Can promise of marriage land a man behind bars for rape? | News9 Plus Decodes

Описание: Violence against women can never be excused. Rape can leave victims scarred for life. Still, there is a fine line that separates consent and coercion. While adjudicating on cases of rape, the judiciary must be mindful of this, warn recent pronouncements by judges in India.

This week, a two-judge bench of justices BV Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh ruled that a consensual relationship which doesn’t end in marriage cannot always be given a criminal colour.

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