JUDGMENT :

M.S. KARNIK, J.

1. By this revision under Section 397 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (“Cr.P.C.” for short) the applicant challenges the order dated 28/07/2016 passed by the trial Court rejecting the application under Section 227 of the Cr.P.C. for discharge. The complainant lodged the complaint against the present applicant under Sections 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (hereafter “IPC” for short) which came to be registered vide C.R. No. 351 of 2013 dated 05/12/2013 with Vishrantwadi Police Station, Pune.

2. Brief facts of the complaint are that the complainant at the time of registration of the First Information Report (FIR), was working with Aviva Life Insurance Company. Prior to the lodging of the FIR, it is her case that around 7 years ago, when she was working with ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company, she was introduced to the present applicant. Sometime in the year 2011 when the complainant was employed in Pune, she happened to meet the applicant. They exchanged their mobile numbers and that very night the applicant sent a message to the complainant. After a few days, the applicant proposed the complainant for a love relationship. The complainant initiall