ANKIT RAJ vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS

Judgment text excerpt

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 03.09.2025 + CRL.M.C. 3061/2025 & CRL.M.A. 13572/2025 ANKIT RAJ .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Suryanarayan Singh, Senior Advocate with Mr. Raman Yadav, Mr. Priyam Kaushik, Ms. Aashi Arora, Mr. Harshith Pottangi, Ms. Akriti Chaturvedi and Ms. Ritika Arora, Advocates versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND OTHERS ....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with SI Soni Lal, P.S. Nabi Karim CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT Index to the Judgment FACTUAL BACKGROUND .................................................................. 2 SUBMISSIONS BEFORE THE COURT ............................................. 4 On Behalf of the Petitioner............................................................................... 4 On Behalf of the State & the Complainant .................................................... 6 ANALYSIS & FINDINGS ..................................................................... 7 Gravamen of Allegations and Factual Matrix ................................................. 7 Legal Position on Consent and False Promise of Marriage ....................... 11 CRL.M.C. 3061/2025 Page 1 of 18 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:08.09.2025 16:58:37 Assessment of Allegations in Light of Settled Legal Principles ................ 13 Proliferation of FIRs under Section 376 of IPC on Broken Relationships .................................................................................................... 16 Limits of Judicial Scrutiny: Courts Not Arbiters of Morality .................... 17 The Decision .................................................................................................... 18 DR. SWARANA KANTA SHA