Once Marriage Is Registered, Husband Can't Be Booked for Rape on Ground That He Did Not Fulfill Promise To Marry As per Religious Customs, Says Bombay HC; Quashes Rape Case Against Man
The division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Nivedita Mehta observed while quashing the FIR lodged against a man, who was accused by his "legally married" wife of rape, on the ground that though their marriage was "registered", he had promised to marry her as per the religious customs and only on this promise, she had consented to establish sexual relationship.