Husband Can't Be Booked for Rape After Marriage Registration Merely for Not Fulfilling Promise to Marry as per Customs: Bombay High Court
In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has recently quashed a rape case against a man who had been accused by his legally married wife. The wife alleged that she had only consented to sexual relations on the promise made by her husband to marry her according to religious customs. However, the court found that since the marriage was legally registered, her consent could not be vitiated by this…
