Case Law Analysis
|Madhya Pradesh High Court
Section 69 BNSS | Decade-Long Consensual Relationship Without Deceit at Inception Bars Criminal Liability : MP HC Grants Anticipatory Bail
MP High Court rules that a consensual relationship exceeding 10 years, absent evidence of deceit at inception, cannot be criminalized under Section 69 BNSS. The ruling reinforces that post-facto complaints alleging false promises of marriage lack legal merit where mutual consent is established.