Consensual sex does not amount to rape, says Bombay HC

An educated woman is mature enough to understand the consequences of having physical relations with her partner and such cases will not fall under the ambit of rape, the Bombay High Court said today while granting anticipatory bail to a 25-year-old man.

Justice Mridula Bhatkar was hearing the anticipatory bail plea of the youth from Solapur claiming he was in a relationship with the 24-year-old woman from Mumbai and when he broke up with her she lodged an FIR against him in October last with the suburban Goregaon police on charges of rape, cheating and criminal intimidation.