A woman cannot accuse a man of having deceived her by having sex on multiple occasions on the promise of marrying her if their relationship had gone to the extent of performing betrothal with the consent of both their families but a rift had occurred thereafter, the Madras High Court has ruled.
Justice N. Sathish Kumar ruled so while quashing a First Information Report registered at an All Women Police Station in Ambattur in Chennai early this year on the basis of a complaint lodged by a pilot accusing her colleague of having cheated her after a sexual relationship between 2013 and 2021.
The judge pointed out that even according to the complainant, it was decided by the families of both the individuals to perform their marriage in January this year and accordingly a betrothal ceremony was conducted in September 2021. Thereafter, things did not go through due to various reasons.
