On November 24, 2025, the Calcutta High Court provided relief to a husband’s mother and brother from a Section 498A IPC criminal case because the wife’s lawyer failed to submit any consistent or credible evidence of cruelty or dowry-related harassment. This ruling concluded a 22-year old struggle for acquittal in a 498A criminal case, as the trial court had sentenced them to two years of rigorous imprisonment in 2003.

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For those who might not know, Section 498A of the IPC punishes individuals who commit cruelty against a married woman.

The Calcutta High Court noted that there were significant discrepancies in the explanations given by the wife’s brother. Despite claiming that his

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