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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Wife alleged that she had been raped by her father-in-law. The allegations were made almost after a year of that incident. She was not even at the home of the father-in-law at the time of alleged incident. Court asked the IO if she had obtained the CDRs of the parties related to the incident. She […]
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 seek sanction from the government to seek criminal proceedings against the IO. The prosecution would have been under S. 420/468/469/471 and 120B IPC. She committed the offences while discharging her duties. Government found sufficient evidences against her while granting the sanction and allowing appropriate criminal proceedings against her for cheating and dishonestly inducing […]
The wife had registered an FIR against an estranged husband u/S. 406, 498A, 506, 323 of IPC along with the allegations of taking dowry. The estranged husband filed a petition for granting sanction to prosecute the IO. He had also requested a proper investigation. The IO should have investigated the jewellery bills that were presented. […]