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The facts of the case are that the complainant is married with a son of 6 to 7 years old. Complainant states that after 4-5 years of marriage she realised that her husband was gay, and on realising that she refused the parallel relationship of her husband. She also stated that she was ill-treated by her husband due to which she had left for her father\u2019s house but later agreed to come back to her husband\u2019s place when she again witnessed no change and continuation of the gay relationship of her husband with different males.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On realising the fact that her husband was not ready to stop his relationship with the petitioner\/accused and being ill-treated a number of times, she finally lodged an FIR. Later, the Additional Sessions Judge partly allowed the revision application but maintained the charge under Section 377 IPC against the accused. Aggrieved by the same, the present petition was filed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">High Court while placing reliance on the Apex Court\u2019s judgment in <em>Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/Sg2L59Ks\">(2018) 10 SCC 1<\/a>, held that though <strong>the ground for divorce could be the extramarital consensual sexual relationship as cruelty to the complainant, but it does not constitute an offence under Section 377 IPC, because both are adults and had a consensual sexual relationship.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thus, in the present case, no victim exists and the order of the Additional Sessions Judge is quashed. [Daniel Crasto v. State of Maharashtra,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/n0V90QhT\"><b>2019 SCC OnLine Bom 188<\/b><\/a>, dated 30-01-2019]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>The 5-Judge Constitution Bench comprising of CJ Dipak Misra and R.F. Nariman, A.M. Khanwilkar, Dr\u00a0D.Y. Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra, JJ. in their landmark judgment held Section 377 IPC unconstitutional insofar it criminalised gay sex between consenting adults. 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