Don't Implicate Husband's Distant Relatives In Domestic Cruelty Cases, Says Supreme Court
NDTV
The petitioner had approached the Supreme Court after the Punjab and Haryana High Court refused to quash the case against him
The Supreme Court has cautioned lower courts to ensure that distant relatives of husbands are not unnecessarily implicated in criminal cases filed at the instance of wives, alleging domestic cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
A bench of Justices CT Ravikumar and Rajesh Bindal dismissed a first information report (FIR) against the cousin brother of the accused husband and the wife of the said cousin who were named as accused in the FIR filed by the wife's father.
The petitioner had approached the Supreme Court after the Punjab and Haryana High Court refused to quash the case against him. Criticising the high court's decision, the Supreme Court said that the high court is duty bound to examine whether the allegation against the distant relatives of the husband was exaggerated.
