The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed a criminal case under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) filed against the former in-laws of a woman on allegations of cruelty and harassment.
The Jharkhand High Court recently observed that while Section 498A of the IPC was introduced with the laudable object of punishing cruelty by husbands or their relatives on married women, it is currently being misused.
The Calcutta High Court recently exercised its writ jurisdiction to cancel the bail granted to the in-laws of a woman who had allegedly tortured her continuously.