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SC: Consensual Relationship Culminated into Marriage Not Rape on Pretext of Marriage(08.01.2024)

Supreme Court has held that a consensual relationship that turns into marriage cannot attract the offence of rape on the false pretext of marriage sin.....

Tags : Supreme Court, Rape, Marriage, Consensual Relationship

Bombay High Court Quashes Rape Case Against 73 Year Old Man(01.08.2024)

Bom. HC has quashed a rape case against a 73-year-old man for allegedly raping victim for 31 years. Court stated that FIR clearly indicates consensual.....

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Gau. HC: Consensual Relationship and Failure to Prove Victim is Minor, Ground for Bail Under POCSO(11.05.2023)

Gauhati High Court while setting aside conviction of an accused under Section 6 of POCSO Act, has held that in cases where the prosecution fails in pr.....

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Bom. HC: Consensual Relationship Between Man and Woman is Not a License to Exploit Partner(05.07.2024)

Bombay High Court while denying bail to a man booked for outraging modesty, abduction, extortion, rape and unnatural sex has held that consensual rela.....

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Mad HC to Police: Ascertain Pending Cases Involving Consensual Relationship of Minors(11.07.2023)

Madras High Court has directed police to identify pending cases before Courts/Juvenile Justice Boards involving consensual relationships of minor chil.....

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SC: Concerning that Criminal Law is Being Used Against Men Once Consensual Relationship Ends(27.11.2024)

SC has observed that it is evident from large number of cases decided by this Court that there is a worrying trend that consensual relationships going.....

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P&H HC: Victim Going With Accused to Crowded Place & Not Raising Alarm Shows Consensual Relationship(02.12.2024)

Punjab and Haryana High Court while acquitting a person convicted for committing aggravated sexual penetrative assault, has observed that the victim’s.....

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AP HC: Rape Case Can't be Lodged Merely Because Consensual Relationship Did Not Work Out(16.08.2022)

Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that failure of a consensual relationship cannot be a ground for lodging an FIR for offence of Rape under Section 3.....

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Del. HC: Courts Must be Conscious of Distinction between Rape and Consensual Sex(11.02.2025)

Delhi High Court has stated that many a times close proximity at workplace results in consensual relationships which on turning sour, get reported as .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Consensual Relationships, Close Proximity

Bombay HC Sets Aside Conviction of Man Accused for Rape on Defence of Consensual Relationship(01.02.2021)

Bombay High Court has set aside the conviction of a man for rape after observing that the testimony of the prosecutrix did not inspire confidence and .....

Tags : Bombay High Court, Rape, Defence of Consensual Relationship

SC: Consensual Relationship Turning Sour Can’t be Ground for Invoking State’s Criminal Machinery(29.05.2025)

Supreme Court has observed that a consensual relationship turning sour or partners becoming distant cannot be a ground for invoking criminal machinery.....

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