Astrological incompatibility cannot be an excuse to go back on marriage promise: Bombay High Court
The Hindu
The bench rejected the applicant’s request to be discharged from the cheating and rape case registered against him.
The Bombay High Court refused to discharge a 32-year-old man from a rape and cheating case, noting that he had used “astrological incompatibility” of horoscopes as an excuse to resile from his promise to marry the complainant woman with whom he was in a relationship.
A single bench of Justice S. K. Shinde on Monday rejected an application filed by Avishek Mitra seeking to be discharged from the cheating and rape case registered against him by the suburban Borivali police on a complaint lodged by the woman.
The order was made available on Tuesday.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.