In a significant ruling, the Delhi High Court has clarified that a rape case cannot be sustained merely because a consensual relationship ends on a bitter note. The court observed that if both adults entered into a relationship with mutual consent, and there was no false promise of marriage or coercion, then the end of the relationship cannot retrospectively render it non-consensual. This judgment came while quashing an FIR filed by a woman against her former partner, where the court noted that criminal law cannot be misused as a tool of vengeance due to personal fallout.