The Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed an FIR alleging sexual intercourse by false promise of marriage against an Indian Army personnel after the woman who lodged the complaint said the case arose from a misunderstanding and that she no longer wished to pursue it.

The man claimed that he had known the woman for a long time and that they had developed a close personal relationship . However, his Army service required him to be posted at different locations, making it difficult for him to meet her or remain in touch.

Justice Chirag Bhanu Singh was hearing the man’s plea seeking to quash the FIR and the criminal proceedings arising from it. “In the case in hand, since the parties (man and woman) happen to have reconciled their differences, seeing to their long relationship. No effective purpose would thus be served in continuing with the criminal litigation,” the October 16 order read.

‘Known each other for long’

It was placed on record that the man has known the said woman for a long time.…