Court Quashes Rape and Intimidation Charges, Affirms Consensual Relationship Cannot Lead to Criminal Prosecution: Supreme Court

In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court of India has quashed an FIR filed under Sections 376(2)(n) and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against Prashant, after ruling that the relationship between him and the complainant was consensual. The court's ruling came after examining the allegations of sexual assault and criminal intimidation, rejecting the High Court’s decision which had earlier dismissed Prashant’s petition to quash the FIR. Case Background…