498A
quash judgement 24.03.2022 – Madras High Court – Bald and omnibus allegations
made against the relatives of the husband. FIR Quashed.
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498A quash judgement 24.03.2022 |
Viayakumari vs The State Represented By on 24.03.2022
498A quash judgement 24.03.2022 – In this article, the Madras High Court has held that the allegations made against the relatives of the husband are bald and omnibus in nature. As it is clear from reading the complaint that majorly the matrimonial issues are because of the husband. But the allegations made against the petitioners are made without quoting any specific incident which would attract the provisions of section 498A IPC. Therefore, the Madras High Court has quashed the petition against all the petitioners.
Case Brief – 498A
quash judgement 24.03.2022
The marriage of the husband and the wife was performed on 21.04.2011 as
per their rites and customs. At the time of marriage, the wife was provided
with sufficient jewels and cash, apart from the household articles.
The husband was working in the Police Department. The husband was
already married and had two children from his first marriage. The marriage with
the wife was his second marriage. After the marriage, they all were residing
together.
At that time, the husband used to come to the house in a drunk mood and
used to torture the wife stating that she is not a suitable match for him. The husband
received 6 sovereigns of jewels and pledged the same.
After some time, the husband had an illegal intimacy with one Selvi, and
she was ill-treated as well. The husband joined his sister and forced the wife
to abort the child. After 4 months of pregnancy, the wife was thrown out of the
matrimonial home.
A girl child was born to the wife on 9.2.2012. The husband or the
in-laws didn’t even bother to come and see the girl and the wife in the hospital.
Later, the husband and the in-laws demanded additional 15
sovereigns of jewels and Rs. 5,00,000/- cash as dowry. So, the wife lodged
a complaint on 21.2.2012. Since the husband was working in the Police
Department, no action was taken.
Therefore, again on 24.2.2014, a complaint was sent to the
Superintendent of Police. Even after this complaint, no action was taken. So, the
wife filed a petition by invoking the jurisdiction of the Magistrate under
section 156(3) Cr.P.C and as per the direction of the court, now the case has been
registered against all the accused persons and during the course of the investigation, materials have been collected and the final report was also filed
before the Judicial Magistrate, which was also taken cognizance.
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Court
Opinion - 498A quash judgement
24.03.2022
Considering the advice of the Hon'ble Supreme court, if this court goes
into the allegations that have been made against the petitioners, as mentioned in
the complaint earlier, they are only bald and general in nature except stating
that they all joined hands with the husband in harassing and demanding money as
dowry and threatened the wife to terminate her pregnancy.
No specific overt act has been attributed against the petitioners. So,
as mentioned in the complaint earlier, the main dispute is between the husband
and wife, in which these petitioners are involved without any reasonable reason.
So, this court is of the view that continuation of the proceedings
against the petitioners will amount to an abuse of the process of law.
As a result, this criminal petition is allowed in respect of the
petitioners in the case in hand and the impugned order on the file of the Magistrate is
hereby quashed against the petitioners. Since, the two of the petitioners have
died, the petition is dismissed as abated against them. Consequently, connected
Miscellaneous Petitions are closed.
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Conclusion - 498A
quash judgement 24.03.2022
In view of the above-mentioned facts and
circumstances, in the absence of any specific allegations made against the
petitioners, the Madras High
court quashed the petition against all the petitioners.In this article, the Madras High Court has held that bald and omnibus
allegations are made against the petitioners i.e.; relatives
of the husband without quoting any specific allegations. As stated in the
complaint it is clear that majorly the allegations are made against the husband.
The allegations made against the relatives were made just to make them
suffer through the criminal proceedings.
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