{"id":372279,"date":"2026-01-12T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T04:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=372279"},"modified":"2026-01-15T10:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:03:33","slug":"kar-hc-quashed-proceedings-against-neighbour-in-s-498-a-ipc-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/01\/12\/kar-hc-quashed-proceedings-against-neighbour-in-s-498-a-ipc-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger cannot be drawn into proceedings under Section 498-A IPC: Karnataka High Court quashed proceedings against neighbor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Disclaimer:<\/span> <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">This has been reported after the availability of the order of the Court and not on media reports so as to give an accurate report to our readers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Karnataka High Court:<\/span> In a petition filed under Section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001519791\" target=\"_blank\">482<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726935\" target=\"_blank\">Criminal Procedure Code, 1973<\/a> (&#8216;CrPC&#8217;) by the petitioner, neighbor of a couple, challenging the proceeding wherein she was alleged to have influenced the behavior of the husband to torture his wife, a Single Judge Bench of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">M. Nagaprasanna*<\/span>, J., held that a stranger, the petitioner in the present case, cannot be drawn into the proceedings for offences under Section 498-A of the IPC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The couple got married in November 2006 and in February 2021, Respondent 2 registered a complaint for offences punishable under Sections 34, 498A, 504, 506, 323 of the IPC. After investigation, the police filed a charge sheet pursuant to which the petitioner was summoned as she was alleged to have instigated the husband to behave in a particular manner. Aggrieved, the petitioner approached the High Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court stated that the petitioner&#8217;s name was nowhere in the complaint except for the mention of her instigating the husband to torture the wife otherwise she would not fit into the definition of family as under Section 498-A of the IPC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court viewed that a stranger could not be drawn into the proceedings for offences under Section 498-A of the IPC, between the husband, wife or the family members. The Court stated that permitting further proceedings against the petitioner would become an abuse of the process of the law and would result in miscarriage of justice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The Court quashed the proceedings against the petitioner under Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561652\" target=\"_blank\">34<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561850\" target=\"_blank\">498-A<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561858\" target=\"_blank\">504<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561860\" target=\"_blank\">506<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001561632\" target=\"_blank\">323<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002726960\" target=\"_blank\">Penal Code, 1860<\/a> (&#8216;IPC&#8217;) and Sections <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001546433\" target=\"_blank\">3<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001546434\" target=\"_blank\">4<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002808049\" target=\"_blank\">Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961<\/a> on the file of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Asha G v. State of Karnataka, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/lLzxcJkI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2026 SCC OnLine Kar 34<\/a>, decided on 06-01-2026<\/span>]<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the Petitioner:<\/span> Chandan K, Advocate<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For the Respondent:<\/span> K. Nageshwarappa, HCGP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">&#8220;Permitting further proceedings against the neighbor would become an abuse of the process of the law and result in miscarriage of justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67540,"featured_media":372290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[96607,52786,51389,71273,28334,48772,32223,31299],"class_list":["post-372279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-cruelty-by-husband-or-his-relatives","tag-dowry-prohibition-act-1961","tag-ipc-1860","tag-justice-m-nagaprasanna","tag-karnataka-high-court","tag-matrimonial-cruelty","tag-miscarriage-of-justice","tag-section-498-a-ipc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kar HC quashed proceedings against neighbour in S. 498-A IPC case | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karnataka High Court held that a stranger cannot be drawn into the proceedings for offences under Section 498-A of the IPC, between the husband, wife or the family members; 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