Jabalpur/Bhopal, Feb. 23 -- The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court has quashed an FIR accusing a 24-year-old man of rape, saying that the complainant cannot claim her consent for a physical relationship was taken on the pretext of marriage if she was already married to another man.
The accused, who is also married to another woman, moved the high court last year after the woman (complainant) accused him of rape. The woman was married to a driver and has two children. She alleged that the accused, who is her neighbour, promised to marry her after divorcing his wife and the two were in a relationship for three months. However, he allegedly later declined to marry her, stating that he was not in a position to divorce his own wife...