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Delhi High Court refuses to quash FIR alleging marital cruelty and sexual offences — “Section 164 statement sufficient to proceed, no mini-trial under inherent powers”

1. Court’s decision The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition seeking quashing of an FIR registered for offences including cruelty, criminal breach of trust, rape, unnatural offences, and criminal intimidation.…
Posted by Rawlaw February 10, 2026
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Delhi High Court quashes dowry-cruelty criminal case after settlement and divorce — “In the interest of justice to end matrimonial prosecution, petition allowed”

1. Court’s decision The Delhi High Court quashed the criminal case arising from a matrimonial dispute after recording that the spouses had amicably settled all their differences, the agreed settlement…
Posted by Rawlaw January 6, 2026
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Delhi High Court denies bail in bigamy-rape-cruelty case — “Concealment of prior marriage vitiates consent; threats, forced intimacy and digital evidence strengthen prosecution” — bail application dismissed

1. Court’s decision The Delhi High Court has dismissed the bail application of an accused charged with serious offences including rape, unnatural offences, bigamy, dowry-cruelty, criminal intimidation and criminal breach…
Posted by Rawlaw December 14, 2025
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Patna High Court Quashes Dowry Cruelty Charges Against In-Laws — “Entire Family Cannot Be Dragged into Matrimonial Disputes Without Specific Allegations”

Court’s Decision The Patna High Court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Purnendu Singh, quashed the dowry-related criminal proceedings against four in-laws of the complainant under Sections 498A, 341, 323,…
Posted by Rawlaw October 19, 2025
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Kerala High Court Holds That “Cruelty Against Children Constitutes Mental Cruelty Against the Spouse”; Enhances Maintenance from ₹6,000 to ₹15,000 While Upholding Divorce Decree

Court’s Decision The Kerala High Court, comprising Justice Sathish Ninan and Justice P. Krishna Kumar, in a detailed judgment dated 6 October 2025, upheld the Family Court’s decree granting dissolution…
Posted by Rawlaw October 6, 2025
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Orissa High Court Partially Allows Criminal Revision, Discharges Mother-in-Law While Declining Relief to Husband Accused Under Dowry Death Provisions Noting Prima Facie Case Against Him for Cruelty and Harassment

"The allegations are general and the cause of death of the deceased is on account of any such ill-treatment due to the conduct of the petitioner No.1 and no one…
Posted by Rawlaw July 16, 2025
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Chhattisgarh High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against In-Laws For Cruelty Under Section 498A IPC: “There is no specific allegation regarding anyone of the petitioners except common and general allegations against all”

Court’s Decision The Chhattisgarh High Court, in its order dated 09.06.2025, quashed the criminal proceedings against the in-laws (petitioner nos. 2 and 3) of the complainant under Section 498A/34 IPC,…
Posted by Rawlaw June 17, 2025

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