#Consent and Deception

Chhattisgarh High Court rules that unexplained delay in filing an FIR and a prior consensual relationship do not automatically disprove rape allegations under Section 376(2)(n) IPC. The court refused to quash the FIR, emphasizing that a prima facie case of deception through false promise of marriage must be adjudicated on merits.

Supreme Court quashes FIR under Section 376(2)(n) IPC holding that a married woman cannot be duped into sex by false promise of marriage, as bigamy is legally impossible.