abuse of the process of law

Promise-to-marry allegation by married woman
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The Kerala High Court held that a mere allegation of a false promise to marry by a woman in a subsisting marriage did not disclose the essential ingredients of an offence under Section 69 of the BNS and, consequently, quashed the FIR and all further proceedings.

Gen-Z lingo alone not voyeurism
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The High Court held that a solitary Instagram compliment, however inelegant, cannot be forced into the statutory mould of voyeurism, stalking, or insult to a woman’s modesty without proof of the essential ingredients of those offences.

FIR Against husband family quashed
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Minor skirmishes that happens in the family between the husband and the wife are projected to become a crime for offences punishable under Section 498A of the IPC or even under Section 504 IPC”