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Promise to marry amounts to rape only if false from start: HC as it acquits man
short by Bhuvnesh Ojha / on Friday, 26 June, 2026
The Patna High Court acquitted a man who was convicted of rape in 2013 by a trial court, ruling that promise to marry amounts to rape only if false from start. "The false promise itself must be of immediate relevance, or bear a direct nexus to the woman's decision to engage in the sexual act," the court said.