'Refusal to marry after years of sexual relationship isn't cheating': Bombay HC acquits man after 25 years

The Bombay High Court acquitted a Palghar man in a case of cheating after 25 years. The court said there was no "evidence to prove that the woman had consented to physical relationship on a misconception of fact".

After 25 years, a Palghar man was let off from a case of cheating wherein a woman had alleged that he had a sexual relationship with her on the pretext of marrying her.

The Bombay High Court acquitted the man, saying that since there was no "evidence to prove that the woman had consented to physical relationship on a misconception of fact...the mere refusal to marry would not constitute an offence under Section 417 of the IPC".