Second Complaint on Same Matrimonial Incident Unsustainable, Amounts to Abuse of Process; Section 498A IPC Case Quashed: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that a second criminal proceeding arising out of the self-same incident with identical allegations cannot be legally sustained and amounts to a clear abuse of the process of law. The Court quashed a dowry harassment and attempt to murder case registered against the husband and his family members, observing that criminal law cannot be misused by initiating multiple proceedings for the same occurrence. Bench…