Courts Where Wife Takes Shelter After Leaving Matrimonial Home Due To Cruelty Can Entertain Section 498A IPC Complaint: Supreme Court

Case: Priya Indoria v. State of Karnataka

Coram: Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

Case No.: Arising out of SLP(Crl.) Nos.11423-11426 of 2023

Court Observation: The Courts at the place where the wife takes shelter after leaving or being driven away from the matrimonial home on account of acts of cruelty committed by the husband or his relatives, would, depending on the factual situation, also have jurisdiction to entertain a complaint alleging commission of offenses under Section 498-A of the IPC.

“whether the ordinary place of inquiry and trial would include the place where the complainant-wife resides after being separated from her husband?”

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