Place of Filing Criminal Case and Legal Issue: A View of Supreme Court
An important Judgment was passed by Hon'ble Supreme Court on 9 April 2019.
On the issue of place of filing a criminal case, it has been commented at page 10 of Rupali Devi v State of Uttar Pradesh [2019] GCtR 2789 (SC) thus : -
"Courts at the place where the wife takes shelter after leaving or driven away from the matrimonial home on account of acts of cruelty committed by the husband or his relatives, would, dependent on the factual situation, also have jurisdiction to entertain a complaint alleging commission of offences under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code."
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Vishal
Delhi
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