Being in live-in relationship sufficient to show that sexual relationship was consensual: Mumbai court grants bail to rape accused

The case against accused was that he was in live-in relationship with a woman whom he had promised to marry but had later left her and married another woman. He was then charged for rape of his former live-in partner.

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27 Aug 2021, 3:41 pm

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Live in relationship by itself is sufficient to show that sexual relationship was consensual, said a Mumbai Court on Wednesday granting bail to a 30-year-old man booked for rape of his live-in partner (X v. State of Maharashtra).

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Section 376

Live In Relationship

Rape on the pretext of marriage

Mumbai Sessions Court

Dindoshi City Civil Court