Marriage Proposal "Not Reaching Desired End" Not Cheating: Supreme Court
NDTV
A case was registered against Raju Krishna Shedbalkar, his brothers, sister and mother based on a complaint filed by a woman who alleged that he had cheated on her by not marrying her.
The Supreme Court recently quashed a cheating case against a man who did not marry a woman despite being in talks with the complainant and her family.
"There can be multiple reasons for initiating a marriage proposal and then the proposal not reaching the desired end," a bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Prasanna B Varale said while dismissing the case against the man.
The Supreme Court was hearing a petition filed by Raju Krishna Shedbalkar against a 2021 Karnataka High Court Order which had refused to quash the cheating case punishable under Section 417 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
