It is now a common practice in India that a large number of wives make false complaints against their husbands or his family members to a nearby police station. The victimized Indian families are falsely blackmailed and threatened by the daughters-in-law & her family members. Without sufficient investigation, the husband or his family members or relatives are immediately arrested by the police. Even if the complaint is false, police can put them behind bars on a non-bailable term, until it will be proved that they are innocent. It’s all about false complaint of alimony, domestic violence, dowry law, marriage and divorce.
As per law, the Indian penal Code, 1860 with only one section, Section 498-A by the criminal law, whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects woman to cruelty shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.
There may be three possible situations in which amendment in Section 498-A can be regulated:-
There are countless instances where the police arrest husband, elderly parents, pregnant sisters-in-law, unmarried sisters, and even 3 years old children without any investigation. In these cases, family of husband also faces a lot of mental harassment and tortured by the corrupt Indian legal system. Sometimes, the case goes on for years. Some accused husbands and other family members also commit suicide during their imprisonment period.