Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 6: Bail was granted to an accused namely Neeraj Kumar in offences under Sections 69/76/351 of BNS by the Court of Presiding Officer Fast Track Court, Jammu Amarjeet Singh Langeh in a false promise to marry case.
Allegation against accused were that he visited house of complainant on 23.02.2022 and made a proposal of marriage to her and thereafter on one day in the month of May 2022 stayed overnight with her (complainant) at her residence and had sexual intercourse under the pretext of promise to marry and thereafter this relationship continued till she lodged FIR with police station Miran Sahib, Jammu on 18.05.2025 alleging therein that accused again subjected her to sexual assault. The complainant further alleged that during all these years accused raped her in a hotel at Gujjar Nagar, Jammu in 2022 and also took her to Katra for darshan.
While allowing bail application of accused, the Court held, “Investigation conducted till date showcased consensual relationship between petitioner and prosecutrix since February 2022. “It is baffling to fathom as to why prosecutrix kept under wrap the alleged fact of forcible sexual intercourse by petitioner in a hotel at Gujjar Nagar, Jammu in the month of February 2022 for all these years,” the court said, adding “it is in-conceivable that a complainant would continue to meet likes of petitioner or maintain a prolonged association or physical relation with him when she has every reason to sense and notice indifferent attitude of petitioner to fulfill alleged promise of marriage.”
“And above all, for prosecutrix to harbour an overwhelming belief that the only assurance of fructification of her alleged relationship with petitioner was at the altar of her chastity-is ludicrous to say the least,” the Court noted.
With these observations, the court allowed application and granted bail to accused with certain conditions.
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