecution was able to prove that he withdrew Rs.1.5 lakh, and failed to return it. Rejecting the defence, the court noted that the man had trapped the woman in a web of his lies, causing her to believe that he would return the money and marry her. Additional sessions judge SJ Ansari sentenced him to a minimum of 10 years imprisonment and directed him to pay a fine of Rs.75,000. Revu Suresh...