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The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the rising trend of registering rape cases by making false promises of marriage.
The top court bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Rajesh Bindal stated that in the light of evolving moral values of society, failed romance or breakup should not, in principle, lead to rape charges.
SC was hearing a plea by a man seeking to quash rape charges levelled against him by a woman who was earlier engaged to him.
Justice MM Sundresh, in an oral remark, said, ‘If you were so gullible, you would not be before us; you were a major.
The bench observed that the younger generation holds different views on morality and virtues compared to the past.
Justice Sundresh further remarked that if their argument was accepted, any relationship between a boy and a girl in college or similar settings could become punishable.
He remarked that if two individuals were in love and the girl initially resisted, but the boy assured her of marriage in the near future and later failed to fulfill his promise, it would again be considered an offense.
