498A quash after chargesheet 15.02.2022 – In this article, the Karnataka High court has held that the allegations made against the husbands’ family and a stranger are only stray statements made by the wife without quoting any specific incident against any of the petitioner. Further, the Karnataka High court has held that it is clearly stated in the FIR that most of the allegations are made against the husband and all the petitioners are just dragged into the criminal proceedings just to make them go through the difficulties of trial. Otherwise, the allegations made against the petitioners only contributes to minor disputes and doesn’t attract the provisions of Section 498A IPC. Therefore, the Karnataka High court ordered to quash the criminal proceedings initiated against the petitioners.