false rape charges

Indian courts have repeatedly clarified that that consensual relationships turning sour or culminating in marriages do not constitute the offence of rape.

While dismissing the case, a bench comprising justices JB Pardiwala and Sandeep Mehta on Wednesday (10th September), said that there is a “clear distinction between rape and consensual sex”.

In Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh, the police have exposed a conspiracy to implicate a BJP leader in a fake gangrape case by his own brother and other relatives

The woman had alleged that the accused raped her with the promise of marrying her, and also threatened to make her obscene videos viral on social media.

“It is often said that a bad man is better than a bad name, and hence, a wise person will endure all hardships to avoid disgrace. Disrepute can destroy everything, making a person, though alive, equivalent to a corpse,” the court order reads.

The Supreme Court cautioned the courts against treating every breach of promise to marry as a false promise and then prosecuting the accused for rape.

Additionally, the Police have arrested three accused in this case while search operations are underway to nab the accused Sub-inspector.

The Allahabad High Court bench also observed that it was probable that the allegations of sexual offence and homicide were made against the accused only to get financial support from the government.

Al Jazeera quietly retracted its story after it was found that Palestinian woman's claims of rapes by Israeli forces in Al Shifa were fake.