The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a consensual relationship that subsequently turns sour or results in estrangement cannot be a basis for initiating criminal prosecution under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code. The ruling came in a criminal revision petition challenging the framing of rape charges by a trial court. The decision was
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