Summary
- The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has stayed the investigation into an FIR against a woman for terminating her pregnancy without her husband's consent.
- Justice Rahul Bharti noted concerns about the credibility of the allegations made by the husband, who filed the FIR shortly after the incident.
- The FIR cites offences under Sections 126(2), 88, 351(2), 352, and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, with the woman's sister also named as an abettor.
- This ruling raises significant questions about consent in reproductive rights and will be revisited on October 23, 2026.
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