Matrimonial Case Against Mother-in-Law Partly Quashed Under Section 482 Cr.P.C., Proceedings Against Husband to Continue: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has partly ended criminal proceedings in a matrimonial dispute involving Sayed Mohd. Shamim and Zubaida Khatoon. Justice Samit Gopal, by judgment dated 13 August 2026, held that the allegations against the mother-in-law, Zubaida Khatoon, were common, general and omnibus in nature and therefore the criminal proceedings against her deserved to be quashed. However, the Court refused to grant the same relief to the husband, Sayed Mohd.…