Another misuse of domestic violence law: Supreme Court warns wife for filling false FIR under Section 498A of IPC and the Dowry Act

The Supreme Court of India recently criticised a girl who abused the law meant to offer protection to women who are victim of domestic violence. She filed a misleading case under Section 498A of IPC and under Dowry Act against her husband and in-laws. As per the case history presented in the court, she fled her matrimonial home multiple times and at one such occasions police found her living in a companionship of another man, while still being officially married. She was taken back by her husband only after she gave a written assurance.