New Delhi:TheSupreme Courthas said that people in a pre-marital relationship should be cautious in developing physical relations as a boy and a girl are ‘total strangers’. During the hearing of a case based on allegations by a woman who accused a man of developing physical relation on the pretext of marriage. She travelled to Dubai with him but later found that he was already married. The woman accused the man of rape by developing physical relationship on the promise of marriage, however, he later turned out to be already married and married a second woman in January 2024.

The SC bench -- comprising of BV Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan -- that was hearing the bail plea of the manaccused of rapeon a false promise of marriage, questioned the woman why she travelled all the way to Dubai where they indulged in a physical relationship.

"It's consensual. We may be old-fashioned but a boy and girl before marriage are total strangers. They should be circumspect in indulging in physical relationships before marriage," the bench observed.

"Whatever may be the thick and thin of their relationship, we fail to understand how they can be indulging in a physical relationship before marriage. Maybe we are old-fashioned but you must be very careful, nobody should believe anybody before marriage," Justice Nagarathna said.

Counsel for the woman said they met on a matrimonial website in 2022 and he allegedly established physical relations with her on a false promise of marriage on multiple occasions in Delhi and later in Dubai.

Justice Nagarathna questioned the woman about what was the need for her to travel to Dubai and observed that it appears to be a case of consensual relationship.

"She should not have gone before marriage if she was so strict about it. We will send them to mediation. These are not cases which are to be tried and convicted when there is a consensual relationship," she said.

Justice Nagarathna asked the counsel for the man to pay some compensation to her and be done with it.

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