Consensual intimacy cannot be termed rape merely because relationship sours: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has said that physical intimacy in a consensual relationship cannot be retrospectively branded as rape merely because the relationship subsequently turns sour or breaks down. A Bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan made the observation while discharging a Kerala-based man, Santosh Kumar NP, of charges of rape [...] The post Consensual intimacy cannot be termed rape merely because relationship sours: Supreme Court appeared first on News Today | First with t

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