Seven-Year Consensual Relationship Cannot Be Treated as Rape Due to Subsequent Refusal to Marry: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that a consensual physical relationship between two adults cannot, by itself, be treated as rape merely because the man subsequently refused to marry the woman. The Court held that where there is no specific allegation showing that the man had no intention to marry the woman at the time he allegedly made the promise of marriage, a later refusal to marry would not automatically…