India, June 26 -- The Supreme Court has stayed a criminal case against Shaadi.com founder Anupam Mittal. The case stems from a complaint filed by a Hyderabad woman who said she was defrauded by a man she met on the platform.

The man, identified as Cherukuri Harsha (alias Jogada Vamsikrishna), allegedly used a fake profile with a politician's photo and posed as a prospective groom. He convinced the woman to transfer over INR 10 Lakh to him, citing false emergencies, including frozen bank accounts, as per a report by The Times of India.

When she asked for her money back, he allegedly threatened to morph and share her photos and demanded even more money.

Shaadi.com was later named in the case for allegedly failing to verify the man's iden...