Section 313 Archives

[Breach of promise to marry v. False promise to marry] Bombay HC refuses to quash FIR against rape accused, for extracting sexual relations on pretext of marriage

“The promise of marriage must have been a false promise, given in bad faith and with no intention of being adhered to at the time it was given”- Supreme Court in Pramod Suryabhan Pawar v. State of Maharashtra, (2019) 9 SCC 608

Case Briefs High Courts

Delhi High Court sets aside the cost imposed on CBI and expunges remarks made against the authority in a judicial order

The duty of the Court has been tried to be delegated to the prosecuting agency in the present case.

Case Briefs Supreme Court

Despite many witnesses turning hostile, SC finds man guilty of killing his wife in 1999; Says it’s not an unusual event in long drawn out trials in India

Supreme Court: In a case dating back to 1999 where a married woman was found dead in her matrimonial home, the bench