Man acquitted in rape case offers to marry victim TIMES NEWS NETWORK  May 12,2005 Mumbai: It had all the ingredients of a Bollywood tearjerker. Moments before a sessions court announced its judgment acquitting rape accused Mangesh Mahadik (22), a remorse-stricken Mahadik offered to marry the victim Geeta (name changed) and adopt her baby. After being asked by additional sessions judge R B Wasekar what he planned to do, Mahadik said, “I will look after my daughter and if Geeta is willing I am ready to marry her.’’     “The case was initially registered by Geeta’s parents after Mahadik had refused to marry her after fathering her child,’’ said additional public prosecutor Usha Makasare. “Since he has offered to marry her after being set free, he must be genuinely sorry.’’ Mahadik has already spent two years behind bars after being arrested for raping and kidnapping Geeta in 2003.     Mahadik and Geeta were distant cousins and used to reside in the same village, Dongroli in Raigad. In 2003, Geeta came to stay with her cousin sister in Ghatkopar. On September 29, 2003, Mahadik took Geeta to Pune. They stayed in Pune for 15 days, during which according to the police Mahadik raped her repeatedly. Mahadik was subsequently arrested after he refused to marry Geeta, who later gave birth to a baby girl.     During the trial, a DNA test ordered by the court proved that the baby was fathered by Mahadik. Judge Wasekar acquitted Mahadik on the grounds that Geeta was over 18 years old and had registered the case months after the incident.