Relationship Born of Mutual Volition Cannot Be Transmuted Into Crime: Karnataka HC Quashes Rape Case

The High Court of Karnataka, in a judgment pronounced on October 25, 2025, has quashed criminal proceedings for rape, defined under Section 64 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, initiated against a 23-year-old man, Mr. Sampras Anthony. Justice M. Nagaprasanna, allowing Writ Petition No. 31144 of 2024, held that permitting the prosecution to continue

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