‘Don’t trust anyone before marriage’: Supreme Court makes strict comment on pre-marital physical relations

New Delhi. The Supreme Court on Monday said that before marriage a boy and a girl are “complete strangers” and they should be cautious about having physical relations before marriage. A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Ujjwal Bhuyan was hearing the bail plea of ​​a man accused of rape by false promise of marriage. The bench questioned the woman as to why she went so far as Dubai to have physical relations.

The bench said, “This happens by mutual consent.” We may be old-fashioned, but before marriage the boy and the girl are complete strangers to each other. They should be cautious in having physical relations before marriage.” Justice Nagarathna said, ”Whatever may be the ups and downs in their relationship, we are unable to understand how they can have physical relations before marriage. We may be old-fashioned, but you must be very careful; One should not trust anyone before marriage.

The woman’s lawyer said they met on a matrimonial website in 2022 and he allegedly had physical relations with her on several occasions in Delhi and later in Dubai by falsely promising marriage. Justice Nagarathna asked the woman what was the need for her to go to Dubai and remarked that it appeared to be a case of consensual relationship.

He said, “If she was so strict about this matter then she should not have gone before the marriage. We will send them for arbitration. These are not cases in which consensual sex should be prosecuted and punished.” Justice Nagarathna asked the man’s lawyer to close the case by giving some compensation to the woman. The bench also asked the woman’s lawyer to explore the possibility of a compromise and fixed the matter for hearing on Wednesday to hear the views of both the parties.

The woman has claimed in her complaint that at the request of the accused, she went to Dubai, where he allegedly had physical relations with her by falsely promising marriage and recorded intimate videos without her consent, and threatened to broadcast them if she protested. The woman told that later she came to know that he had married another woman in Punjab in January 2024.

The Delhi High Court and the lower court had rejected the man’s bail plea. The high court, while rejecting the bail plea, had said that the allegations prima facie indicate that the promise of marriage was false ab initio, especially since the petitioner was already married and had remarried on January 19, 2024. Following the High Court order, the man had moved the Supreme Court seeking bail in the case.