Cruel' Wife
Cruel' Wife
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REPORTABLE
Versus
JUDGMENT
DEEPAK GUPTA, J.
Hindu rites. Out of this wedlock a son was born in the year
1990. It is not disputed that till the year 1999 both husband
and wife lived together with the parents of the husband. In the
husband under Section 452, 323 and 341 of the Indian Penal
to the police, the injuries on the person of the wife were self
Section 182 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’). It is not
issue raised before us. The learned trial Judge dismissed the
11 years after the police had submitted its report and after
proceedings had been initiated against the wife, the wife filed a
that her client is not at fault and cruelty has not been proved.
She further submits that her client wants the status of being a
dismissed.
which it is reported that the wife had alleged that she was
beaten by her husband and his family members many times for
she was kept like an orphan and twice attempts had been made
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them and that she had been assaulted and threatened to leave
the house. In this case also, the final report of the police is that
self-inflicted.
been filed and the wife may have been in an agitated state of
the allegations is borne out from the fact that the police did
not even find it a fit case to be tried. After the police filed its
cancellation report, the wife kept silent and after 11 years she
1
2013 (5) SCC 226.
2
2010 (4) SCC 476.
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the meaning of the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 (for short ‘the
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her. The police found, on investigation, that not only was the
complaint false but also the injuries were self inflicted by the
High Court while dealing with the plea of false complaints held
unable to agree with this finding of the High Court and the
court below. Both the courts below relied upon the statement
of the wife that her husband had often visited her house and
and the son and daughter-in-law of the parties live with the
wife. The son is working with the husband. We may note that
Ms. Makhija has very fairly stated before us that the husband
court.
12. Though we have held that the acts of the wife in filing
have a decent house where she can live. Her son and
parties, we direct that the husband shall pay to the wife a sum
permanent alimony and she will not claim any further amount
is residing at present.
disposed of.
…………………………………..J.
(ADARSH KUMAR GOEL)
…………………………………..J.
(DEEPAK GUPTA)
New Delhi
April 24, 2017