NEW DELHI: False rape charges not only cause immense distress and irreparable damage to the person who has been falsely implicated but it also gives the world a chance to label the city as rape capital, a trial court said while expressing concern over increase in filing of false rape cases in the city. The court’s remarks came while closing a rape and sexual harassment case against two men after it found that the woman had registered a false case to extort money from them. Taking strict note of the woman’s conduct, the court ordered the station house officer of Saket police station, where the case was lodged, to initiate legal action against her for filing a false complaint and for giving a false statement on oath. Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Gaurav Rao passed the order while accepting Delhi Police’s cancellation report.  The woman had lodged a complaint against Vipin (name changed) alleging that he had promised her help to find her a job, and took her to an office where she was sexually harassed by Kunal (name changed).  Vipin again met her on the pretext of providing her a job and this time he raped her, the complaint claimed. A complaint was filed against Kunal under Section 354 of the IPC (outraging the modesty of a woman), while Vipin was booked for committing alleged offence of rape under Section 37 of the IPC.  However, police told the court that allegations against the accused were found to be “forged, baseless and fabricated” adding, this was done with an intention to “extort money” from the accused. The judge accepted police’s report after the complainant, too, said she has no objection with acceptance of the closure report.  However, she pleaded that no legal action be taken against her and she may be let off with a warning.  The court, however, said that it was “appalled” by her conduct as she had caused “unfathomable” trauma to the two men. “She tried to extort money from the alleged accused and maligned their image .  Such allegations not only defame and shame a person but also let the world label the capital as rape capital. She set the entire state machinery into motion and tried to use the law for her benefit knowing full well that the allegations levelled by her were false,” the court said.  It also praised the investigating officer for bringing out the “true facts”. The court’s order assumes significance as many courts, in the recent past, have raised similar concerns over filing of false rape cases but only a few of them have suggested legal action against the complainant in such cases.  From misunderstandings to financial disputes, courts have come across all kinds of bizarre reasons why false rape cases are lodged.