Hyderabad, March 28 -- The Telangana high court on Thursday overturned the conviction of a man accused of rape and ruled that his relationship with the victim was consensual and resulted in marriage.

Justice Juvvadi Sreedevi delivered the verdict and stated that the prosecution failed to prove the charges under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Case background

The case dates back to a complaint filed by a Khammam resident against Sode Vishnu Narayana Shivaiah. In the complaint, it was alleged that the man committed sexual assault and made a false promise of marriage.

The victim claimed that while they married in 2009, the petitioner later abandoned her.

Initially, the trial court acquitted Shivaiah of cheating charges but convicted him fo...