Sec 498A is now a tool of ‘legal terror’: Calcutta HC
Terming the 2017 case "tantamount to abuse of the process of court", the judge said both the evidence presented and the statements of witnesses were inadequate to support the allegations against the husband and in-laws of the complainant.The wife, a resident of Kolkata's Baguiati neighbourhood, had lodged a police complaint alleging that her husband tortured and tried to kill her.
Terming the 2017 case "tantamount to abuse of the process of court", the judge said both the evidence presented and the statements of witnesses were inadequate to support the allegations against the husband and in-laws of the complainant.The wife, a resident of Kolkata's Baguiati neighbourhood, had lodged a police complaint alleging that her husband tortured and tried to kill her.
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