Bombay High Court Allows Discharge in Rape Case Based on Consensual Relationship and Breach of Promise Not to Marry. The court held that a mere breach of promise to marry does not constitute rape under Section 376 IPC if the promise was not false from inception, and the provisions of the SC/ST Act are not attracted when the parties belong to the same caste.
16 Jan 2023The appellant, Prathamesh Surendra Sohale, aged 24, was charged under Sections 376, 376(2)(n) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Sections 3(1)(w)(i),...




