Indicating that the complainant may have forgotten the alleged incidents involving Mr. Revanna as memory fades if the offences are not severe in nature, the Court said that subsequent serious offences of alleged rape by Prajwal Revanna might have, as an afterthought, made the survivor complain against Mr. Revanna.
Apex court expresses reservations over the High Court’s interference after the trial court had already taken cognisance of the offence; Bench also questions Karnataka government over delay in challenging High Court’s order