Selvaraj vs The Inspector Of Police on 1 March, 2023
(iii)the Hon'ble Division Bench of this Court in the case of
Manish Singh Vs. State and Ors reported in 126(2006)
DLT 28(DB)
4.1.By citing the above judgment in Manish Singh (supra), it is
submitted that if a girl of 16 years makes a statement that she went with the
accused by expressing her consent without any force, coercion or undue
influence, her statement could be accepted and the proceedings against the
accused should be quashed. The above observation is applicable to the facts
of this case also. A document appears to be in a form of an affidavit is
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executed by the daughter of the second respondent was also produced before
this Court. In the said affidavit she has stated that she had married the first
accused willingly and now she is living with him.