Can a Woman Simultaneously Act on Promise of Marriage Made by Two Different Men? Rape Trial Stayed: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has stayed the trial in a rape case after finding that the complainant had made similar allegations of entering into physical relationships on the false promise of marriage against two different men for substantially the same period. Justice Prateek Jalan observed that this circumstance creates a prima facie doubt about whether the complainant could have acted simultaneously on promises of marriage made by two different individuals.…