Yogeshkumar Purshottamdas Parmar vs State Of Gujarat on 26 June, 2024
In this regard, it would be
apposite to refer the decisions of the Apex Court in cases of
Achin Gupta Vs. State of Haryana & Anr. Reported in 2024
INSC 369, Abhishek Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh reported
in 2023INSC779 / (Criminal Appeal No. 1457 of 2015),
Geeta Mehrotra & Anr. Vs. State of UP, reported in (2012)
10 SCC 741 and Preeti Gupta and another Vs. State of
Jharkhand and another [(2010) 7 SCC 667], wherein, it is
observed that "......the tendency to implicate the husband and all
his immediate relations is also not uncommon in complaints filed
under Section 498A IPC. It was observed that the Courts have to
be extremely careful and cautious in dealing with these
complaints and must take pragmatic realities into consideration
while dealing with matrimonial cases, as allegations of
harassment by husband's close relations, who were living in
different cities and never visited or rarely visited the place where
the complainant resided, would add an entirely different
complexion and such allegations would have to be scrutinized
with great care and circumspection".