it was a passing acquaintance that had turned into a love affair for two casino employees in goa in 2013 yogesh palekar a chef at the casino had taken his sweetheart home to introduce her to his family his family wasnt home and the girl spent the night at his place for several days afterwards they remained in a sexual relationship then one day palekar refused to marry the girl because she belonged to a lower casteread alsokaran oberoi rape charges are wrong caused him irreparable damagetv actor karan oberois friends hold a press conference in support of him a few days after he was arrested on charges of rape and extortionpooja bedi on karan oberoi rape charges its time to begin a mentoo movementmy best friend karan oberoi has been arrested for rape extortion and drugging and filming the complainantmentoo in ties gone sour cops must probe first before arrestwhile mumbai has seen huge rise in crimes against women in the last six years83 increase in rape cases 95 rise in molestation cases according to praja foundationpolice say there is also a rise in what they call technical rapes allegations stemming from failed relationships it is a greyshe then filed arape complaint saying she agreed to sexual intercourse because palekar promised to marry her last year the goa bench of the bombay high court acquitted palekar based on evidence of a deep love affair between the twoback in 2017 the bombay hc had quashed rape charges against kunal mandaliya who had been accused of cheating criminal intimidation and assault since the complainant had been in a consensual relationship with him from 2010 and alleged rape only after relations turned sour consenting adults indulging in sexual relationship are fully aware of consequences and must bear the same the court had ruleddetermining whether or not there has been misconception or misrepresentation of facts in consensual sex is tricky but various hcs have in recent years noticed a trend of false rape cases being filed by women against men who went back on their promises of marriage hcs and even the supreme court have acquitted many men of rape charges which women levelled after a promised marriage failed to materialise the arrest of actor karan oberoi after a 34yearold woman accused him of rape has again brought the issue back into focus fuelling a debate on mens rights in such casesin one such observation six years ago justice sadhana jadhav of bombay hc had acquitted a 39yearold man convicted by a trial court of rape the judge held that if consent of a woman in a sexual relationship was voluntary it would not amount to rape the complainant is a welleducated adult person the appellant had proposed to her she chose to go with him and checked into a hotel to celebrate his birthday she was aware of the consequences she had not cried for help not taken her resistance to a logical end the judge saidyet in a verdict last