Husband, Family Members Can't Treat Woman Like Slave Just Because She Is A Psychiatric Patient: Orissa High Court

Sparsh Upadhyay

9 Feb 2021 8:20 AM IST

"Even the allegation of psychological illness of the complainant-victim does not give the petitioner and his family members the right to treat her like slave bereft of any mercy and human compassion." : Orissa High Court

While denying Regular Bail to a Husband booked for allegedly subjecting her wife (complainant-victim) to cruelty, the Orissa High Court last week observed that a woman can't be treated like "slave bereft of any mercy and human compassion" just because she is allegedly a Psychiatric patient. The Bench of Justice S. K. Panigrahi specifically observed, "Even the allegation...

Husband, Family Members Can't Treat Woman Like Slave Just Because She Is A Psychiatric Patient: Orissa High Court

Sparsh Upadhyay

"Even the allegation of psychological illness of the complainant-victim does not give the petitioner and his family members the right to treat her like slave bereft of any mercy and human compassion." : Orissa High Court

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