New Delhi/IBNS, May 16 -- In a bizarre scene inside a courtroom of the Supreme Court on Thursday, a rape convict, sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, exchanged flowers with the survivor as the two expressed willingness to marry each other.

Directed by justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma, the rape convict first proposed to the survivor, and the two gave flowers to each other amid applause from those present in the room.

The situation unfolded after the top court observed that the man and woman had "unequivocally" decided to get married.

The apex court then suspended the jail term awarded to the man by the Madras High Court last year.

The judges said the man shall return to prison but be produced before the Sessions Cour...