The Bombay High Court quashed criminal proceedings against a woman’s in-laws, holding that merely remaining silent, refusing to take sides, or acting as passive observers in marital disputes cannot attract liability under Section 498A of the IPC.
The Supreme Court held that merely mentioning a caste name without intent to insult does not attract the SC/ST Act. It said allegations must show caste-based abuses or that the caste name was hurled as an abuse, in fact.
