In-laws as passive spectators, can't be roped into 'cruelty to wife' FIR, says Bombay high court
- Posted on May 31, 2026
- By The Times of India
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In-laws as passive spectators, can't be roped into 'cruelty to wife' FIR, says Bombay high court
MUMBAI: Bombay high court quashed a criminal case and proceedings against in-laws of a woman, observing that to not react, or a refusal to actively take sides of daughter-in-law or being a passive spectator, cannot be the basis to invoke the law for offence of ‘cruelty to wife’.
