New Delhi, March 25 -- The Delhi High Court has granted bail to a 57-year-old man accused of rape, noting a delay of over two and a half years in the lodging of the FIR and inconsistencies in the complainant's accounts before different police stations.

Justice Prateek Jalan on Tuesday granted bail to the accused, Khem Kumar, subject to furnishing a bail bond of Rs 40,000 and one surety of the like amount, with additional conditions imposed by the bench.

The prosecutrix, a woman in her 50s and a Delhi University graduate who has also studied abroad, alleged that the accused -- her classmate during college in the 1990s -- raped her in May 2023 on the pretext of marriage. The FIR was lodged at Ranhola police station in December 2025. She h...