Comments about wife's cooking not cruelty under Section 498A IPC: Bombay High Court

The Court quashed an FIR registered against the relatives of the husband who had been accused of cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code by the wife.
Bombay HC, Section 498A
Bombay HC, Section 498A

Husband's relatives making negative comments about wife's cooking skills will not amount to cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Bombay High Court recently observed while quashing a first information report (FIR) by a woman against the relatives of a husband [Sandesh Madhukar Salunkhe & Anr v. State of Maharashtra & Anr].

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