How To Seek Discharge In A Section 69 BNS Promise-To-Marry Case?
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Can an adult be prosecuted under Section 377 without proof of lack of consent? A Bengaluru trial court has now given one of the clearest answers after Navtej Johar landmark case. In a major acquittal, the court also stressed that serious criminal allegations require stricter scrutiny and stronger evidence. KARNATAKA: In a significant judgment with…
Was Twisha Sharma facing harassment after marriage, or is there more to the story behind her death? A Bhopal court has now rejected the anticipatory bail plea of her lawyer husband while police continue the investigation. MADHYA PRADESH: A Bhopal court on Monday (May 18th) rejected the anticipatory bail plea of lawyer Samarth Singh in…
Did a 31-year-old woman die by suicide because of harassment by her husband and in-laws? Why did her family refuse to take the body even four days after her death? MADHYA PRADESH: A Bhopal court has granted interim bail to a retired judge in the suicide case of her daughter-in-law, while the woman’s family continues…
Were serious criminal charges built only on inconsistent statements and weak electronic evidence? The Bengaluru Court said conviction cannot happen without clear proof, medical support and authentic digital evidence. BENGALURU: The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Bengaluru, presided over by Judge Girish Chatni, acquitted a man accused under Sections 498A, 377 and 201 IPC along…
Can a man be jailed for rape even after the woman herself admits there was “no commitment of marriage”? The Delhi Court replied in negative and granted bail after observing that the relationship appeared consensual and had developed “with consent.” NEW DELHI: In an order dated 12 May 2026, Additional Sessions Judge Syed Zishan Ali…
Was it just a “mistake” or something more serious behind the “unmarried” status? Court saw chats, photos, and silence on key evidence — and took a strict legal view. RAJASTHAN: A Jaipur Family Court has granted divorce to a husband after finding mental cruelty and desertion by the wife, based on her conduct on social…
Can repeated consensual intimacy over years be retrospectively termed as rape without proof of coercion or deception? The court held that criminal law cannot be invoked where consent was freely and voluntarily given throughout the relationship. In a judgment dated 13.04.2026, the Additional Sessions Judge Vishal Pahuja at Tis Hazari Court acquitted an accused in…
Can bail be granted in a husband’s murder case because of arrest paperwork mistakes? Shillong court’s latest order in the Raja Raghuvanshi case has triggered fresh legal debate. SHILLONG: In a controversial order dated 27 April 2026, Smt. D.R. Kharbteng, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Judicial), Shillong, granted bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused in the brutal honeymoon…
Can a marriage end because a court was shown a wrong photo claim? A Gwalior husband says his wife called his own sister his “second wife” to get divorce. MADHYA PRADESH: A shocking legal dispute has come from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, where a woman allegedly got divorce after calling her husband’s real sister his “second…
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