Mumbai : In a relief for Deputy Inspector General of Police Sunil Paraskar accused of rape and molestation by a city model, a court here on Tuesday granted him pre-arrest bail, observing that the complainant’s conduct and her email exchange with him suggested consent.
The order of the special women’s court followed long-winding six-day arguments.
“Custodial interrogation (of Paraskar) is not necessary. Anticipatory bail application is allowed,” said Judge Vrushali Joshi. “It appears from the behavior of the complainant and her emails that the act must be committed with consent,” the Judge observed.
The court also remarked that jealousy could be a possible motive behind the model lodging the complaint against Paraskar.
“It appears from her e-mails that she was having a suspicion that he (Paraskar) was having a relationship with another model and that could be the possible motive behind her lodging the said complaint,” the Judge said.
Further, the court noted that her conduct towards the senior IPS officer after the commission of the alleged offences was quite normal. “She used to go out with him. It has not come across that he pressurised her. They both travelled together and she gifted him phones. Till June, 2014, they had a friendly relationship, thereafter she started making allegations,” the court observed.
The judge also noted that the slang four-letter word for sexual intercourse used by the complainant in her email to Paraskar doesn’t prove rape.
