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Supreme Court Cautions Couple on Pre-Marital Physical Relations: ‘Boy and Girl Are Strangers Before Marriage'
The Supreme Court emphasized caution in pre-marital relations and urged mediation and compensation in a rape bail case involving a false promise of marriage, the bench said.
- On Monday in New Delhi, the Supreme Court of India cautioned that a boy and a girl before marriage are `total strangers` and should be careful about pre‑marital physical relations during a bail hearing of a man accused of rape on the false promise of marriage.
- According to the woman's counsel, the man and woman connected through a matrimonial website in 2022, and the woman alleges he built physical intimacy in Delhi and Dubai on the promise of marriage.
- The complaint alleges the man recorded intimate videos in Dubai without the woman’s permission and threatened circulation; the woman later learned he remarried on January 19, 2024.
- The court asked the woman's counsel to explore settlement, suggested compensation, and posted the matter for Wednesday to hear both sides.
- The case remains before the Supreme Court after prior denials of bail, as the bench questioned why the woman travelled to Dubai and noted the matter appeared consensual.
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SC cautions on pre-marital ties while hearing rape-on-promise plea: 'Don't trust anybody before marriage'
The Supreme Court of India on Monday remarked that a boy and a girl before marriage are "total strangers" and should remain cautious while entering pre-marital physical relationships. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan made these observations during the hearing of a bail plea filed by a man accused of rape on the false promise of marriage. While examining the case, the bench questioned the woman on why she travelled all the way t…
SC Expresses Reservations over Pre-Marital Consensual Physical Relationships
Rohit Kumar NEW DELHI, Feb 16: The Supreme Court on Monday expressed strong reservations over pre-marital physical relationships and also viewed the complaints against consensual relationship unworthy of trial and conviction. The observations were made by a bench of Justice BV Nagarathana and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan while hearing a bail plea in a case involving allegations of rape and promise of marriage. The man in the case was accused of establis…
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