“Classic Case of Consensual Relationship Turning Acrimonious”: Supreme Court Quashes Rape FIR Based on False Promise of Marriage

The Supreme Court quashed an FIR alleging rape on the false pretext of marriage, holding that the case involved a consensual relationship that later turned bitter. The Court cautioned against criminalising failed personal relationships and misuse of serious penal provisions.

Supreme Court Slams Misuse of Rape Law in Broken Relationships, Says Criminal System Cannot Be Used for Personal Revenge

The Supreme Court warned against turning failed relationships into rape cases, calling it a worrying misuse of criminal law. It said consensual intimacy in a genuine relationship cannot later be labelled as rape just because marriage did not happen.