Overview
- Justice N. Tukaramji quashed cheating proceedings pending before the Godavarikhani magistrate against 28-year-old fisherman Kalleda Santhosh.
- The complaint said he dated the woman from 2018 for about five years and backed out after a community mediation in October 2022.
- The judge said a broken promise to marry is not cheating without intent to deceive at the start of the relationship.
- The court noted there was no claim of inducement to hand over property or valuable security, which Section 420 of the IPC requires.
- Relying on Supreme Court precedent, the court used Section 482 of the CrPC to stop a case it called an abuse of process.