S.498A IPC | One Trivial Instance Not Sufficient For ‘Cruelty’: Supreme Court Quashes Case Against Husband’s Sisters & Cousins

The Supreme Court  while quashing the criminal proceedings for the offence of cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian PenalCode, 1860, observed that one occurrence, unless serious, with no clear evidence of involvement in the complainant’s life, is not sufficient to implicate the person as having committed cruelty under section 498A of the IPC.,”