India, Oct. 28 -- In a sigh of relief for a 23-year-old man, the Karnataka high court has quashed a rape case against him, booked on a complaint by a woman who alleged that she had withdrawn her consent for sex during their encounter in a hotel room.

A single-judge bench Justice M Nagaprasanna on October 25 passed the order after stating that the sexual relationship between the man and the woman, whom he had met via dating app Bumble, was consensual, The Bar and Bench reported.

Justice M Nagaprasanna took note of a submission made by the accused that the police had ignored the chats between him and the woman.

"The chats are not in good taste nor can be reproduced in the course of the order. It would only indicate that the acts between ...