The Court noted that the accused and the victim's family have reached an understanding that the possibility of marriage would be considered once the victim attains the legally prescribed age.
The Court found that the 11-year delay in filing the complaint was unexplained and held that continuing the proceedings would amount to an abuse of the process of law.
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The Court held that the allegations did not establish that the petitioner had kept the snake in captivity, killed or injured it or uploaded its photographs on social media.
Remanding the case back to family court, the High Court said reasons for directing the test would have to be recorded, as per Supreme Court principles.
The Court, however, clarified that a woman’s matrimonial history, irrespective of the number of marriages, cannot by itself be a ground to disbelieve allegations of criminal wrongdoing.
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The Court found that the complaint was filed as a counterblast after Krishna accused the official of being involved in the theft of saris from a local temple.
The Court termed a plea to quash the chargesheet filed in the case a “gross abuse of the process of the Court” and directed the petitioner-accused to pay ₹25,000 as costs to the Mysuru DLSA.
Legal opinions given by panel advocates are only advisory in nature and cannot replace an authority's independent decision-making process, the Court said.