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Punjab & Haryana High Court quashes rape FIR, ruling that consensual relationships that fail cannot be treated as rape under Section 376 IPC.
Supreme Court grants anticipatory bail, questions a divorce lawyer’s conduct, and rules that consensual adult relationships cannot be criminalized.
Supreme Court quashes rape conviction, holding consensual relationship was misinterpreted. Court warns against misuse of Section 376 IPC in personal disputes.
The Supreme Court flags a disturbing trend of criminalizing failed consensual relationships. The Court ruled that intimacy cannot be labeled as rape without evidence of coercion, …