Bombay HC : Divorce given for false 498A

http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/15373775/ In our view, filing of a false criminal complaint itself amounts to cruelty within the meaning of section 13(i) (a) of the Hindu Marriage Act. A similar view was taken by the Division Bench of this Court in Family Court Appeal No. 158 of 2008. The Division Bench had taken into consideration the judgment and order passed by the Trial Court of acquitting the Appellant therein for the offence punishable under section 498A r/w. 34 of the Indian Penal Code and also the deposition of the Appellant in the Trial Court.