The woman had claimed that her husband pretended to be an eye surgeon but turned out to be an optometrist.
In a recent ruling in Rohan & Others v. The State of Gujarat & Others, the Supreme Court of India set aside a case filed by a woman who alleged that her husband and his family had deceived her into marriage.
The Bench, consisting of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K. Vinod Chandran, noted that although the woman accused her husband of falsely claiming to be an eye surgeon and of concealing a skin disorder, there was no concrete evidence to support these claims.
The Court further emphasized that WhatsApp conversations between the couple revealed no signs of any misrepresentation regarding the husband’s health 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.
As a result, the Supreme Court annulled the First Information Report (FIR) filed by the woman.
This ruling followed a petition by Rohan and his family, challenging the Gujarat High Court’s earlier decision to refuse intervention in the case.
Rohan’s wife had approached the police several months after their April 2023 marriage, accusing him of misleading her into marriage by falsely presenting himself as an eye surgeon.
She later claimed to have discovered that he was, in fact, an optometrist and suffered from leukoderma, a visible skin condition.
However, the Supreme Court found no evidence to substantiate her claims of deception, ruling that the FIR was an abuse of the legal process. Consequently, the Court reversed the High Court’s decision and quashed the FIR.
