Consensual Affair with Married Woman Does Not Constitute Rape on Promise of Marriage: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a 38-year-old man accused of rape and cheating, ruling that his long-term intimate relationship with the complainant was fully consensual and not induced by any false promise of marriage. The decision was delivered in the case Pradeep v The Station House Officer & another by Justice G Girish. Background Of The Relationship According to the prosecution, the complainant met Pradeep in…