{"id":205635,"date":"2018-11-24T12:06:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T06:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=205635"},"modified":"2018-11-28T17:24:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T11:54:28","slug":"false-dowry-case-filed-by-daughter-in-law-against-mother-in-law-amounts-to-abuse-of-process-of-the-court-fir-against-mother-in-law-quashed-karnataka-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/11\/24\/false-dowry-case-filed-by-daughter-in-law-against-mother-in-law-amounts-to-abuse-of-process-of-the-court-fir-against-mother-in-law-quashed-karnataka-hc\/","title":{"rendered":"False dowry case filed by daughter-in-law against mother-in-law amounts to abuse of process of the court; FIR against mother-in-law quashed: Karnataka HC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Karnataka High Court:<\/b> A Single Judge Bench comprising of K.S Mudagal, J. slammed a daughter-in-law for filing a false case of dowry against her mother-in-law and quashed the FIR registered against petitioner mother-in-law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The instant criminal writ petition was filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, (CrPC) praying for quashing of FIR and chargesheet filed against the petitioner and her son by her daughter-in-law (complainant) for offences allegedly committed by them under Sections 498 A and 114 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3 and 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The petitioner was not even residing with her son and complainant daughter-in-law and so she could not have harassed the complainant. Complainant had merely stated that cash and gold was given at the time of her marriage \u2013 the same did not mean that it was given at petitioner\u2019s behest. The Court also took note of the forum chosen by the complainant remarking that while the petitioner resided in a remote area of Andhra Pradesh, the case was filed against her in Davanagere Women Police Station.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In view of the above and placing reliance on the dictum of Apex Court in <em>Preeti Gupta v. State of Jharkhand<\/em>, (<a href=\"http:\/\/scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/pyVWLcHa\">2010) 7 SCC 667<\/a>, the Court observed that proceedings against the petitioner was nothing but abuse of process of the court and continuance of the same would amount to failure of ends of justice. Therefore, the petition was allowed and proceedings against the petitioner were quashed.[Puttalakshmi v. 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