|
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court Monday issued a bailable warrant against a Mumbai-based
woman who allegedly emotionally blackmailed her on-line chat
partner, employed in an MNC in Gurgaon, after he refused to marry
her.
When the proceedings on the MNC employees' petition started,
Justice Suresh Kait asked why the woman did not appear in court
despite being issued summons.
Taking note of the submission made by Nikhil (name withheld and
changed at his request) that he sent the court order by e-mail,
Justice Kait said: "In spite of receiving the message, the woman,
a research associate with IIT (Indian Institute of Technology),
Mumbai, is not present, therefore the court issues her bailable
warrant of Rs.10,000 to ensure her presence on the next date of
hearing."
The case next would be heard July 4.
Nikhil, an IIT- Kanpur graduate at present working as an engineer
with a multinational firm in Gurgaon, alleged that the woman
subjected him to emotional blackmail, which forced him to move the
court for protection.
Justice Kait told Nikhil to pay for her Mumbai-Delhi trip, and
directed him to send e-ticket to her for air travel.
"In case the woman wishes to come prior to the date fixed, the
petitioner shall arrange an accommodation in a three-star hotel in
the vicinity of the court," said the judge.
"If she will be accompanied by someone, whose ticket fare should
also be reimbursed by the petitioner," the court directed.
Nikhil told the court that he befriended the girl, a Ph.D. in
Physics from Allahabad University, on internet last August and
began chatting with her. The duration of the chat gradually grew
longer and often ended late into the night.
He said as the friendship grew, she insisted upon meeting him and
came over to Delhi last November. "After meeting me, she began
pressing for marriage with me despite being at least five to six
years older to me," 25-year-old Nikhil told the court.
He said that as he refused to marry her, she began sending him
threatening mails and SMSes, saying she would commit suicide if he
did not marry her.
He urged the court that the girl be directed not to subject him to
emotional blackmail.
|
Comments
|
Quick links