My parents have arranged my marriage with a girl. Both the families approve of each other and are mutually on cordial terms. The marriage will take place in nine months. My parents have advised me to maintain my gravity while I interact with my fiancee and not to get too much attached to her emotionally at any stage before the marriage. They also advised me not to take any selfies with her when we go out on dates. Their justification for the above instructions is: "Since it is an arranged marriage and we have known the girl's family for six months only, we do not know their true intentions. If the marriage does not materisalize, the girl's family may blackmail us using those pictures or any intimate/personal text messages exchanged between us." However, over the last six months, we have become emotionally attached to one another and have exchanged personal texts between us (but this can be easily proven to be a naturally-flowing two-way communication within limits of decency). We have also clicked decent pictures of us at public places or restaurants. Kindly advise if I may be implicated for these actions if my parents decide to cancel the marriage between us due to any unforeseen circumstances.
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1) as long as you don’t have physical relationship with your fiancée before marriage you cannot be accused of rape
2) mere chatting with your fiancée or clicking pics would not have adverse consequences
3) however if you call of marriage your fiancée family may file dowry harassment case against you and your family members
4) make it clear that you don’t want any dowry at time of marriage
Well this is natural if you interact with her and it cannot be stopped once you start talking and meeting. But as advised you may maintain a certain distance while meeting.
You cannot be implicated because it is a two way communication and both partied are interested in meeting and eventually marrying each other.
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Dear Sir,
1) Interacting with your fiancé taking pictures, and two way communication within limits of decency does not attract any legal consequences.
2) If you enter into physical relations on promise of marriage and later cancel marriage, the same can attract legal consequences, in such case aggrieved fiancé can drag you in case of rape.
3) Make clear that you do not intend to take any dowry, as if you cancel marriage, the fiancé can make fake claim that you cancelled marriage on account of them not paying dowry.
4) If it is two way mutual communication, and later both mutually agreed to part way, it won't attract any legal consequence.
Thank you
Renaming in touch during talk of arranged marriage is quite normal and I wonder wht does the word ' gravuty' menas when the parties are going to tie the knot and remain bound to it for the rest of lives.
For leading a successful marriage ignore the thoughts of negativity, tricks and skepticism.
Have faith in yourself and in your future bride.
Best of luck.
- As per section 65 of Indian Contract Act, any person who has received any advantage under such agreement or contract is bound to restore it, or to make compensation for it to the person from whom he received it.
- Further as per section 73, when a contract has been broken, the party who suffers by such breach is entitled to receive, from the party who has broken the contract, compensation for any loss or damage caused to him.
- Further, the party who broke the contract due to mistakes of other party will have also bear the consequences for breaching the contract as well.
- Further, breach of promise to marry also attracts an offence of cheating under S. 415 of the Indian Penal Code, if the intention was not to marry at the time of engagement.
- Hence, if due to any reasons , this engagement broken , then you can return the gift etc. received from the family of girl .
- Sharing of gift and pictures will not effect you , in case the engagement broken .
Dear Sir,
Not to worry too much. Believe in the notion "MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN THE HEAVEN".
You can not be charged with any offence or implicated in any way for the acts done by you which is very normal.
