Case Law Analysis
|Kerala High Court
BNS Section 69 | Consensual Sex on Promise of Marriage Not an Offence Without Proven Deceitful Intent : Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court has ruled that consensual sexual relations based on a promise of marriage do not automatically constitute an offence under BNS Section 69. The court emphasized that criminal liability arises only when there is clear evidence of deceitful intent to exploit, not mere broken promises - a critical threshold protecting genuine relationships from misuse of criminal law.