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Recently, the Supreme Court (on November 30) while quashing the criminal proceedings for the offence of cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, observed that one occurrence, unless...
Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul) noted that there was no evidence to support the wife's claim that she was mercilessly beaten and also was tortured for dowry.
The Court opined that the parents-in-law of the complainant had been unnecessarily dragged into the marital dispute and quashed the case against them.
Such type of cases are being filed in the heat of the moment over trivial issues, without proper deliberation, the Court observed.
The High Court upheld sentence of a man convicted for demanding dowry from his wife which ultimately drove her to suicide.