Man Refusing To Marry Long-Term Live-In Partner Won’t Amount To Rape: Chhattisgarh High Court
Can a long live-in relationship later become a rape case only because marriage did not happen? Chhattisgarh High Court explains…
Tag: Promise-to-Marry
Rape Case on False Promise of Marriage | ‘No More Automatic Targeting of Families’: P&H High Court Rejects Plea to Prosecute Parents and Grandmother of Accused
Can a man’s entire family be prosecuted based on alleged assurances of marriage? The Punjab and Haryana High Court has…
5 Years of Consensual Relationship Branded as Rape: Calcutta High Court Quashes Proceedings Against Man, Holds False Promise to Marry Must Exist From the Beginning
Calcutta High Court quashed rape proceedings arising from a 5-year consensual relationship between a man and a woman, holding that…
Tripura High Court Upholds POCSO Conviction Despite DNA Mismatch: Negative Test Report Only Disproves Paternity, Not Rape Charges
The Tripura High Court ruled that a negative DNA report only rules out paternity, not the offence of rape, and…
Refusal to Marry Is Not Suicide Abetment. You Can’t Jail a Man for Saying ‘NO’ In Love Affair: Gauhati High Court Quashes IPC 306 Charge
The Gauhati High Court ruled that a failed love affair or refusal to marry cannot automatically make a man guilty…
Breakups And Fights In Relationships Don’t Amount To False Promise To Marry Rape: Madras HC Quashes Criminal Case Against Boyfriend
Madras High Court quashed a case against a Dindigul man accused of having sex on a false Promise to marry,…
Supreme Court Slams Lady Cop in Promise-To-Marry Rape Allegation: You Want 5 Crores Settlement? Who Would Believe This? You Are A DSP.
The Supreme Court questioned the credibility of a woman DSP alleging rape on a Promise-To-Marry, noting that both parties were…
Courtship Is Not Consent, Nor a Crime: Delhi High Court Frees Naveen Yadav, Slams Misuse of Promise-to-Marry Cases
Justice Arun Monga grants bail to Naveen Yadav, accused under Section 69 BNS, observing that a failed relationship cannot be…
