Poverty bigger issue than 'rape'

HC grants bail to man who impregnated his minor fiancée

- Urvi Mahaj

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court recently granted bail to a man accused of impregnating his 14-year-old fiancée, observing that "poverty is the biggest issue in India." The court took into account the fact that the accused and the victim were set to marry, as their families had arranged their union.

The court noted that this was a 'genuine' case, touching upon the 'societal structure' of the country, where poverty often leads to girls being married off at a young age.