Live-in against values of middle-class: HC
Prayagraj, June 28 -- While granting bail to a man accused of sexually exploiting a woman on the false promise of marriage, the Allahabad high court observed that the concept of live-in relationships is against the "settled law in the Indian middle class society".
Making this observation, Justice Siddharth also expressed displeasure at the growing number of such cases reaching the courts. "After live-in-relationship has been legalised by the apex court, these cases are coming to the court because the concept of live-in-relationship is against the settled law in the Indian middle class society."
The court made these observations while dealing with a bail plea of the accused named Shane Alam, who has been booked under various sections of the BNS and the POCSO Act on the allegations of engaging in a physical relationship with the prosecutrix on the false assurance of marriage.
The applicant's counsel argued that alleged survivor had together travelled to several places but his client had been accused of making a false promise of marriage.The applicant had been in jail since February 22 and has no criminal record, the lawyer added.
On the contrary, the counsel for the informant submitted that the accused had ruined her life as no one would marry her....
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