India judge warns women after rape accusation

New Delhi: A New Delhi judge told Indian women to beware of men who promise marriage after a prospective bride accused her lover of rape because he failed to propose, a newspaper said on Sunday.

The unnamed woman said she had effectively been raped because she only agreed to sleep with Arif Iqbal, 22, on the understanding that they would soon be man and wife, the Hindustan Times reported.

However, Justice Kailash Gambhir said the woman, 23, had to accept the consequences.