In his appeal, Ashish Kumar claimed that he had been in a relationship with the detenue since 2011. It was also alleged that, despite the couple's desire to marry, the woman's family opposed the union, thus she was forced to stay at home and forbidden from meeting Kumar.
Allahabad High Court upheld NSA against accused in Ramcharitmanas burning case. The court added that the anger generated due to their actions was natural, hence invoking the NSA was justified.
The court also highlighted that in the anticipated Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita, intended to replace the Indian Penal Code, there is no equivalent provision to Section 377 IPC.
"It is only prima facie that we are convinced that an offence not worth quashing the impugned charge sheet in the exercise of our jurisdiction under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is made out insofar as the case under Section 505 IPC is concerned," the Court observed.
Supreme Court refused to interfere with the order passed by the Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court transferring Gyanvapi Case to a different bench