Married Man In Consensual Live-In Relationship Isn't A Crime: High Court

Friday, 27 March 2026Newsdesk

The Allahabad High Court observed that a married man in a consensual live-in relationship with an adult woman could not be prosecuted, and separated law from morality as it quashed arrest fears and ordered police protection for the couple facing threats.

New Delhi 27 March 2026

As per news report of NDTV,A married man cannot be prosecuted for participating in a consensual, live-in relationship with an adult woman, the Allahabad High Court said in a significant statement recently as it heard a criminal writ petition filed by a live-in couple from Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur. The couple had sought quashing a police case, filed by the woman's mother, against them.

Source - NDTV