The Delhi High Court has set aside a trial court order granting regular bail to a man accused of rape on a false promise of marriage, holding that the prosecutrix was entitled to be heard, and has sent the bail application back for a fresh decision within two weeks, without expressing a view on the merits.
The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, has discharged a Member of Parliament from all charges in a rape case, holding that the prosecution’s own material showed a long-term consensual relationship between two married adults and that the allegations, as they stood, were inherently improbable, so that continuing the trial would be an abuse of process.
The Delhi High Court has denied bail to a man accused of raping a woman on a false promise of marriage, noting prima facie material that he had created and operated nine fake profiles on a matrimonial website, using different names, ages and occupations, and even posing as a woman, to target victims. Justice Girish Kathpalia declined bail with the trial at an advanced stage, clarifying that nothing said would prejudice either side at trial.
In one of the first Supreme Court readings of Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Court quashed a “false promise of marriage” FIR, holding that the new offence carries the same rigour as the old law: the promise must have been made with no intention of ever fulfilling it. New Delhi: The Supreme […]
The Delhi High Court held that refusing to marry due to horoscope mismatch after establishing physical relations on a promise of marriage can attract charges under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The Court denied bail to the accused, observing that repeated assurances followed by refusal may amount to sexual intercourse by deceitful means.
