The Delhi High Court has dismissed the bail application of an accused charged with rape, criminal breach of trust, and criminal intimidation, observing that he prima facie induced the complainant into a physical relationship and marriage by concealing his subsisting marriage and a child from that wedlock.

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma rejected the plea of the applicant, noting that the consent of the complainant appeared to be vitiated by deception.

Case Background

The application for regular bail arose from FIR No. 33/2025 , registered at Police Station Crime Women Cell, Nanak Pura, Delhi, under Sections 498A (cruelty), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 377 (unnatural offences), 376 (rape), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860.

The complainant, ‘B’, a

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