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Why actors need to rape? They're handsome, talented, and up on the food chain with every option available at their disposal. Is the Prem Chopra legacy still living in India????

Award-winning Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja has been sentenced to seven years in prison for raping his maid.

The actor was found guilty by a special fast-track court in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay). He has maintained his innocence throughout the trial.

His lawyer said he would appeal against the sentence.

Ahuja was arrested in June 2009 and charged with rape, criminal intimidation and wrongful confinement. He was granted bail in October.

However, the court ordered the actor to stay away from Mumbai while on bail.

Judge PM Chouhan pronounced Ahuja guilty on Wednesday despite the 20-year-old victim withdrawing her allegation of rape last year.

She said she was told to complain to police by another woman who had got her the job with the actor.

Ahuja is seen as an up-and-coming actor who has made an impression in Bollywood's independent cinema scene.

He has acted in films such as Life in a Metro and Gangster, and worked with a number of leading directors.

He won several awards for his 2003 debut in the critically acclaimed film Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi.

Source: BBC World/South Asia

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She was 20 years old at the time. That age is legal to make consensual decisions. If you lie and start to give different versions of the alleged sexual affair then you will be tried base on evidence. What I think, the victim may have seen an opportunity and tried to extort compensation from the actor and later realized she was going the wrong way. (My opinion).
FM
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Originally posted by Cobra:
She was 20 years old at the time. That age is legal to make consensual decisions. If you lie and start to give different versions of the alleged sexual affair then you will be tried base on evidence. What I think, the victim may have seen an opportunity and tried to extort compensation from the actor and later realized she was going the wrong way. (My opinion).


what is your opinion based on? you know the parties involved...?
FM
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Originally posted by raymond:
quote:
Originally posted by Cobra:
She was 20 years old at the time. That age is legal to make consensual decisions. If you lie and start to give different versions of the alleged sexual affair then you will be tried base on evidence. What I think, the victim may have seen an opportunity and tried to extort compensation from the actor and later realized she was going the wrong way. (My opinion).


what is your opinion based on? you know the parties involved...?


1. The victim withdraws her alligation.
2. A friend encouraged her to tell the police.
FM

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