No compromise in molestation case over wedlock: SC

New Delhi, July 1: The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that there can be no compromise in a molestation case in the name of promising wedlock. An apex court bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said that any compromise promising wedlock between a molestation accused and the victim compromises the dignity of the woman. The court said that such a compromise lacks sensitivity on the part of those promoting a settlement. Holding that courts cannot take a soft approach on the issue, the bench described as a spectacular error and lack of sensitivity on the part of a lower court which had allowed a rapist to go scot free by accepting an agreement on wedlock. The order came while accepting the Madhya Pradesh government's plea challenging a lower court's acquitting a man accused of molestation.