The Supreme Court recently held that the place where the wife lives and seeks shelter after leaving her husband’s home due to cruelty will have jurisdiction to entertain complaints under Section.
Expressing its concern against misuse of Section 498A IPC, the Jharkhand High Court recently said that this provision of law is being misused as a weapon, rather than a shield, by ‘disgruntled.
The Court also held that a person can be convicted for Section 498A, IPC (cruelty to wife) even if he is acquitted under Section 304B IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) because the former has a broader scope