Rape FIR Quashed Over Contradictions and Delay in Allegations Under Sections 376(2)(f), 376(2)(l), 376(2)(n), 450 & 506: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has quashed a criminal case under multiple serious provisions of the Indian Penal Code, stating that belated and contradictory rape allegations made by a woman against her brother-in-law appeared to be false and motivated. The Court emphasized that such delayed complaints, particularly when there were earlier opportunities to disclose the crime, suggested abuse of legal process. Incident allegedly occurred in 2017, but complaint filed in 2018…