Relative of Complainant wife does not become “relative of the Husband” to attract Section 498A IPC: AP High Court [Read Judgment]

The High Court of Andhra Pradesh has held that relatives of complainant wife does not become ‘Relative of the Husband’ to attract Section 498A IPC.Justice U. Durga Prasad Rao quashed criminal proceedings against sister in law of the complainant (her brother’s wife), observing that she being a relative of the complainant, cannot be said to be the relative of the husband of the...