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RAKESH KAINTHLA
Pramod Singh Parmar – Appellant
Versus
State of Himachal Pradesh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Rakesh Kainthla, J.
The informant filed a complaint under Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C. in the Court of learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.1, Amb, District Una, H.P. stating that petitioner no. 3 and the informant met each other in December 2018. Petitioner No. 3 started exchanging messages through social media. They fell in love with each other. They met each other on 2.1.2019 at Bombay Picnic Spot. Petitioner No. 3 offered to solemnize marriage with the informant but she declined by saying that she was only aged 20 years and could not perform marriage without the consent of her parents. The petitioner no. 3 told the informant in February 2019 that he had made arrangements for the performance of the marriage and they would have to go to Naddi, Tehsil Dharamshala. Petitioner No.3 and the informant went to Naddi on 10.2.2019 where they stayed in a hotel named Naddi Hills. Petitioner No. 3 told the informant that marriage would be solemnized on the next day and they should stay in one room. The informant asked petitioner no. 3 to book a separate room but he assured that he would not touch her until the solemnization of the marriage. Petitioner No. 3 attempted
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