The Punjab and Haryana High Court held that a failed consensual relationship cannot be turned into a criminal rape case to compel marriage. The Court quashed the FIR, calling the prosecution an abuse of law when no false promise existed at the start. CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court set aside a rape case…
The Patna High Court has ruled that a failed consensual relationship cannot be converted into a rape case merely because marriage did not happen. Quashing the prosecution, the Court reaffirmed that criminal law cannot be misused to punish men for relationship breakdowns. Patna: The Patna High Court has quashed a rape case registered under Section…
The Gauhati High Court ruled that a failed love affair or refusal to marry cannot automatically make a man guilty of abetment of suicide. While IPC 306 was quashed for lack of instigation, the man still faces long criminal trial under IPC 417, 376 and POCSO—highlighting how men remain trapped in prosecution even when key…
The Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that forced unnatural sex by a husband is cruelty under Section 498A IPC but cannot be treated as rape because of the marital exception under Section 375 IPC. The Court quashed rape and unnatural offence charges while allowing other charges to continue. JABALPUR: The Madhya Pradesh High Court delivered…
The Karnataka High Court has ruled that a neighbour or stranger cannot be booked under Section 498A IPC in a marital cruelty case. Dragging outsiders into matrimonial fights amounts to abuse of law and miscarriage of justice. BENGALURU: In an important judgment clarifying the misuse of matrimonial cruelty laws, the Karnataka High Court has held…
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