What began as a disagreement over wedding attire spiraled into a legal confrontation resulting into registraton of an First Information Report (FIR) with the charges of rape and dowry demand. The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court meticulously examined the criminal application and ordered quashing of the charge-sheet arising from the FIR. The dispute centers around the applicant, Shubham, and non-applicant woman, whose relationship soured over disagreements regarding wedding arrangements which ultimately led to their marriage plans cancelled. The woman lodged a report on April 21, 2023, which led to the registration of a crime at Dhantoli Police Station. Employeed in the HR Department of a Pune-based company, she is currently working from home. Shubham became her Facebook friend in November 2021. They were also close relatives, so their friendship evolved into a love affair. The woman resides in Nagpur and works from home, while Shubham resides in Chandrapur and works as a clerk in the Tahsil office in Rajura, District Chandrapur. The allegations state that when Shubham came to Nagpur to meet her in January 2022, he established a physical relationship with her under the pretext of marriage. Thereafter, he continued the sexual relations with her. Both of them informed their family members about their love relationship, and their families accepted it. Later, they got engaged on November 5, 2022, and the marriage was fixed for May 11, 2023. They celebrated the engagement by exchanging clothes, and started gearing up for the marriage ceremony.