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Gujarat High Court:<\/span> In an application filed by a woman seeking quashing of an FIR registered under Sections 498A<\/a>1<\/sup><\/a>, 323<\/a>2<\/sup><\/a>, 504<\/a>3<\/sup><\/a>, 506(2)<\/a>4<\/sup><\/a> and 114<\/a>5<\/sup><\/a> of the Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (‘IPC’) against her by her alleged boyfriend’s wife, a Single Judge Bench of J.C. Joshi, J., partly allowed the petition, thereby quashing the FIR and all consequential proceedings initiated in pursuance thereof.<\/p>\n

Background<\/h3>\n

The complainant, wife of the petitioner’s alleged boyfriend, filed an FIR under Sections 498A<\/a>, 323<\/a>, 504<\/a>, 506(2)<\/a> and 114<\/a> of the IPC<\/a> stating that her husband threatened her life while asking for a divorce and informing her about his affair. She stated that the petitioner would frequently visit her marital home and harass her to persuade her to divorce her husband.<\/p>\n

Aggrieved, the petitioner filed the present application.<\/p>\n

Analysis<\/h3>\n

Upon examining the allegations, the Court held that the petitioner was the alleged girlfriend of the complainant’s husband, and no other status or relation had been assigned to her. In this regard, the Court placed reliance on Dechamma I.M.<\/span> v. State of Karnataka<\/span> 2024 SCC OnLine SC 3853<\/a>, wherein the Supreme Court reiterated that a girlfriend or even a woman with whom a man has had romantic or sexual relations outside of marriage could not be construed to be a relative for the purposes of prosecution under Section 498A<\/a> of IPC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Court also held that apart from above material placed on record by way of the FIR and the chargesheet, nothing in the FIR fulfilled the essential ingredients of Sections 323<\/a>, 504<\/a>, 506(2)<\/a> of IPC<\/a> and there was an absence of documentary evidence supporting case of complainant. In these circumstances, the petitioner could not be permitted to face rigmarole of the trial.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, the Court partly allowed the petition thereby quashing the FIR and all consequential proceedings initiated in pursuance thereof.<\/p>\n

[X v. State of Gujarat, 2025 SCC OnLine Guj 1532<\/a>, decided on 23-04-2025<\/span>]<\/p>\n\n

Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n

For the applicant:<\/span> Zalak B Pipalia<\/p>\n

For the respondent:<\/span> APP Soham Joshi<\/p>\n

Buy Penal Code, 1860   HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"penal<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

1.<\/a> Section 85<\/a> of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

2.<\/a> Section 115(2)<\/a> of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

3.<\/a> Section 352<\/a> of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

4.<\/a> Section 351(2)\/(3)<\/a> of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n

5.<\/a> Section 54<\/a> of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Court held that the petitioner was the alleged girlfriend of the complainant’s husband, and no other status or relation had been assigned to her for prosecution under Section 498A of the IPC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67011,"featured_media":314807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[2570,81538,3096,24354,44295],"class_list":["post-346818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-Cruelty","tag-cruelty-case-against-husbands-girlfriend","tag-Gujarat_High_Court","tag-quashing-of-proceedings","tag-section-498a"],"yoast_head":"\nHusband\u2019s girlfriend not a \u2018relative\u2019 for prosecution under S. 498A IPC\u2019; Gujarat HC quashes cruelty case | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gujarat HC quashed cruelty case filed against husband\u2019s girlfriend; 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