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UHi everyone,
Posting on behalf of a close friend and would really appreciate guidance from advocates or anyone familiar with legal remedies.
My friend (33F) was in a relationship with a man of similar age, which ended after she discovered he had been involved in multiple affairs. During the relationship, he gained her trust and repeatedly relied on her financially under various pretexts.
Over time he:
* Took a significant amount of money by emotionally manipulating her, claiming it was for a startup he was building
* Convinced her to purchase a bike in his name using her funds by promising he will also do the same to her
* Had her make multiple payments on his behalf (through her credit card)
* Also took several expensive devices from her place.
The total amount he owes her is approximately twenty eight lacs.Since the breakup, he has completely cut off contact and is not responding to any attempts to recover the money. His parents are also uncooperative and claim they do not know his whereabouts when she tried calling them.She even visited once and the bike was their and all the stuffs he took was there in his room but his parents did not let her touch it since he was not home.
She has partial documentations , some major transactions are traceable (especially those made via credit card), but she does not have proof for every payment. She also has two blank cheques that he had given earlier when some of her friends confronted him about repayment.
She is now considering taking legal action, but has several concerns:
* How strong would her case be given partial documentation?
* Should she begin by filing a police complaint or directly pursue a civil/criminal case through a lawyer?
* Can the blank cheques be legally used for recovery (e.g., under cheque bounce laws)?
* How long do such cases typically take and how demanding are they in terms of court appearances?
* Are there specific sections/laws (cheating, breach of trust, etc.) that would apply here?
We do have access to experienced advocates locally, but she is understandably anxious about the time, effort and emotional toll involved.Like , incase he files a false case against her also , it will take a lot of time right
Any insights on the best course of action, legal strategy or similar experiences would be extremely helpful.
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Uthis sounds emotionally exhausting because it is not just about money anymore but years of trust getting mixed with financial dependency and promises the part that usually matters most in situations like this is whether the transactions and conversations together show a pattern of repayment expectation rather than gifts given during a relationship because that distinction quietly shapes everything later also the blank cheques and traceable payments make this more layered than a purely verbal dispute have you both tried mapping out a proper timeline yet with amounts dates chats and what each payment was supposedly for or is the information still scattered across different messages and bank records
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