The High Court of Karnataka has quashed a criminal case registered against a man by his wife in Bengaluru city for allegedly subjecting her to cruelty by preventing her from eating French fries, rice, and meat after the delivery of a child in the U.S.
The court termed the complaint as “abuse of process of law” by invoking Section 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Also, the court wondered how the police registered the first information report (FIR) on such a complaint without conducting a preliminary inquiry as per the guidelines of the apex court and went to the extent of preventing the husband from returning to the U.S to rejoin his job by issuing a Look-Out Circular (LOC) against him.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order while allowing a petition filed by Abuzar A., 36, his father, mother and brother of Bengaluru.
They had questioned the complaint lodged by Abuzar’s wife in 2024 for the alleged incidents that occurred in 2020.
