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Preeja Prasad ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: The city has been seeing an increase in the number of cases of rape on false promises of marriage. “The partner would promise that he would marry the woman in the near future and engage in a physical relationship which is not consensual. The Supreme Court has held that every breach of promise to marry cannot be a false promise, making a man culpable under the rape charge if he has sexual relations with a woman. Under the law, a man can be convicted of rape if it is established that he had sexual intercourse with a woman on the pretext of a false promise of marriage. In another case, the Banaswadi police in Bengaluru arrested a dance teacher from the city for allegedly raping a 23-year-old student, after promising to marry her..