New Delhi, May 13 -- A Delhi court has granted regular bail to an accused booked in an alleged rape case registered on the basis of a "false promise of marriage", observing prima facie that the matter appeared to involve a consensual relationship between two mature adults.

The bail order was passed by Additional Sessions Judge Syed Zishan Ali Warsi of Patiala House Court while hearing a bail application in an FIR registered at Delhi Police police station Vasant Kunj South under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The court directed that the applicant be released on bail upon furnishing a personal bond and surety bond, subject to several conditions.

The accused has been directed not to commit a similar offence, to inform th...