Uttarakhand HC quashes rape case, rules consensual breakup is not rape

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The Uttarakhand High Court has quashed a rape case filed against a man following the end of a romantic relationship. The court noted that the two individuals had met through the Tinder dating app and entered into a consensual relationship. A physical relationship had developed between them over several months. The court held that the subsequent breakdown of the relationship could not be classified as rape. Continuing criminal proceedings in such circumstances, the court observed, would amount to an abuse of the legal process.

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