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The Supreme Court on Monday set aside the conviction of a rape accused after noting that act in question was consensual and the girl was above the age of consent at the time.
Single-judge Justice M Nagaprasanna noted that the 35-year-old man and the complainant woman, were in love and have had physical relations on several occasions for the last five years.
The argument that the sex was consensual since there weren't any physical injuries on the survivor, was rejected by the Court.
The Bombay High Court recently refused to grant anticipatory bail to a man employed with the Police Department, who has been booked for raping a woman under the pretext of false promise of marriage
The Kerala High Court recently held that lack of consent in a rape case cannot be presumed merely because a man entered into marriage with another woman after engaging in a sexual act with the victim.