The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its opinion in a case regarding physical relations before marriage. The case was about the bail of a boy, who was accused of having physical relations with a girl by falsely promising marriage.
The court said that before marriage, the boy and the girl are complete strangers to each other, hence great care should be taken before having physical relations. Justice BV Nagarathna said, ‘We may be old-fashioned, but we should not trust anyone so much before marriage. Don’t trust anyone so easily. They should be cautious in having physical relations before marriage.
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met on matrimonial site
In the case, the girl told that they met on a matrimonial website in 2022. The boy had relations with her several times in Delhi and then in Dubai with the promise of marriage. The court asked the girl why she went so far to Dubai? This seems to have happened with mutual consent.
The court further said that if there was so much strictness then why did she go into such a relationship before marriage? In such cases where physical relations were established with the consent of both, it does not seem right to prosecute and punish for rape.
Court asked to resolve the matter
The court asked the boy’s lawyer to settle the matter by giving some compensation to the girl and also asked the girl’s lawyer whether a compromise could be reached. The matter has been put up for hearing again on Wednesday to hear the views of both the parties.
The girl alleges that the boy in Dubai made her intimate videos without her permission and threatened her that if she protested, he would make them viral. Later it was revealed that in January 2024, he had married another girl in Punjab.
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the bail petition was rejected
The Delhi High Court and the lower court had rejected the bail plea of that person. 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.
After the order of the High Court, the person had approached the Supreme Court for bail in the case.
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