Bombay HC asks NGO to submit Draft Guidelines for Registration of Rape cases

Association for aiding Justice, an NGO has approached the Bombay HC with a prayer seeking “statutory guidelines for the Police authority for entertaining complaint lodged for rape on the allegation of false promise of marriage” and “guidelines for conducting preliminary enquiry complaint of rape lodged on the allegation of false promise of marriage.”The petition states, “Rape in. Association for aiding Justice, an NGO has approached the Bombay HC with a prayer seeking “statutory guidelines for the Police authority for entertaining complaint lodged for rape on the allegation of false promise of marriage” and “guidelines for conducting preliminary enquiry complaint of rape lodged on the allegation of false promise of marriage.” The petition states, “Rape in India is the fourth most common crime against women in India. Out of these, 24,470 were committed by relative or neighbour; in other words, the victim knew the alleged rapist in 98 per cent of the cases.” Relying on the data provided by the National Crime Records Bureau, the petition states, “According to National Crime Records Bureau of India, 24,923 rape cases were reported across India in 2012, while the 5 year average over 2007-2011 was 22,000 rapes a year. Advocate Dipesh Siroya appeared for the Petitioner NGO and submitted, "There is a need to frame statutory guidelines for the police and other authorities for conducting a preliminary inquiry while entertaining a complaint lodged for rape on the allegation of false promise of marriage.” Saying that a number of false rape cases are being filed in the country, the petition states, “the Petitioner states that while in 2012, the acquittal rate in rape cases was 46%, in the first eight months of 2013 it shot up to 75%.