Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 606 · Decided 13 September 2010
Sunita Jha v. State of Jharkhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 606 · [2010] 11 S.C.R. 648
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1745/2010
- Decided
- 13 September 2010
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, A.K. PATNAIK (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 498A; Hindu Marriage Act
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860 - s. 498A - Offence of cruelty - 'Relative of the husband' - Complaint case filed by C respondent no.2-wife against her husband and appellant, who was living with the accused husband allegedly as his wife - Discharge application filed by appellant dismissed - Order upheld by High or his relative could be proceeded against u/s.498A - S.498A D cannot be applied to a person who is not a relation of the husband when the alleged offence is said to have been committed - Merely because appellant was living with the accused husband of respondent no.2, she did not become a
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