Upgrad
LCI Learning

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Share on LinkedIn

Share on Email

Share More


(Guest)

498(a)/506(ii)quashing - false witnesses

History of the case:
1.husband filed divorce case, wife appeared and engaged a counsel
2.after divorce case appearance, wife filed 498a two months after filing of divorce case
3.so many allegations written in the complaint and FIR, but charge sheet is so crisp with half page
4.seven witnesses added, out of which 4 are unknown to husband...appear to be relative of other witnesses, whom wife has friendship

Key points:
1.Husband has not taken dowry at all. It is also written in charge sheet & wife 161 stmt, all dowry items are with wife only.
2.Wife is living in-laws house, husband was paying monthly amount through bank transfer, till wife filing 498a case. has bank statements to prove.
3.Husband has collected voter id and all details of other 4 witnesses that they dont even stay near by the house.
4.Husband has collected details of 2 other witnesses who are govt servents and working in office, for the day which wife claims husband tried to attack her, and those people saved wife. Received RTI evidence for govt servent attendance for that day.

help needed:
1.why still HC cant quash this case as witnesses are false, having proof for the same?
2.how to press the discharege petition at lower court? what is the critical point a criminal majistrate look for in this case for discharge?
3.can husband file defamtion suit on those 2 false witnesses based on RTI evidence? should it be now or only after completion of trial/judgement?
4.is it really good idea to show details of false witness evidences when case is pending for trial to start?

kindly help. thank you.



Learning

 2 Replies

ROHIT SHARMA (Legal Advisor )     19 February 2016

1. The following observtions will restarin the H.C. to quash the complaint;

(a) The wife contiunes to stay in her in laws house. The chane of instances of domestetic violence may take place as due to he issue of divirce.

(b) She had not agreed for divorce and hence after mediation and counselling follwing your filing of divorce petition she preferred to stay with the husband.

(c) The withnesses can be only idetified as hostile when they depose before the trial court. H.C. cannot examine the issue of witnesses being fradulently named.

2. The husband should be tactful and help maitain domestic peace.

3. The husband can apply for discharge before the trial court citing such allegations as counter balst to your divirce petition wich you have ultimately withdrawn.

 

 

 

1 Like

(Guest)

thank you for your kind suggestion sir.

No, wife is not living with the husband, neither with anyone. house is owned by husband's mother. it has been two years, wife is living like this, husband is working in different city. issue started when wife resisted moving along with husband in his working city. wife herself written in the petition that living separately for 2 years.

she had not agreed for divorce. judge has given 5 opportunities for her to file objection, but she has not filed objection yet, and case is moving to petitioner's evidence. what would the strategy from herside without fighting the divorce case?


Leave a reply

Your are not logged in . Please login to post replies

Click here to Login / Register