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.
The Delhi High Court quashed a rape case against Lt Gen Inderjit Singh (Retd.), ruling the allegations “absurd” and unsupported by evidence. Justice Amit Mahajan said false cases damage reputation and misuse judicial process.
