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Circular To Police On How To Handle 498-A Complaints Page 1 PDF
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5 While tl-le initial ,eaction to insertion of Section 4ggA was rnore
or
lgtr .welcome, of rate., representations r-,r""- u*"n i;."i""j 'il,i'",#u
Government alleging nrisuse of the'proilsions-or-ilie section.
cases, gvery member of tlie husband's hcuseirold nui-lo"n some
ln
irrespective of vrhether flrey had a rore in 'in,r,ricring ,ruurtv
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woman or not" ln some cases, il-re provisions havr: been used
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persorral scores cases have been repor.terl ylhere to setilp
monrenrary angr:r ha,s
resulted in invor:aticn c'[ section rlggA, which resLriled in the
arrest of thp
members of l.lrr: n'antily'slir:ltirrg dovuri any possibility of reconcilialion
in
future and a llotai collapse of the rnarriacie.'Even,wh,r:,rr: tlrere
is a
proceerlinq, 'li.l"rr:r -iarse Lr iri,d{*r $uciiolr ;!sg,,llconil.irlues Lo persist dlvorce
because
of the offo il c u lhu I p t"] o ri -c o rn po u n rja h e.
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6. Tire Delhi l-lign corrri in the case of Eavitri D*vi Vs. Ramesh chand
and othqrs (crinrinal Revisiorl No.462 of 2002) have e>ranrined
at lengtlr. The oourt a,r,onfr other things observed as follo'ys:-
sectio;;;tt;
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4ti get anticipatr:ryr5611 as the offence has been rnade p"grlrrbiJ ;ii
non-bailable. -l-housancJs of such complaints aind cases
are pending
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and are being Ioclgecl clay in and da5, 6s1.
-l-hose pnovisians
have resurrecJ into ,arE1c number of divorce
cases as vvhen one menrber of the fbmity is ai:imsterd -ro
*uni'ijiii
without any in,lecirate reprieve of bair, the chance:s of salvagi"g'o;
suruiving the tlarriage rececie irrto backgrolnd and marriag"-toi ull
pracl.ical purpc,ses beconres deacl.', ( J.D. Kapoor
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.
7- Justice F,rijil pasayat of the supreme court in the Judgment
on a
writ Petition (civit) Nlo.i41 of 2005 -,sushil Kurnar $harma vl union of
lnclia and ottrers hars observed as follows.
8. ' The suprerrre couri has irr one case opinec that no arrest need
be
m;rde only because ii is lar.tfur for ilie porice officer to rio so, rne porice
ol1icer must oe able io jlrstify the arrest apart from his power to do -
*d, N;
arrest sfrould be nrade in a routine manner on a mere altegation oi
cr:mmission of an oFfence rnade against a person.
10-. Further, tire views of the Ministry of women anrj chiid Development
crr"the issues are tirat the important legislations such as section
4gg[,iiC;
Dowry Prohibitiorr Act '1961 and protection of.Wornen from Domest-ic
Violence Act, 2005 rnrhiclr provicle protection ancl iegal remedies to women
should nct be tink.ered vvith. As these are special lauu,s governing the same
r,ub)ect- rneller" these ia,.,;s need" i;e .lrar;roniied anJ unifornriy tc
inrplementecj. Ai the same tinie, if some set procerlures are followed, misuse
of lavys may be curtailecf
11. since anrending the law at this stage is likely to be opposecl ergair,
in or:der to lay to rest the allegation of misilse
State Governn-lents arc reqt;es"led -' s"ttion 4ggA of lpc, the
- -:- or
kindly:
(a) c.ornply with the procedLrrg as tui,t oo*n irr D.K.Basu,s
Io
The !l-1r:n'ble
case.
supreme court i* rts jurlgernent datecl 1g.12.g6 in
cFt[" cvvp rrlo i3g/96 - D.r,( Bas.r vs. state of west Berrgal
h;rs
slarlorj thar the power of arrest vvirhor-rt a v,iarrant shouta
r;e.
eXerCiseri r")nii, a[te' a reasr:nable snitistaic{.ion ir; reached,
afler
soffre investigation, a$ t0 the genuineness ard bcnafides
of a
complaint arrd a reasonable beiief as to both the .person,s
complici\/ as well as tlre neecl to effect arrest. Therefoie in any
nlatrimonial dispute it may nrot lre neDessary in all cases 1o
inrnrediatel.y exercis;e the powe.s' ol''arrest. t{eco*s"-;;;
initialfy taken to dispuie setilernent ,*,Lrii.nir* such ,as
d;
conciliation, mediation, counselling of the pnrriu,,
"t"
&) tvlahila desl<s nray be created at porice stations and ,crinre
,Against women cell'may be creaied at lerasl at the
cistriii'
level wlricir courd specificaily catr-:r to qornpraints iiau
nv
\/VOmen.
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