498A of Indian Penal Code is for protecting the women who are regularly abused,
tortured, harassed both mentally and physically by their husbands or/& husband’s
family members. Accordingly, under Section 498A cruelty to a woman by her husband
or any relative of her husband was made punishable. Yes, there is no limitation of
number of years of marriage on filing 498A and according CrPC 468, the limitation
on filing of 498A is 3 years from the last alleged incident.
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The number of false 498A cases or cases of misuse of anti-dowry laws has even made
the Supreme Court of India to term it as ‘legal terrorism’. The biased nature of
this law has enabled women to file a false case against their husbands for reasons
such as
❖ To get out of the marriage due to her inability to adjust to the new family.
❖ Blackmailing the husband so as to extort money.
❖ To implicate the husband in a false case and revive the relationship
with a man she was previously associated with or got into an extra-marital affair
with.
In case of misuse of the provision of 498A in IPC by the wife, the husband must
consult a Marital Dispute lawyer to know the correct legal action to take against
his wife.
We at Confluence Legal are here to help you to Fight for Your Right.
In India anyone accused of taking dowry is therefore subject to a multiplicity
of legal processes. Similarly on the other hand wrongly accusing of taking dowry
is equally illegal before the law in INDIA.