Supreme Court · 2017 INSC 683 · Decided 27 July 2017
Rajesh Sharma & ORS. v. State of U.P. & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2017 INSC 683 · [2017] 9 S.C.R. 529
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1265/2017
- Decided
- 27 July 2017
- Bench
- ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, UDAY UMESH LALIT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Directions issued
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A
Headnote
529 RAJESH SHARMA & ORS. v. STATE OF U.P. & ANR. (Crimina!Appeal No. 1265 of2017) A JULY27,2017 B IADARSH KUMAR GOEL AND UDAY UMESH LALIT, JJ.I Penal Code, 1860: s. 498A - Abuse of- Remedy - Held: Object of s.498A was to punish the crnelty at the handy of husband and his relatives - far arrest pursuant thereto may ruin the chances .of settlement - The matter c has been considered by Law Commission, Malimath Committee, The D Committee of Petitions in Rajya Sabha and the Home Minist1y - The abuse of the provision was noticed by Supreme Court in many judgments - Many High
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