Section 69 BNS

Promise-to-marry allegation by married woman
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The Kerala High Court held that a mere allegation of a false promise to marry by a woman in a subsisting marriage did not disclose the essential ingredients of an offence under Section 69 of the BNS and, consequently, quashed the FIR and all further proceedings.

Section 69 BNS
Case BriefsSupreme Court

“The BNS by incorporating Section 69 brought in a separate offence carving out the fraudulent and deceitful conduct as spoken of therein from the grave offence of rape, while at the same time providing a penalty for the deceptive conduct alleged therein.”

Promise of Marriage Under S. 69 BNS
Case BriefsHigh Courts

In the present case, an alleged promise of marriage made was by a man who was already married. The Court examined whether such a promise could amount to “deceitful means” and the applicability of the bar contained under Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

refusal to marry due to Kundali mismatch
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“The contention that the marriage could not take place due to non-matching of kundalis appears inconsistent with his own conduct and representations made over the years. If the issue of kundali matching was indeed of such determinative importance for the applicant and his family, the same should have been resolved at the threshold before entering into physical relations.”

False promise of marriage under Section 69 BNS
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The Allahabad High Court has held that criminal proceedings under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, alleging sexual relations on

False promise of marriage when victim married
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“The prosecution could not convince the Court that the custodial interrogation of the accused was necessary but opined that he must subject himself to interrogation for the purpose of completing the investigation under a limited custody”