Rape Case Can't Be Quashed When Victim Has A Case That 'Settlement' Was Made Under Threat & Coercion: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has set aside a High Court order which had quashed a rape case by recording 'settlement' between the accused and the victim.The girl had lodged an FIR alleging that her manager raped her by threatening to publish her nude picture he had with him. FIR was registered under Sections 376, 499 and 506(2) of IPC. The accused approached the High Court and contended that a...