The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a police officer who has been accused of rape by his live-in partner. The high court bench of Justice Harpreet Kaur Jeewan also refused to accept the compromise between the couple while stating that the same would be against public policy as both the man and the woman were already married to other people. "The Court cannot stamp a live-in relationship inter se two married persons by granting them the concession of pre-arrest bail by way of accepting the present appeal. Polygamy is not permitted under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and permitting such a relationship by allowing the appeal and granting the discretionary relief of anticipatory bail to the appellant would give a wrong signal to the society," the court said. Earlier in February, the first bail appeal in the case involving provisions of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities), Act, 1989 was turned down by the court on merits. Punjab and Haryana High Court Says Wife Lodging FIR Against Husband Leading to His Conviction Is ‘Mental Cruelty’, Dissolves Couple’s Marriage on Man’s Plea.

HC Rejects Their Compromise Too

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