The Madras High Court has set aside the conviction and 10 years rigorous imprisonment imposed by a Mahila Court on the proprietor of a consultancy firm for having allegedly raped his Human Resource coordinator. It held that the prosecution case was unreliable and there was not sufficient evidence to confirm the conviction and the sentence.
Justice G. Jayachandran allowed an appeal preferred by Antony John Milton in 2014 against the Chennai Mahila Court’s October 7, 2014 judgment and set aside the conviction as well as sentences imposed with respect to the charges of rape, wrongful confinement, criminal intimidation and harassment. He also ordered refund of the fine amount.
