The Patna High Court has observed that if the husband demands money from the paternal home of the wife for rearing and maintenance of his newly born child, such demand does not come within the fold of.
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that non-recovery of dowry articles cannot ordinarily be the only grounds for declining a plea for grant of anticipatory bail to a husband or his relatives,.
The Bombay High Court recently quashed a case of cruelty filed by a judicial officer against her husband and his family members under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a complaint/FIR under Section 498-A (for the offence of cruelty) of the IPC filed by the second wife against the husband and her in-laws is not.