JUDGMENT :

Pushpa V. Ganediwala, J.

1. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith and heard finally with the consent of Shri J.B. Gandhi, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri S.A. Ashirgade, learned APP for the respondents.

2. The petitioner in this petition, a victim in the Crime No. 153 of 2019, registered at police station Durgapur, Dist Chandrapur, for the offence punishable under Section 376(2) (n) of the Indian Penal, has sought directions to terminate her pregnancy in the interest of justice.

3. We have heard the learned counsel for the parties. We have perused the record and opinion of the Medical Board, Chandrapur, which was called by this Court, as per order dated 13.06.2019.

4. It is the case of the petitioner that the petitioner is a Commerce Graduate and pursuing her career in competitive exams. While pursuing her studies, she came in contact with one Avinash Meshram on Instagram in 2017 and they had developed love relationship. As a result of the said relationship, Avinash Meshram promised that he shall marry the petitioner and on the said pretext, he had sexual intercourse with the petitioner. As a result of the same, the petitioner has conceived in January 2019. The