The Kerala High Court recently quashed proceedings under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against a man alleged to have sexually abused.
Knowing that the chance of getting married was remote, no prudent woman would consent to sexual relations under the guise of misconception of fact, the Court said.
Quashing a rape case on the basis of compromise between the accused and complainant, the Punjab and Haryana High Court said their married life cannot be disturbed for the sake of trial in the.
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Calcutta High Court acquitted a man of rape for a broken promise to marry, after finding that the woman had voluntarily entered the sexual relationship because she was in love and “not because he promised to marry her.”