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- The Jharkhand High Court quashed an FIR and all criminal proceedings against a man accused of rape on the basis of a false promise of marriage.
- The case involved a relationship of over seven years that began in 2016 and ended in April 2023 when the man stopped contact, after which the woman filed a police complaint leading to a charge sheet under IPC Section 376.
- Justice Anil Kumar Choudhary's bench, citing Supreme Court precedents, held that a promise of marriage counts as false only if the man never intended to marry from the start, and found no material showing such initial deceit.
- The court ruled that seven years of consensual relations followed by a refusal to marry cannot by itself be treated as rape, while clarifying this does not mean such promises can never constitute a crime.
What to watch next
- Whether the complainant challenges the High Court's quashing order in a higher court
- How this ruling is applied in other pending cases involving promises of marriage in Jharkhand
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