Difficult for a lady to dwell alone after live-in relationship ends : Allahabad High Court

Express News Service

LUCKNOW: With the rising circumstances of the killing of girls engaged in live-in relationships, the Allahabad High Court just lately noticed that it was troublesome for a lady to dwell alone after such a relationship ended as Indian society, nonetheless at giant didn’t settle for and acknowledge such relationships.

The Court gave this commentary on February 14, this yr whereas listening to a bail software of a person who was arrested for not fulfilling his promise to marry the lady who had been his live-in associate.

While granting bail to the applicant Aditya Raj Verma, the one choose bench, comprising Justice Siddharth, famous that the lady in a live-in relationship was left with no possibility however to lodge a case towards her associate in such a scenario.

“…this is one case where the disastrous consequences of live-in relationship have come on the scene. It is difficult for a woman to live alone after breaking off a live-in relationship. The Indian society at large does not recognise such a relationship. The woman, therefore, is left with no option but to lodge first information report against her live-in partner, like in the present case,” the order mentioned.

As per the prosecution, the couple have been in a live-in relationship for over a yr. The girl was earlier married to a different man with whom she had two sons. Later, she went with the applicant and began a live-in relationship. Consequently, she turned pregnant however the applicant refused to marry her.

The girl received an FIR lodged towards the applicant alleging that he used to ship her objectionable pictures to her ex-husband following which he additionally refused to just accept her.

As a end result, the applicant was booked beneath Sections 376 (rape) and 406 (felony breach of belief) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Counsel for the applicant argued that the lady was a significant and he or she entered right into a live-in relationship with the accused willingly. She was able to understanding the consequence of such a relationship and there was no allegation that the connection began with the promise of marriage, he added.

It was additional argued that the accused was falsely implicated within the case and that he was in jail since November 22, final yr, even with none felony historical past.

However, after listening to all the perimeters, and given the character of the offence, the proof, the complicity of the accused and different grounds, the Court granted bail to the applicant.

LUCKNOW: With the rising circumstances of the killing of girls engaged in live-in relationships, the Allahabad High Court just lately noticed that it was troublesome for a lady to dwell alone after such a relationship ended as Indian society, nonetheless at giant didn’t settle for and acknowledge such relationships.

The Court gave this commentary on February 14, this yr whereas listening to a bail software of a person who was arrested for not fulfilling his promise to marry the lady who had been his live-in associate.

While granting bail to the applicant Aditya Raj Verma, the one choose bench, comprising Justice Siddharth, famous that the lady in a live-in relationship was left with no possibility however to lodge a case towards her associate in such a scenario.

“…this is one case where the disastrous consequences of live-in relationship have come on the scene. It is difficult for a woman to live alone after breaking off a live-in relationship. The Indian society at large does not recognise such a relationship. The woman, therefore, is left with no option but to lodge first information report against her live-in partner, like in the present case,” the order mentioned.

As per the prosecution, the couple have been in a live-in relationship for over a yr. The girl was earlier married to a different man with whom she had two sons. Later, she went with the applicant and began a live-in relationship. Consequently, she turned pregnant however the applicant refused to marry her.

The girl received an FIR lodged towards the applicant alleging that he used to ship her objectionable pictures to her ex-husband following which he additionally refused to just accept her.

As a end result, the applicant was booked beneath Sections 376 (rape) and 406 (felony breach of belief) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Counsel for the applicant argued that the lady was a significant and he or she entered right into a live-in relationship with the accused willingly. She was able to understanding the consequence of such a relationship and there was no allegation that the connection began with the promise of marriage, he added.

It was additional argued that the accused was falsely implicated within the case and that he was in jail since November 22, final yr, even with none felony historical past.

However, after listening to all the perimeters, and given the character of the offence, the proof, the complicity of the accused and different grounds, the Court granted bail to the applicant.