MUMBAI: Bombay Excessive Court docket lately refused to quash an FIR and consequent legal proceedings for cruelty below Indian Penal Code Part 498A in opposition to a Chembur resident, his father and three married sisters.
“The allegations in opposition to the sisters-in-law pertaining to driving the complainant to point out them the home cleaned by her on WhatsApp video name look like a peculiar and sadistic method of ill-treatment,” mentioned Justices Ajay Gadkari and Neela Gokhale on July 22.
Based on the FIR registered at Tilak Nagar police station, the couple married in Dec 2021. Though the husband’s sisters reside of their matrimonial properties, they interfered of their brother’s house. They let go of the home assist and directed their brother’s spouse to do all of the work herself. The spouse needed to present them by way of video name the home cleaned by her. They despatched her messages telling her what she ought to prepare dinner for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The petitioners made a WhatsApp group, and the husband’s sisters continued to berate her and complained to their brother. Her husband abused her and quarrelled together with her, suspected her character, and refused to have conjugal relations together with her.
On Oct 11, 2022, the husband’s sisters got here house, abused his spouse, and demanded items from her dad and mom.
All of them drove her out of the home and retained her jewelry.
The petitioners’ advocate, Vrushabh Savla, mentioned the grievance is in a matrimonial dispute which has been given a legal color. He mentioned Part 498A is being misused. The spouse’s advocate, Prerak Chaudhary, mentioned her dad and mom and uncle have corroborated her grievance.
Within the verdict, the judges mentioned, “…the FIR reveals that the complainant, a lady—a newlywed daughter-in-law— was pitted in opposition to the may of the 5 petitioners, who had been abusing and ill-treating her on petty points. The only intention seems to be to extort cash from her and her dad and mom. That is clear from the truth that even after driving her out of the matrimonial house, they’ve refused handy over her ‘streedhan’ comprising precious jewelry and her articles.”
They mentioned there’s sufficient for the spouse to apprehend “there was hazard to her life and limb by the hands of the petitioners.”
“The allegations within the FIR prima facie disclose the fee of the alleged offences,” they concluded.
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