JUDGMENT :

1. By way of this application, the applicant has prayed to quash and set aside the criminal complaint being C.R. No. I – 19 of 2016 registered with Kakrapar Police Station, District : Tapi under Section 376 of IPC dated 09.06.2016 and all consequential proceedings initiated in pursuance thereof in exercise of the inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

2. The facts in brief are that on 09.06.2016 the respondent No.2 herein filed the impugned complaint inter alia alleging that she is a 32 years old lady serving with NACIL as Air Hostess. She and the applicant accused met on a Social Networking Site and subsequently, developed friendly relations. They exchanged their Telephone Numbers / E-mail ID’s with each other and used to chat on daily basis. It is alleged that on 30.05.2016 the applicant-accused sent a Taxi from Vyara so that the respondent-complainant could visit him at his place. The respondent complainant went to the place of the applicant in the said Taxi. It is alleged that the applicant-accused had informed the respondent complainant that he is unmarried and had proposed to marry the respondent-complainant. Thereafter, they developed p