Relationship Souring into Dispute Not Rape: Delhi High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail in Case of Alleged Sex on False Promise of Marriage

The Delhi High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a man accused of rape under the pretext of a false promise of marriage, observing that physical intimacy occurring during a long-term functioning relationship cannot be “retrospectively branded” as rape simply because the relationship failed to culminate in marriage. Justice Prateek Jalan, while adjudicating the application,

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