The Supreme Court has quashed an FIR and subsequent chargesheet registered against a practising advocate for offences under Sections 376, 376(2)(n), and 507 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). A Bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice R. Mahadevan held that a consensual relationship that continued for a prolonged period cannot be retrospectively branded as
Consensual Relationship Cannot Be Criminalised Upon Break-up: Supreme Court Quashes Rape Case Against Lawyer
