In its ruling, the court acquitted the man, his parents, and his brother, who had been convicted by a lower court for cruelty towards his late wife.

Mumbai: Taunting a wife, not allowing her to visit temples alone or making her sleep on a carpet cannot be considered as “cruelty” under IPC Section 498A, Bombay High Court has ruled. Among other allegations against a man and his family were taunting the woman for the food she cooked, not allowing her to interact with […]