Relationship Breakdown Alone Cannot Turn Consensual Sex Into Rape; Man Discharged: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has discharged Santhosh Kumar N.P. from criminal charges, including rape, cheating and offences relating to concealment of an earlier marriage, holding that the allegations did not disclose the essential ingredients of the offences. A Bench comprising Justice B.V. Nagarathna and Justice R. Mahadevan allowed the appeals challenging a Kerala High Court order dated May 21, 2025, which had refused to interfere with the criminal proceedings. According to…
