Live-In Relationships ‘Web of Modernity and Culture’: Madras High Court Refuses Anticipatory Bail, Invokes Section 69 BNS

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.