IPC 498A
The Section No:-498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, pertains to the offence of cruelty being committed on a married woman by her Husband or the relatives of her husband. As per the law of land, every information to the police relating to the commission of offence under Section-498A of the Indian Penal Code (For short IPC) is supposed to be converted into a formal FIR.The registration of the FIR follows a Police investigation in the Case. The Police have lot of discretion in the matter of investigation and interrogations. The Police can seek custodial interrogation of the husband and his relatives, and at the same time, it can opt not to press for that. The custodial interrogation means interrogation by the Police after arresting the person concerned. To curb the misuse of this desertion by the Police, the Courts, i.e., the High Courts all over India and the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India have passed, from time to time, the Orders, Judgments, and Guidelines directing the Police not to arrest the husband and/ or his relatives in a particular facts and circumstances. The Superior Officers of the Police also often issue such Guidelines to the concerned Investigating Officers (IOs) at their command as might be essential for the due compliance of the Court Orders and Judgments
Criminal Courts
- Supreme Court Of India
- High Courts Of Various States
- District & Sessions Judge [D&SJ]
- Metropolitan Magistrates [MM]
- Judicial Magistrates [JM]
- Mediators & Concilliators
