A Delhi court refused anticipatory bail to 23-year-old Savan Kumar, accused of abetting the suicide of a young woman, Rakhi, who allegedly jumped to her death from the fifth floor of a building in Sangam Vihar in Delhi on October 25.

The incident, which came barely weeks after the two reportedly met and began a relationship through social media, has once again brought to the fore troubling questions about the volatile nature of online relationships where digital intimacy often blurs boundaries of trust, control, and emotional coercion.

In a detailed order, Additional Sessions Judge Hargurvarinder Singh Jaggi observed that Savan’s conduct was not forthcoming and his cooperation was essential for a fair probe. “The law abhors screening oneself from the due process of law,” the court remark

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