Mere extra marital relationship does not amount to cruelty, in the absence of other acceptable evidence to establish conduct to drive a woman to commit suicide: SC

A Supreme Court Bench comprising of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya has held that mere evidence of extra marital relationship cannot amount to cruelty. It observed, "Mere extra-marital relationship, even if proved, would be illegal and immoral, as has been said in Pinakin Mahipatray Rawal (supra), but it would take a different character if the prosecution brings some evidence...