ORAL ORDER

(PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA)

1. The petitioner is before this Court calling in question the proceedings in S.C. No.15 of 2024 registered for the offences punishable under Sections 376(2)(n) and 506 of the IPC.

2. Heard the Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, the sole accused and the learned AGA appearing for the respondent – State, the defacto complainant though served remains unrepresented.

3. The facts in brief germane are as follows. The second respondent is the complainant. The complainant and the petitioner are said to have become friends, close to three years prior to the registration of the complaint. The friendship appears to have blossomed into a relationship and the relationship gets physical as well. The relationship goes on for over two and a half years. When the complainant receives the information that the accused is wanting to marry someone else, she registers the complaint before the jurisdictional Police on 11.09.2023, alleging that the petitioner repeatedly raped her on the score of false promise of marriage. The Police conduct investigation upon the said complaint and file a charge sheet for offences punishable under Section 376(