1 year, 4 months ago

Husband booked for faking himself as IT engineer

The Uttam Nagar Police have lodged a case against a husband for faking himself as an IT professional to get married. After learning that he was a security guard who cheated on her, the wife filed an FIR. According to PSI Anuse of the Uttam Nagar police station, the victim filed an FIR under IPC section 498 A on Saturday. Fed up with the constant harassment, the victim lodged an FIR in connection with the incident,” she added.

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6 days, 15 hours ago

Wife Cannot Implicate Husband's Uncle In Cruelty Case To Pressurize Husband's Family To Return 'Stridhan': J&K High Court

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The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has deprecated the practice of arraying the relatives of the husband as accused in the proceedings under Section 498-A IPC to create pressure on the husband and his family members. The court added that it appears the petitioner has been arrayed as an accused only because he was nominated by the other accused persons …

1 week, 2 days ago

Kerala man booked for pronouncing talaq to wife over phone

The Hindu

A man has been booked for allegedly pronouncing talaq over the phone to his wife to divorce her and on other charges of assaulting her and demanding dowry in Malappuram district of Kerala, the police said on Saturday. The case was registered after his wife, a 21-year-old woman hailing from Naduvattom in the district, approached the police alleging that she …

1 month, 1 week ago

Misuse Of Section 498A IPC Doesn't Mean Genuine Cases Of Harassment Don't Exist: Delhi High Court

Live Law

The Delhi High Court has observed that the misuse of Section 498A of Indian Penal Code, 1860, does not mean that genuine cases of harassment do not exist. “This Court is not blind to the ground reality of the deeply rooted social evil of greed for dowry, due to which, numerous victims are subjected to unspeakable conduct and harassment,” Justice …

1 month, 1 week ago

S. 377 IPC | 'Unnatural' Sex By Husband With Wife Without Her Consent Is Not An Offence: Chhattisgarh High Court

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The Chhattisgarh High Court on Monday held that a husband cannot be prosecuted for commission of the offence of rape under Section 376 or unnatural sex under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code for having any sexual intercourse, including every unnatural sex, with his major wife even without her consent. Holding 'consent' of wife in sexual intercourse/unnatural intercourse to …

2 months, 1 week ago

Ludhiana: Man, parents booked for dowry harassment

Hindustan Times

A man and his parents have been booked on charges of dowry harassment and causing multiple miscarriages without the consent of his wife. An FIR has been registered under Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, along with Sections 120B, 313, 376, 498A, and 506 of the IPC. The case, initially registered at Khanpur police station in …

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Bombay High Court Declines To Quash FIR Lodged By Wife Against Husband For Outraging Her Modesty

Live Law

The Bombay High Court recently refused to quash a First Information Report lodged against a man by his estranged wife, for outraging her modesty. A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Rajesh Patil refused to quash a FIR lodged with the Kasturba Sub Police Station in Malvani, Mumbai, under sections 354, 506 and 323 lodged against the husband by …

3 months ago

Kolkata man granted divorce over 'imposition' of wife's friend, family on him

India Today

The Calcutta High Court has granted a divorce decree to a husband on the grounds of cruelty, which includes "imposition" of the wife’s friend and family on him and lodging of a false case of matrimonial cruelty by her. "Such imposition of friend and family of the respondent on the husband at his quarter against his will, sometimes even when …

3 months ago

Husband, in-laws booked for sexually assaulting ASHA worker in Madhya Pradesh

The Hindu

A woman in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district has been allegedly branded with a hot utensil and sexually assaulted by her husband, in-laws, and a neighbour, police said on Saturday, adding that a case has been registered in the matter. According to the police, the incident took place on December 13 at the woman’s home in Shahpura area under Karanwas police …

3 months, 1 week ago

Husband's Girlfriend Or Romantic Partner Can't Be Made Accused In S.498A IPC Case : Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court held that a criminal case for cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code cannot be sustained against a woman with whom the husband had an extra-marital affair. Holding so, a bench comprising Justice BR Gavai and Justice KV Viswanathan quashed a criminal case against a woman who was named as an accused on the allegation …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Husband's Girlfriend Or Romantic Partner Can't Be Made Accused In S.498A IPC Case : Supreme Court

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3 months, 1 week ago

Husband, In-Laws 'Falsely Implicated' By Wife In View Of Matrimonial Dispute Between Parties: Madhya Pradesh HC Quashes Rape, Dowry FIR

Live Law

While quashing a rape and dowry FIR against a husband and his kin, the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court said that the petitioner and his family members were "falsely implicated", adding that the lodging of the FIR at the wife's instance appeared to be an act of "wreaking vengeance". The court said this after noting that there …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rape case against cricketer's relative in Gujarat on ex-fiance's complaint

India Today

A rape case has been filed against a cricketer's relative in Gujarat's Rajkot following a complaint by his ex-fiance, who accused him of engaging in sexual relations with her during their engagement and later calling off the marriage. Senior police officer Jagdish Bangarwa confirmed the registration of an FIR for rape against Jeet Pabari but stated that an arrest cannot …

7 months ago

Husband's Girlfriend Is Not His Relative, Cannot Be Booked For Cruelty Under Section 498A IPC: Bombay High Court

Live Law

In a significant order, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court held that the girlfriend of a husband cannot be booked under charges of domestic violence or cruelty punishable under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. "As the applicant is not the relative of husband of the complainant, 498-A of the Indian Penal Code shall not be attracted. …

7 months, 2 weeks ago

S. 498A IPC | In-Laws Can't Be Booked Merely On Allegations That They Supported Husband Who Subjected Wife To Cruelty: Bombay HC

Live Law

The Bombay High Court recently held that merely because the complaint states that the in-laws supported the husband in subjecting her to cruelty would not mean that they have committed the offence punishable under Section 498A of the IPC.A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande quashed a case of cruelty against four members of a family, all …

8 months ago

Allegations Of Ill-Treatment By Man Against His Family Members Cannot Come U/S 498A IPC: Bombay High Court

Live Law

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has held that allegations of ill-treatment made by a man against his own family members will not fall within the ambit of section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. Allegations of ill-treatment by a man against his own family members do not fall within the scope and ambit of Section 498 of …

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Husband arrested after wife’s suicide in dowry case

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: The Trombay police have taken a husband into custody on suspicions of dowry-related death after his wife died by suicide at their residence in Trombay. The victim’s mother alleged that her husband used to beat her often for money whenever he came home under the influence of alcohol. HT Image According to authorities, the FIR stemmed from a statement …

11 months, 3 weeks ago

Rape FIR against married man quashed after he promises never to contact woman

India Today

An FIR for rape against a married man has been quashed by the Bombay High Court after the woman told the court, "The relationship was of a consensual nature. The bench of Justices PD Naik and NR Borkar heard a plea filed by the accused against whom an FIR was registered on February 3, 2024, at the Lonavala Police Station …

1 year, 2 months ago

Mere Cheating Will Not Attract S.420 IPC Offence; Accused Must Dishonestly Induce Cheated Person To Deliver Property : Supreme Court

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Monday held that while prosecuting a person for the offence of cheating punishable under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, it is to be seen whether the deceitful act of cheating was coupled with an inducement leading to the parting of any property by the complainant. Reversing the concurring findings of the High Court and …

1 year, 2 months ago

Lodging False Case U/S 498A IPC Is An Element Of Cruelty By Wife, Cannot Ignore The Same: Calcutta High Court Allows Dissolution Of Marriage

Live Law

The Calcutta High Court has recently held that a wife making false allegations against her husband & his family members under section 498A of the IPC would constitute an element of the offence of cruelty, which is a ground for dissolution of marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act.In allowing the husband's plea for dissolution of marriage, a division bench of …

1 year, 5 months ago

Offence of cruelty to wife inapplicable in live-in relationship: Kerala High Court

Hindustan Times

The Kerala High Court recently observed that punishments relating to cruelty to a married woman, under Indian Penal Code section 498A, cannot be applied to or invoked by women in live-in relationships. But, when there was no solemnisation of marriage at all, and only live in relationship on the basis of a marriage agreement, then the woman cannot seek shelter …

1 year, 5 months ago

Gurugram: Man shoots self to implicate wife in false case, FIR registered

India TV News

In a shocking incident, a man shot himself to allegedly implicate his wife in a false case, a Gurugram police official said on Monday. The accused first shot himself in the leg and then informed the police to frame his wife in a false case. The accused on Thursday again called her saying he would come to her parent’s house …

1 year, 6 months ago

Day-To-Day Bickering Between Husband & Wife Not ‘Cruelty’ Under Section 498A IPC: Calcutta High Court

Live Law

The Calcutta High Court’s Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri has recently held that cruelty contemplated u/s 498A would be different from general matrimonial disturbances faced by a couple, and that general allegations could not be made to establish a crime u/s 498A. In upholding the appellant’s conviction u/s 323 IPC for voluntarily causing hurt to his wife, while discharging him u/s …

1 year, 9 months ago

‘Husband responsible’: Gujarat woman posts video before killing children, self

Hindustan Times

A 24-year-old woman in Gujarat’s Rajkot allegedly killed her two children-- a five-year-old son and a six-month-old daughter-- and died by suicide late on Thursday after posting a video on social media that accused her husband of severe harassment, police said. A B Jadeja, police inspector at Malviyanagar police station, said they are investigating the incident, focusing on gathering evidence …

1 year, 10 months ago

Calcutta High Court Discharges Widow In FIR Accusing Her Of Marrying A Married Man And Subjecting His Wife To Cruelty

Live Law

The Calcutta High Court at Jalpaiguri circuit bench has discharged a widow in an FIR under Sections 498A, 494 and 506 of IPC accusing her of marrying the husband of the complainant, on the ground that materials on record including complaint prima facie revealed that the allegations were levelled against the against the principal accused i.e. The single judge bench …

1 year, 10 months ago

Man, kin booked for enslaving wife, cruelty

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: On a complaint from a 35-year-old woman, who alleged she was physically confined, assaulted and mentally harassed by her husband and in-laws, the police booked her husband and four others of his family under sections of cruelty and dowry harassment, among others. “My husband Rajesh Agarwal, father in-law Purushottam Das Agarwal and mother in-law Krishna Agrawal, had, at the …

2 years, 1 month ago

Protection Under Domestic Violence Act Not Available To Husband Or Male Member Of Family: Delhi High Court Stays Case Filed By Husband Against Wife

Live Law

Expressing a prima facie view, the Delhi High Court has said that the protection under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 is not available to a husband or male member of the family, in view of sections 2 of the statute.Section 2 defines an “aggrieved person” as any woman who is, or has been, in a domestic relationship …

2 years, 7 months ago

Failure To Disclose Impotency Before Marriage: Madras High Court Directs Police To Register Offences For Cheating

Live Law

Allowing an application for alteration of FIR filed by an estranged wife, the Madras High Court recently directed the respondent police to register offences under Section 417 and 420 of IPC for cheating against the husband who deceived the wife by non-disclosing his impotency. Justice V Sivagnanam of the Madurai Bench directed the respondent police to add the offences along …

2 years, 8 months ago

Wife Living Separately Commits Suicide In Parental House: Karnataka High Refuses To Quash Dowry Death Case Against Husband Citing Disputed Facts

Live Law

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a husband seeking to quash a case of dowry death registered against him under Sections 304B and 498A of IPC, after his wife, living separately since over two years, committed suicide in her parental house. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna while dismissing the petition filed by one …

2 years, 10 months ago

Section 420 IPC - Cheating Case Liable To Be Quashed If No Allegation Of Dishonest Inducement Is Made Against Accused: Supreme Court

Live Law

The Supreme Court observed that, to make out a case against a person for the offence under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code, there must be a dishonest inducement to deceive a person to deliver any property to any other person.In this case, the complainant lodged a complaint against one Kamalesh Mulchand Jain, alleging, interalia, that. The Supreme Court …

2 years, 10 months ago

Going Back On Promise To Marry Not Cheating But Failure To Repay Loan Will Attract S.420 IPC: Karnataka High Court On Film Director's Plea

Live Law

In a cheating case instituted by a woman against film director Stanley Joseph, the Karnataka High Court has said that though going back on a promise to marry will not amount to cheating in this case, but obtaining a loan and not repaying the same will amount to criminal intention to cheating, attracting Section 420 of IPC. A single judge …

3 years, 8 months ago

Girlfriend Or Concubine Not Liable For Prosecution U/S 498A IPC: Andhra Pradesh High Court

Live Law

The Andhra Pradesh High Court earlier this week held that only a relative of a husband by blood or marriage is liable for prosecution under Section 498-A IPC.Justice Cheekati Manavendranath while quashing the FIR against the petitioner, observed that a girlfriend or concubine, not being connected by blood or marriage, is not a relative of the husband for the purpose …

4 years, 2 months ago

Complaint Under Section 498A Is Maintainable Even If Marriage Is Void: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

Live Law

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court has recently held that even if the complainant woman's marriage with a man is void, still the man and his relatives could be prosecuted for offence under Section 498A of Ranbir Penal Code. Petitioner No.4, who claimed to be the legally wedded wife of accused Kuldeep Kumar, was not named as an accused in …

5 years, 4 months ago

Husband Who Got Acquitted After Trial In 498A IPC Case Can Seek Divorce On The Ground Of Cruelty: SC [Read Order]

Live Law

The Supreme Court has observed that when a husband undergoes a trial in which he is acquitted of the allegation of offence levelled by his wife under Section 498-A of Indian Penal Code, it cannot be said that no cruelty has meted on him.In this case, the High Court had refused to grant divorce to the husband by observing that …

5 years, 6 months ago

Cheating By Violation Of Promise to Marry: Plea In SC To Make Section 420 IPC Gender Neutral

Live Law

A peculiar special leave petition has been filed before the Supreme court by one Nagaraju K who has sought answers on a few substantial questions of law. Whether the offence defined under section 420 of Indian Penal Code is gender neutral? The above questions have been asked by the petitioner challenging an order of Karnataka High Court quashing an FIR …

5 years, 6 months ago

Chhattisgarh: FIR against ex-MP's husband for domestic violence

India TV News

Police in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh have registered an FIR against husband of a former nominated MP from Anglo Indian community for alleged domestic violence and harassment, an officer said on Tuesday. An FIR was registered on Monday against Rodney Mcleod at Tarbahar police station on the complaint of his wife and former MP Ingrid Mcleod, said Tarbahar Station House …

5 years, 7 months ago

Wife Of Trial Judge Writes To Bombay HC CJ Alleging Dowry Harassment By Husband, In-Laws; Inquiry Ordered

Live Law

Chief Justice Pradeep Nandrajog of Bombay High Court has forwarded a letter written by the wife of a sitting Civil Judge, Senior Division at Baramati to the registry in order to conduct a preliminary inquiry. In the said letter dated July 29, the 37-year-old woman has alleged they got married on May 8, 2007 and soon thereafter, her husband along …

5 years, 9 months ago

Section 498A IPC : Recent Supreme Court Judgments

Live Law

498A Complaints Can Be Filed At A Place Where A Woman Driven Out Of Matrimonial Home Takes Shelter In this case, three Judge bench comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice L. Nageswara Rao and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul considered the following question: "Whether in a case where cruelty had been committed in a matrimonial home by the husband or the relatives …

6 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court says no dowry complaint can be filed post-divorce

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has held that prosecution of husband and his family members under Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act is not sustainable when the complaint is filed by the wife long after the divorce. Giving this ruling a bench of Justices S. A. Bobde and …

6 years, 8 months ago

The Victim Woman’s Reflexive Overt Acts Alone Constitute Matrimonial Cruelty Under Section 498 A Of The Indian Penal Code

Live Law

A closer examination of Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 will reveal that all acts of cruelty against a woman by her husband or his relatives may not amount to matrimonial cruelty within the meaning of the Section. Explanation - For the purpose of this section, "cruelty" means – a) any wilful conduct which is of such …

6 years, 8 months ago

Hyderabad: Attempt to murder case booked against constable

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The Madhapur police have booked an attempt to murder case among other Sections against a police constable of Jagadgirigutta on Friday evening, following his constant dowry harassment and death threats to his wife. He started coming home drunk and threatened me several times with a knife,” said the victim, adding that the torture never stopped. “He used to harass …

7 years, 3 months ago

‘Former Wife’ Not A ‘Relative’ Of Husband And Can’t Be Prosecuted For 498A IPC : Gujarat HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law

The Gujarat High Court has quashed a case against the former wife of a man whose present wife had filed a criminal case under Section 498A IPC arraying her as well, as an accused.The complainant wife had alleged that her husband after getting married to her, went back to his divorced wife. The Gujarat High Court has quashed a case …

7 years, 11 months ago

498A- Gujarat HC Deprecates The Practice Of Adding All Family Members Of Husband As Accused, Quashes FIR [Read Judgment]

Live Law

The Gujarat High Court in Natubahi Somabhai Rohit & others vs. State of Gujarat held that allegations in the complaint must be specific and should contain necessary ingredients to make out the offence u/s 498A of IPC.Justice N.V. Anjaria was considering a criminal miscellaneous Application u/s 482 of Cr.P.C. The Gujarat High Court in Natubahi Somabhai Rohit & others vs. …

8 years, 3 months ago

Dowry death social crime but can't convict husband without proof: Delhi court

India TV News

To hang one's wife to death is a heinous crime but a husband cannot be convicted without any reliable evidence, a Delhi court has said while acquitting a man and his family members, all residents of east Delhi, in a 2008 murder and dowry death case. "Undoubtedly, it is a social and heinous crime to have the wife hanged to …

8 years, 3 months ago

Dowry death social crime but can't convict husband without proof, says Delhi court

Firstpost

It is a heinous crime to hang one’s wife to death but a husband cannot be convicted without any reliable evidence, a Delhi court has said while acquitting a man and his family members in a murder and dowry death case. New Delhi: It is a heinous crime to hang one’s wife to death but a husband cannot be convicted …

8 years, 4 months ago

Mere Extra-Marital Relationship By Husband Not ‘Cruelty’ To Attract Section 498A/306 IPC: SC [Read Judgment]

Live Law

If the husband gets involved in an extra-marital affair that may not in all circumstances invite conviction under Section 306 of the IPC, but definitely that can be a ground for divorce or other reliefs in a matrimonial dispute under other enactments, the bench said.The Supreme Court in K.V. If the husband gets involved in an extra-marital affair that may …

8 years, 4 months ago

Mere Extra-Marital Relationship By Husband Not ‘Cruelty’ To Attract Section 498A/306 IPC: SC [Read Judgment]

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8 years, 6 months ago

Gujarat: Woman tortured by IPS father-in-law for objecting to husband's affair

Deccan Chronicle

Ahmedabad: The daughter-in-law of a senior Gujarat IPS officer on Thursday lodged a police complaint against him, his son and five other family members for allegedly tormenting her mentally and physically for raising voice against her husband's affair. According to the FIR, the woman got married in December 2011 and her husband is working as Deputy Mamlatdar in Gandhinagar district. …

9 years, 8 months ago

Woman who accused IPS officer Amitabh Thakur of rape records her statement

Firstpost

The woman who lodged an FIR of rape against senior IPS officer Amitabh Thakur in Lucknow on Tuesday recorded her statement before the magistrate. Lucknow: The woman who lodged an FIR of rape against senior IPS officer Amitabh Thakur in Lucknow on Tuesday recorded her statement before the magistrate. “The woman’s statement was recorded as per rules before the magistrate,” …

10 years, 6 months ago

Man booked after wife alleges he married her pretending to be Hindu

Firstpost

She claimed that after coming to the native district of her husband she realised that he had lied to her about his identity following which she protested against the fraud. A man has been booked for allegedly forcing his wife to change her religion after he got married to her under false identity, police said today. The 23-year-old complainant, a …

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