Overview

• The court discharged the husband's parents and sister from charges of cruelty to a married woman and criminal breach of trust.
• The couple married in March 2016, and the husband died by suicide on April 13, 2016, after which the woman filed her complaint two months later with the Crime Against Women cell.
• The judgment found accusations against the father-in-law and sister-in-law to be vague or omnibus and unsupported by evidence.
• Petitioners asserted the woman's family pressured the husband to stay in the marriage and threatened the in-laws with false dowry and domestic-violence cases.
• The court noted records indicating the deceased was stressed about the marriage and had a prior friendship with another woman, calling it an unfortunate, short-lived marriage that led to protracted litigation.