Overview
- Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, in a February 17 order, refused bail to the accused in a case involving assurances of marriage followed by a later refusal.
- The court noted the woman’s November 2025 complaint was withdrawn after alleged assurances from the accused and his family, before he declined marriage citing non-matching kundalis.
- A fresh FIR was filed in January 2026 invoking IPC Section 376 (rape) and Section 69 of the BNS for sexual intercourse through deceitful means.
- The accused has been in judicial custody since January 4 and argued the relationship was consensual over eight years, but the court declined relief at the bail stage.
- While reaffirming that failed relationships alone do not attract criminal liability, the court said the sequence of repeated assurances placed this matter on a different footing, with the chargesheet still pending.