The Bombay High Court (HC) on Thursday suspended the sentence of 10 years' rigorous imprisonment and gave bail to a 19 year old who was convicted by the lower court on charges of raping his minor cousin as the victim stated it was a consensual act and not rape.

In its judgement the HC said it had relied on the victim's statement under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure code before the magistrate where she has said that it was not rape but a consensual act, not once, but at least 4-5 times.