In Brief
A 22-year-old woman and the accused, close relatives, met at a family function and began a relationship. The woman alleged rape and cheating, claiming the accused promised marriage to induce sexual intercourse. The Supreme Court examined her statements and found that she made no such allegation before the intercourse occurred; the promise, if any, came only afterwards. The Court noted she willingly returned to the same hotel three times despite claiming distress. Finding the allegations internally contradictory and the essential element of prior inducement absent, the Court held that continuing criminal proceedings amounted to an abuse of process and quashed them under Section 482 CrPC."
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