Additional District Judge Gyanendra Tripathi sentenced the woman to 1,653 days of imprisonment, the same period the man had spent in jail after the false accusation.
While a series of petitions seeking to criminalise marital rape is presently pending before the Supreme Court, the Gujarat High Court, in an important observation, recently said that rape is a rape,.
The Kerala High Court has quashed a rape case based on false promise of marriage, finding that the parties (accused and de facto complainant) had gotten married under the Special Marriage Act.Taking.
The complainant was initially in a long-distance relationship with the US-based elder son of the woman. - Can Women Be Charged With Rape? Supreme Court To Examine
Advocate P G Manu had been appointed as senior government pleader in 2021. Prior to that, he had served as a special prosecutor in Kochi for the National Investigation Agency.