Love, Sex, And Legal Drama: Delhi Man Walks Free

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer) New Delhi – A Delhi court has granted bail to a man accused of having sexual intercourse on the false pretext of marriage, saying the complainant and her partner were“Gen-Z consenting adults, who engaged in an active sexual relationship during the currency of their relationship lasting over three-and-a-half years”.

Additional sessions judge Hargurvarinder Singh Jaggi was hearing a case against the man who was booked under Section 69 (sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means etc.) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

In an order dated September 19, the court noted the submissions of the accused's counsel, Kushal Kumar, that the offence was not made out, as both of them dated each other for almost four years, where they had consensual sex as equal partners and that“their relationship hit a cul-de-sac” when the complainant asked his client, a Sikh, to convert to Islam if they wanted to get married.

“It is nobody's case that the complainant and accused were in a situationship. Both of them are Gen-Z consenting adults, who engaged in an active sexual relationship during the currency of their relationship (dating phase) lasting over three-and-a-half years,” the court said, noting the evidence before it.

According to the Cambridge dictionary, a situationship is“a romantic relationship between two people who do not yet consider themselves as a couple but who have more than friendship”.

The court said, according to the allegations, the accused developed physical intimacy with the woman and repeatedly had sexual intercourse with her in hotel rooms and that he had deceived the complainant continuously since December 2021.

It said,“The prolonged period of three-and-a-half years during which sexual relations continued unabatedly between the parties is sufficient to conclude that there never was an element of pressure, force or deceit in the relationship.“From the case diary and the documents produced by the investigating officer during the course of the hearing, it was observed from the photographs of the accused and the complainant that they shared bonhomie and an intimate relationship.”

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