- 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.
- Since, you have broke the engagement due to the breach of promise by the bride family , hence you are not responsible for the same , and the bride family will have to prove the existence of promise of marry.
- Further, your intention was very much to marry with that girl and not to cheat the bride family , by this way you have not committed any offence legally.
- Hence, you can approach the High Court for quashing the case filed by her .