'A Few Taunts Here and There Is a Part of Everyday Life', Says Supreme Court While Quashing Section 498A IPC Case Against Woman's Father-in-Law and Mother-in-Law
The Supreme Court also considered the nature of allegations levelled against the accused and noted that the complainant did not give specific details about the taunts allegedly made by the parents-in-law. "Moreover, a few taunts here and there is a part of everyday life which for happiness of the family are usually ignored." the court stated.
The Supreme Court recently quashed a case under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against a father-in-law and a mother-in-law and observed that the High Courts, while dealing with prayers of relatives of husband under Section 482 CrPC, must examine possibility of malafides behind the complaint. As per the details of the case, the complainant-wife's husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law had approached the Gujarat High Court for quashing of an FIR lodged against them under Sections 498A/411 IPC. However, the high court dismissed their petition. The appellant-husband and the complainant-wife got married in 2005. Three days after the summons of the divorce case filed by the husband were served, the wife lodged the impugned FIR against him and his parents. The accused challenged the high court's dismissal and told the apex court that the allegations of harassment were made 14 years into the marriage and only three days after the summons for the divorce case were served on the complainant. The Supreme Court also considered the nature of allegations levelled against the accused and noted that the complainant did not give specific details about the taunts allegedly made by the parents-in-law. "Moreover, a few taunts here and there is a part of everyday life which for happiness of the family are usually ignored." the court stated. ‘Attack on the Judiciary’: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal Expresses Disappointment Over V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar’s Public Criticism of Supreme Court’s Authority (Watch Video).
Few Taunts Here and There Is a Part of Everyday Life, Says Supreme Court
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