The Bombay High Court has discharged a senior citizen from a 2015 rape case registered against him by a 61-year-old woman, noting that that they were in a consensual relationship and the physical relations were not forced.

A single bench of Justice Bharati Dangre in its order on May 4 noted that the complainant and 67-year-old accused had been together since 2005 and the relationship was between two adults who were capable of understanding the consequences of their actions.