The Madras High Court refused anticipatory bail to a man accused of sexual relations on a false promise of marriage, observing that women in live-in relationships are trapped in a “web of modernity and culture” and directing the invocation of Section 69 of the BNS.
The Supreme Court set aside a Rajasthan High Court order that required a rape accused’s wife, who lives and works in the US, to remain in India. The Court held that imposing conditions on a non-party violates procedure and accepted the accused’s undertaking to attend hearings via video-conferencing.
