Accused Cleared in Consensual Relationship Case, Court Distinguishes Between False Promise and Failed Relationship: Bombay High Court
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has quashed a rape and abortion-related criminal case against Suresh Namdev Umale, holding that the relationship between the parties was consensual and that continuation of criminal proceedings would amount to abuse of the process of law. The decision was delivered on 23 December 2025 by a Division Bench comprising Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke and Justice Nandesh S. Deshpande. Parties to the Case The…
