Promise to Marry Not Deceitful Where Man Intended to Marry but Woman’s Mother Refused, Bail Granted: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has granted bail to a man accused in a rape case, observing that a promise to marry cannot, at the bail stage, be treated as a deceitful promise when the available material indicates that the accused had actually expressed willingness to marry the woman and had approached her mother with the proposal. Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty considered the case and examined whether the material on record…