Where the relationship ends in a breakup, the man is in the lockup: Karnataka High Court

“Where the narration ends successful a breakup, the antheral is successful the lockup,” the Karnataka High Court observed, portion highlighting the “misuse” of Section 69 (sexual intercourse by deceitful means oregon mendacious committedness of marriage) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and mushrooming of cases earlier the tribunal challenging complaints lodged against men nether this proviso of the transgression law.

The tribunal made these observations successful its interim bid of staying a probe against a 34-year-old antheral and ordering his contiguous merchandise from prison, wherever helium has been lodged for the past 42 days based connected the ailment lodged by his pistillate colleague, with whom helium had a narration for astir 8 months.