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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Look out notice and red corner notice were wrongly issued against the accused. The state had admitted this, still, those were not cancelled and his passport was not released, too. His overseas job was at risk due to the seizing of his passport. Hence, he was in need of his passport on an immediate basis. […]
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 […]
The accused was in jail for more than a month. The victim stated that she had consensual relations with him and she had admitted that she was not under no threat, too. She became physical with the accused 4 times, being well aware of the consequences of doing that. The court acknowledged that she had […]
A bail application was filed on behalf of our patron in this case. The applicant was a distant relative of the husband of the complainant. It was alleged by the complainant that when she was celebrating Holi at her brother’s house, she was joined by the accused and the co-accused. The co-accused, who was the […]