Amol Bhagwan Nehul vs State Of Maharashtra 2025 INSC 782- S.376 IPC - Rape- False Promise To Marry
Indian Penal Code 1860 - Section 376- A consensual relationship turning sour or partners becoming distant cannot be a ground for invoking criminal machinery of the State. Such conduct not only burdens the Courts, but blots the identity of an individual accused of such a heinous offence. This Court has time and again warned against the misuse of the provisions, and has termed it a folly to treat each breach of promise to marry as a false promise and prosecute a person for an offence under section 376 IPC. (Para 9) [Context: Criminal proceedings quashed]
Supreme Court recently quashed a ‘rape case' observing that a consensual relationship turning sour or partners becoming distant cannot be a ground for invoking criminal machinery of the State. S
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