Cheating ,abusing and legal issues in a long term relationship
Cheating ,abusing and legal issues in a long term relationship
14-Aug-2026 (In Divorce Law)
I was in a 10-year relationship with a man—6 years long-distance and 4 years living together. In 2025, he secretly got engaged and later married another woman without my knowledge. He repeatedly promised me that he would divorce her and marry me, and he continued the relationship with me.He allegedly physically abused me, threatened and emotionally manipulated me, and repeatedly told me that he would die if I left him. During one incident, I suffered a leg fracture. His wife came to my house ...
collect all the supporting evidence from your side, and the engagement details from both of them. here we can file a case on cheating by collecting evidence that you said you have been in living relationship by that we can move further. and file for on him in police station
only you can file cheating case, other than that ,when he has already married another lady, now you cannot ask he to give divorce,and you cannot spoil the live of another lady, now proceed for cheating case and damages case also.
when he gets married, you have to quit him even if he makes several false promises. believing such impossible promises you are continuously cheating yourself blindly.
Think positively.
He intentionally binds you in his emotional clutches for the reasons best known to him only. You are also still believing within him for the reasons best known to you only.
Such relationships, in the circumstances stated by shall be end for the sake of you three some. If this game continues, there would be a life threat to any ne or two among you three and the remaining will be put in bars (jail).
You may have legal remedies, but the exact action depends on the nature of the relationship, evidence of the promises, abuse, and whether any marriage was legally subsisting. Preserve messages, call records, medical records, photographs and other lawful evidence. You may consider appropriate criminal proceedings for physical abuse/threats, besides civil remedies where applicable. Avoid obtaining evidence through hacking, illegal surveillance or unauthorised access. A lawyer should review the documents and chronology before deciding the appropriate proceedings.
Namaste,
Please understand one thing at the outset, since he was already a married man when he kept promising to marry you, that promise has no legal value, and no court can compel him to marry you or treat you as his wife, so please do not lose time chasing that
Your real and strongest remedy is under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005, because you lived together with him for about four years in a shared household, which brings you within the meaning of a domestic relationship, and this Act protects a woman in a live in relationship and not only a legally wedded wife, so you can file an application before the Judicial Magistrate seeking a protection order restraining him from contacting or approaching you, a residence order, monetary relief covering your medical expenses and losses, and compensation for the physical and mental cruelty, and there is no court fee for this, and the proceedings are relatively quick
One important fact will decide the strength of this claim, that is whether he was still unmarried when the two of you began living together, because if the live in began while he was already married, courts take a stricter view of such a relationship, so please be clear about this date
Separately, the assault that caused your leg fracture is a serious criminal offence, since a fracture is treated as grievous hurt and not simple hurt, and the repeated threats are punishable as criminal intimidation, so you can lodge a police complaint, and if the incident is of a recent period the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita applies, and if it is of an earlier period the Indian Penal Code applies, and for grievous hurt there is no bar of limitation, though for the threat part delay can be raised against you, so do not wait further
If the police refuse to register your complaint, send a written complaint to the Superintendent of Police, and if there is still no action, approach the Magistrate directly, and both routes are available under the new procedure code
As regards his wife coming to your house, if she trespassed, abused or threatened you, that is separately actionable, and please also know that adultery is no longer a criminal offence in India, so no case lies against you on that ground
Please preserve everything now, the hospital records, x ray films, discharge summary, prescriptions, all chats and messages where he admits the relationship and the promise of marriage, call recordings, photographs of injuries, and details of any witnesses, because these documents will decide the outcome
To advise you further I would need to know the exact date of the assault, whether any medical record or police complaint already exists, whether he was married on the date the live in began, whether you gave him any money or property, and whether his wife has made any complaint against you
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