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- The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed a rape case filed against a man accused of establishing a physical relationship with a woman on the false promise of marriage.
- The two had met on the dating app Tinder in August 2019 and were in a relationship for a considerable period.
- Justice Siddhartha Sah held that the woman was a mature adult who entered the relationship of her own free will, and that a relationship turning sour or failing to end in marriage cannot by itself be treated as rape.
- The court on July 16 quashed the FIR, charge sheet, summoning order and all related proceedings, saying continuing the case would amount to an abuse of the legal process.
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- Whether the complainant challenges the quashing in the Supreme Court
- How this ruling influences similar cases alleging rape on the false promise of marriage
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