India, Oct. 24 -- New Delhi

The Delhi High Court has declined to quash a case against a man accused of using fake matrimonial profiles to deceive multiple women for money, stating that such offences have broader social implications and cannot be settled privately.

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma delivered the verdict on September 24, which was uploaded on October 17, while hearing the man's plea to quash an FIR filed against him under various IPC provisions, including cheating and forgery.

The FIR, filed in 2018 by one of the victim's fathers, alleged that the man had falsely claimed to be a pilot with SpiceJet Airlines and a partner in a hotel business in Dwarka, thereby inducing him to consent to the man's marriage with his daughter.

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