Long-standing consensual adulterous relationship not rape: Allahabad High Court

The Court observed that a promise of marriage does not automatically render consensual intercourse as rape unless it is proven that such a promise was false from the outset.
Allahabad High Court
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The Allahabad High Court recently held that a long-standing consensual adulterous physical relationship without any element of deception from its inception does not amount to rape under Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) [Shrey Gupta vs. State of U.P. and Another].

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