The Delhi High Court refused bail to a man accused of forcing his wife into partner swapping and soliciting sex online. The court noted the case involved serious allegations beyond typical matrimonial disputes.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has denied bail to a man accused of coercing his wife into “partner swapping” and soliciting sexual encounters for her on social media.
The court noted that the allegations against him extend beyond typical matrimonial disputes.
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Justice Girish Kathpalia addressed the bail plea of the man charged with multiple offenses, including rape, gang rape, sexual harassment, cruelty, and criminal breach of trust.
In a ruling on June 9, the court stated,
“The allegations in the FIR are not the stereotyped matrimonial dispute allegations.”
The court took into account the woman’s claim that her brother-in-law had sexually harassed her by inappropriately touching her. When she reported this to her husband, he allegedly dismissed her concerns and told her to endure the humiliation.
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The court referred to the FIR, which detailed how the husband “used to hurt her hands with a blade and make her do kitchen work with wounded hands.”
He was also accused of pressuring her into agreeing to wife swapping, taking her to a hotel where his friends allegedly molested her, prompting her to flee.
Furthermore, the man was said to have created a fake Instagram account for her, sharing her pictures online and “soliciting people to make sexual relations with her for money.”
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In addition to these “serious allegations,” the court noted that the woman had given a statement before a magisterial court claiming offenses of rape and gang rape.
The court highlighted that, after being granted anticipatory bail, the accused had reached out to the victim and exchanged text messages under a fictitious name using a new SIM card, which was later found to be registered in his name.