SC quashes rape case: 'Unbelievable that educated woman endured 16 yrs of exploitation'

The Supreme Court in the case Rajnish Singh @ Soni State Of U.P. And Another observed and has quashed a criminal complaint proceeding initiated against a man who was accused of sexually assaulting a woman, with whom he had a 16-year-old consensual sexual relationship, on a false pretext of marriage.

- TDG NETWORK

The court in the case reaffirmed that a mere breach of a marriage promise does not constitute rape unless it is being proven that the accused never intended to marry the woman from the outset of the relationship.

The court in the case observed and has expressed surprise that the complainant, a highly educated and well-established adult, did not report the alleged sexual assaults for over a decade, wherein the doubts are raised about the credibility of her claims.

The court noted that she filed the First Information Report, FIR only after the accused married another woman, suggesting an ulterior motive to harass him.