The woman had claimed that her husband pretended to be an eye surgeon but turned out to be an optometrist.
The Supreme Court of India recently set aside a case filed by a woman who had accused her husband and his family of deceiving her into marriage in the matter of Rohan & Ors v. The State of Gujarat & Ors.
A Bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K. Vinod Chandran observed that, although the woman alleged her husband had misrepresented himself as an eye surgeon and concealed a skin condition, there was no evidence to support her claim of deception.
The Court further noted that WhatsApp conversations between the couple indicated no attempt by the husband to mislead her about his medical condition or professional credentials.
“From all reasonable assumptions as well as the documents which have been placed before us, it is clear that the complainant had full knowledge that the appellant was suffering from skin disease and he was not an Eye Surgeon but an Optometrist,” the Bench observed.
Accordingly, the Court annulled the First Information Report (FIR) lodged by the woman.
The order was issued by the Bench in response to a petition filed by Rohan and his family members, challenging the Gujarat High Court’s dismissal of his earlier plea.
Rohan’s wife had approached the police just a few months after their marriage in April 2023, alleging that she had been deceived into marrying him under the impression that he was an eye surgeon. She later discovered, according to her claims, that he was actually an optometrist and had leukoderma, a noticeable skin condition.
However, the Supreme Court found no proof of deceit and held that the FIR amounted to a misuse of the legal process.
It, therefore, overturned the High Court’s decision and dismissed the FIR.