The Patna High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings against a man accused of rape under the pretext of marriage, observing that a consensual relationship between adults cannot be given the colour of criminality merely because it failed to fructify into a marital relationship. Justice Soni Shrivastava allowed the petition filed by Md. Saif Ali
Consensual Relationship Cannot Be Termed Rape Merely Because Marriage Did Not Fructify: Patna High Court Quashes Prosecution
