Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 386 · Decided 24 March 2025
Jothiragawan v. State REP. BY the Inspector of Police & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 386 · [2025] 3 S.C.R. 951
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1434/2025
- Decided
- 24 March 2025
- Bench
- SUDHANSHU DHULIA, K. VINOD CHANDRAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376, 90; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Whether the criminal proceedings against the appellant-accused ought to be quashed. Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 - s.482 - Penal Code, 1860 - s.376 - Complainant-victim alleged that she was coerced into sexual intercourse by under false promise of marriage - High Court rejected the application filed by the appellant u/s.482 holding that he had obtained forced consent from the victim by promising to marry her - Interference with: Held: Parties were closely related and were admittedly in a relationship
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