Some years back, I was sucked into the labyrinth of Indian Matrimonial laws and a false 498a in particular. To be fair, before it hit me, it was difficult for me to fathom the wide spread misuse of dowry laws and specially 498a in India.
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The wife forged bills with the help of a jeweller. They well planned it on their part to do the fraud worth lakhs. They did that to falsely implicate the husband and his family members in false cases. This they did to cause mental tension and harassment for the in-laws. The jeweller was habitual in […]
The wife and her father had stolen valuable articles from the husband. They had also committed a criminal breach of trust against him. Despite all this, the police were not filing FIR against them at the behest of the husband. Even it was not filed on reaching the higher officials. IO had filed the report. […]
Initially, the wife went to take care of her ill mother but didn’t come back to her matrimonial house. While being at her mother’s house, she conspired with several unknown people for the sake of extorting money from her husband. This eventually dishonoured his dignity, too. His mother had suffered a brain stroke. She was […]
Our patron had married the accused woman. After a month of the marriage, she had left her matrimonial home. Soon thereafter, a team of 2 police officers visited his house based on the complaint of her mother. However, on due inspection, they found the complaint to be false and frivolous. The accused filed a false […]
Court:MEGHALAYA HIGH COURT Bench: JUSTICE Ved Prakash Vaish John Trexwel M. Sangma Vs. State Of Meghalaya & Ors. On 3 August 2017 Law Point: Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 — Section 482 — Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Quashing of FIR — Cruelty — Amicable settlement of dispute — Parties living together […]
Court: Allahabad High Court Bench: JUSTICE S.C. Agarwal Rupa & Ors. Vs. State Of U.P & Anr. On 29 August 2013 Law Point: Indian Penal Code, 1860 — Section 498A — Cruelty — In FIR no allegations of harassment leveled against applicants — Offence under Section 498A, IPC can only be committed by husband of […]
Court: High Court Of Gujarat Bench: JUSTICE A.J. Shastri Vijaychandra Prakash Shukla and Ors. vs. State of Gujarat and Ors. On 27 January 2017 Law Point: Second complaint – Flied by very same complainant before the same Police Statio, having direct effect on the first complaint and allegations forming part of main act and allegation […]