"Relationship Gone Sour": High Court Cancels Rape Case Against 73-Year-Old

The bench said the contents of the first information report against the man "clearly indicate a consensual relationship".

The Bombay High Court has quashed a case lodged against a 73-year-old man for allegedly sexually abusing a woman since 1987, noting that the relationship was consensual.

A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Neela Gokhale on Wednesday said the contents of the FIR "clearly indicate a consensual relationship".

The bench also noted the FIR was lodged in 2018 and there has been no explanation for the delay.