A rape accused has secured bail after the high court ruled that the 24-year-old woman who had consensual sex with him should know what the consequences of her act would be. The woman, working as a teacher, was mature enough to be aware of the consequences, the court said, and allowed the accused to be released on bail.The man is a 25-year-old from Tumakuru. The complaint alleges that he was known to the girl since 2013 as they went to the same college. They fell in love and developed intimacy. In February 2018, he allegedly introduced her to his family members. Since he promised to marry her, she had sex with him. He subsequently refused to marry her and thus she filed the complaint.The advocate for the man, who had approached the HC for bail, said the physical contact between them was consensual and not forced.The government advocate, however, argued that the accused “under the pretext of marrying, cheated the victim and had physical contact and as such it amounts to rape... the victim even tried to commit suicide by consuming poison.”The court, however, ruled in favour of the accused getting bail. “It clearly indicates the fact that the victim and the accused are college mates and since during the year 2013 they were having contact and they were moving together for various purposes and subsequently in the month of February 2018 they had physical contact with each other, the victim went to the house of the petitioner and thereafter on several times they had a sexual act.That itself clearly goes to show that it is a consensual sexual act. The victim is 24 years old, she is mature, she is working as a teacher, she (is) aware (of) the consequences. Under the circumstances, I feel that if by imposing some stringent conditions, the petitioner/accused is ordered to be released on bail, it is going to meet the ends of justice,” the court said.