13.10.2013, the respondent had allegedly requested her to come to his house to meet his parents; however, when she had reached there, his parents were not at home. He had informed her that they had gone to the market and would return in two hours. In the meantime, he had allegedly offered her a cold drink and, after consuming the same, she had become unconscious. When she had regained consciousness, she had allegedly realised that the respondent had committed rape upon her. It is further alleged that thereafter, the respondent had started blackmailing her, stating that he had made inappropriate/obscene videos of her, and threatened to post them on social media if she disclosed the incident to anyone. At the same time, he had reassured her that he would marry her. The prosecutrix had given him two years‟ time to settle down in life. During this period, he had allegedly continued to have physical relations with her on the false pretext of marriage. In November 2015, the respondent had allegedly refused to marry her on the ground that his family was conservative and would not permit marriage outside the caste. On 16.12.2015, when she had gone to his house, she was allegedly rebuked by his brother. However, on 31.12.2015, the accused had met her again, reassured her that he would convince his parents, and allegedly continued physical relations with her. On 17.03.2016, the prosecutrix had called the accused to ask whether he intended to marry her, but he allegedly told her not to bother him and had also threatened her. On 19.03.2016, he had allegedly called her at night and issued threats of dire consequences if she complained against him. Thereafter, the
