Daily bickering between husband and wife not cruelty under Section 498A IPC: Calcutta High Court

The Court, therefore, quashed the conviction under Section 498A of IPC of a man who was charged for subjecting his wife to mental and physical cruelty. It, however, upheld his conviction under Section 323 of the IPC.
Calcutta High Court
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The Jalpaiguri bench of the Calcutta High Court recently held that the daily bickering between a husband and a wife would not come within the ambit of cruelty as defined under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) [Ranjan Das vs State of West Bengal].

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