Not Allowing Daughter-In-Law To Watch TV Not Cruelty, Court Rules
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The court also dismissed the woman's family members' allegation that she was made to fetch water at midnight.
The Bombay High Court's Aurangabad Bench overturned the conviction of a man and his family over allegations that they did not let his wife watch television, go to the temple, meet neighbours and made her sleep on the carpet.
A single judge bench of Justice Abhay S Waghwase, said the aforementioned actions against the woman, now dead, would not constitute as "severe" under the offence of cruelty under Indian Penal Code Section 498A, LiveLaw reported. The court said that the allegations would not comprise physical and mental cruelty as they pertained to the domestic affairs of the accused.
The court also dismissed the woman's family members' allegation that she was made to fetch water at midnight, after the man's family stated that in their village water supply commenced there at that time and all households went to fetch water at 1.30 am.
