The Allahabad High Court strongly criticised a man for making false, defamatory allegations against his wife and daughters, terming it abuse of process. The court held the plea stemmed from a domestic dispute and condemned such misuse.
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad High Court has severely criticised a man for filing false and defamatory accusations claiming that his wife and daughters were linked to a sex racket.
A Division Bench comprising Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi and Justice JJ Munir observed that the petition seeking an inquiry into the alleged racket was, in essence, rooted in a domestic disagreement. The Court described it as the “most abominable way” of presenting a personal family matter before the judiciary.
The Bench said,
“The petitioner xxx, who is the husband of the fourth respondent xxx suffers from the holier-than-thou syndrome. He thinks himself as a crusader against all immoralities in society. During the course of hearing, he has come up with the most scurrilous allegations against his wife and daughters, imputing immoralities to them,”
Earlier, the husband had approached the Court alleging that certain “indecent videos” involving his wife and daughter had been uploaded on pornography websites.
Based on the plea, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered under multiple provisions of the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act and the Information Technology Act.
After a preliminary investigation, the Commissioner of Police, Kanpur Nagar, informed the Court that the videos were no longer accessible on the websites. The husband, however, disputed the police position and claimed that the police personnel were also involved with the accused.
Once it became clear that the dispute was fundamentally a family matter, the High Court directed the husband, his wife, and the two daughters to undergo mediation so that they could try to resolve their differences amicably.
The mediation, however, did not produce any outcome.
In an order dated April 7, the Court stated,
“The husband was ridden with an ego of his own that he is the one who holds the banner of morality and the rest of the family have gone the immoral way, something that we have already remarked in ample measure.”
The Court also relied on a report submitted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur. The Court noted that the report found no direct matches between the images supplied by the petitioner and those shown in the videos.
The Court noted,
“The IIT, Kanpur have submitted a report regarding the digital documents, photos and videographs supplied by the petitioner including those taken down from offensive websites. The IIT’s report dated 25.03.2026 says in the Conclusive Remarks:- ‘Based on the detailed forensic analysis of digital artifacts from the examined videos and photographs, the examiner has determined that there are no direct matches between the provided image and any individuals appearing in the recovered videos or screenshots. The analysis further indicates that the recovered media files are approximately 10-12 years old, based on available metadata and artifact timelines. The available digital evidence supports the conclusion of incorrect or misleading identity association’,”
In view of the findings, the Court concluded that the petitioner had levelled reckless accusations against his family alleging involvement in a sex racket.
While dismissing the plea, the Bench said,
“We do not find any basis to issue a mandamus to the police to enquire into any kind of a sex racket, much less direct the registration of an FIR on the basis of hollow allegations. The allegations in the petition, in fact, are very scandalous, some of them fit to be expunged,”
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