The Allahabad High Court recently said the youth in this country are spoiling their lives due to the lure of free relationships with members of the opposite sex aping Western culture and not finding any real soulmate in the end.

“The youth in this country, under the influence of social media, movies, TV serials, and the web series being shown are not able to decide about the correct course of their life, and in search of their correct soulmates, they often land up in the company of the wrong person…Social media, movies, etc., show that multiple affairs and infidelity to the spouse are normal and this inflames the imagination of impressionable minds and they start experimenting with the same, but they do (not) fit in the prevailing societal norm,” the High Court said.

“The young generation, unaware of the consequences of following the Western culture is entering into the relationships being aired on social media, movies, etc., and after denial of social recognition to their choice of partner, they become disillusioned,” the court added.

The court made these observations while granting bail to an accused booked for allegedly abetting the suicide of a girl, with whom he allegedly had a love affair. The court said that the ingredients of the offence of abetment of suicide (Section 306 IPC) did not appear to be made out against the applicant.

The court also said that in the instant case, the victim “hopped from one affair to the other” with a number of boys and later on, due to “resistance of her family or incompatibility with the boys she befriended” committed suicide “in frustration” by consuming Mosquito Repellent.