The Supreme Court ruled that a married woman cannot accuse a man of rape based on a false promise of marriage, calling the relationship consensual and the promise legally unenforceable.
Arnab Ganguly, a 43-year-old businessman, wrote to the PMO after being falsely accused of rape by a woman he was in a relationship with. He spent eight months in jail and took six years to prove his innocence.
The Delhi High Court quashed a rape FIR filed in 2021, saying the case was an example of misuse of Section 376 IPC. The court found that the relationship was consensual and not based on a false promise of marriage.
