Life Sentence Set Aside; Court Observes Western Ideas Influencing Youth to Enter Live-In Relationships and Rape FIRs Being Filed After Relationships Fail: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that there is a growing tendency among the youth to live together without solemnizing marriage under the influence of Western ideas and the concept of live-in relationships. The Court noted that when such relationships fail, criminal cases are often lodged, leading to serious consequences for men because existing criminal laws were framed at a time when the concept of live-in relationships did not exist.…