Court Says Dirty Message To Fiancée Not An Insult To Her Modesty: 10 Things To Know

Dirty message to Fiancée: A 36-year-old man was released from the charges of cheating and rape under the pretext of marriage after 11 years. According to the woman who accused him, he used to send obscene messages before marriage. A season court, however, announced that such messages sent to one's fiancé cannot be called "insulting her modesty”

Here's what you need to know about the whole case:

• The sessional court said that such messages in the premarital period can be “delightful” adding that if one person in the relationship does not like it, they are free to convey it to the person and the person generally avoids repeating it.
• The court said, “The purpose was to put up his expectation before her, to arouse her with a similar feeling of sex, which may give happiness to her, etc. But in no way those SMSs can be said as were sent to insult her modesty.”
• The woman had filed a case in 2010 after meeting him on a matrimonial site in 2007.
• The two had also decided to go ahead with the marriage despite parents' objection. The girl later accused the parents of the girl as well.
• The woman had filed the FIR saying that the man cheated on her and raped her under the pretext of marriage.
• The court has, however, let go of all the charges against the man and said that not every breach of promise to marry can be stated as cheating or rape.
• The court also said that the man had tried to show effort by renting a flat and renovating his family’s place. He even went to the Arya Samaj Hall with a mangalsutra. The accused man can be called indecisive.
• The court said that she also allowed the accused to have sex with her prior marriage.
• “Even after respecting emotions of the informant (woman), respecting her fighting for justice for 11 years or more, this court is of the humble opinion that this is not a case which would show that the offence of rape has been committed,” the court said.

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