News : “..Saini, who was married to Darshana Devi in 1985, had alleged that in October 1987 his wife had lodged a criminal case in which he and his family members were handcuffed and made to walk barefoot to the police station in full public view….”
Comments :
– This Husband was humiliated in 1985 by his wife’s complaint to the police
– It has taken a full TWO decades for him to get justice
– God alone knows if the case would go on further appeal to the Supreme court
– 10s of 1000s of families in India are struggling because of POLICE entering matrimonial matters
– Men of this country..”Unite and protect our homes..”. Only civil laws shall govern matrimonial problems.
– Stop FALSE dowry cases breaking families !
– Stop FALSE dowry cases breaking India !!
The Tribune
Friday, June 15, 2007, Chandigarh, India
HC: Falsely implicating husband act of cruelty
New Delhi, June 14
Registration of criminal cases to falsely implicate the husband and his family members does amount to an act of cruelty by the wife, the Delhi High Court has held.
“The husband and his family members were arrested twice, kept in police lock-up and made to undergo jail terms for offences of which they were ultimately acquitted, cannot but be termed as cruelty,” Justice S. Murlidhar said.
The court made the observations while dismissing an appeal filed by Darshna Devi against the trial court order granting decree of divorce to her husband Anil Kumar Saini on the ground of cruelty as she had filed two criminal cases, including the dowry harassment, against her husband and in-laws.
In February 1998, the trial court had granted divorce to Saini acceding to his plea that he had been treated with cruelty.
Saini, who was married to Darshana Devi in 1985, had alleged that in October 1987 his wife had lodged a criminal case in which he and his family members were handcuffed and made to walk barefoot to the police station in full public view.
He also alleged that in 1989 the wife had registered a dowry harassment case in which he was beaten up at the police station and taken to Tihar Jail.
But later they all were acquitted by the trial court in both the cases due to lack of evidence, he added and insisted that such acts of wife tantamount to cruelty.
To his submissions, the High Court said “although the acquittal in criminal cases by itself can’t establish cruelty, but in the light of circumstances, it does assume significance.” The court rejected the wife’s contention that her father-in-law being a police inspector had manipulated records to protect him saying “the facts seems to indicate otherwise.” “It can be seen that in fact she (wife) managed to get the police on the spot time and again not withstanding the fact that the husband’s father was a police officer,” the court noted. — PTI
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070615/main5.htm
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