Sex After Obtaining Consent By False Promise To Marry Is Rape, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

11 April 2019 12:41 PM IST

"But for the false promise by the accused to marry the prosecutrix, the prosecutrix would not have given the consent to have the physical relationship. It was a clear case of cheating and deception. "

The Supreme Court has reiterated that the consent for sexual intercourse obtained by a person by giving false promise of marriage would not excuse him from rape charges. The bench comprising Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice MR Shah, in a criminal appeal (Anurag Soni vs. State of Chhattisgarh), referred to many judgments on the subject and restated the legal position. It...

Sex After Obtaining Consent By False Promise To Marry Is Rape, Reiterates SC [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

"But for the false promise by the accused to marry the prosecutrix, the prosecutrix would not have given the consent to have the physical relationship. It was a clear case of cheating and deception. "

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