legal judgment
Thane Court Acquits Man in Alleged Minor Rape Case Due to Consensual Relationship and Insufficient Age Evidence
Nov 16, 2025 05:28 pm CST
A Thane court has acquitted a 22-year-old man accused of raping a minor, ruling that their relationship appeared consensual and that prosecution failed to provide conclusive evidence of the victim's age. The judgment highlights the critical importance of age verification in POCSO Act cases and examines the voluntary nature of the relationship as described by the victim herself.
Madras High Court Rules Against Criminalizing Failed Consensual Relationships
Nov 12, 2025 11:03 pm CST
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled that consensual sexual relationships cannot be retroactively criminalized when they end unfavorably. Justice B Pugalendhi quashed a case involving a woman lawyer who accused her former partner of false marriage promises, emphasizing that courts deal with legality, not morality, and that criminal processes should not be used to resolve emotional disputes between consenting adults.
Thane Court Acquits Wife and Paramour in Husband's Murder Case Due to Insufficient Circumstantial Evidence
Nov 09, 2025 03:55 pm CST
A Thane court has acquitted a woman and her alleged lover of murdering her husband in 2018, ruling that despite evidence of an extramarital affair and suspicious behavior, the prosecution failed to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the death was homicide rather than an accident. Judge S B Agrawal determined that the circumstantial evidence was insufficient to support murder charges against the accused.