PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 26 -- The Allahabad high court recently observed that the tendency of sexually exploiting women on the false promise of marriage is growing and that it must be nipped in the bud.

The observation was made by a bench of Justice Nalin Kumar Srivastava, who rejected the anticipatory bail application of an accused Prashant Pal booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including section 69 (sexual intercourse by deceit, etc).

"In the present case, the facts reveal that the accused applicant had a fraudulent intention towards the victim from the very beginning. He had no intention of marrying the victim from the outset and was merely gratifying his lust," the bench observed.

"He repeatedly had physica...