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PIL Against 498A

STOP Misuse of Dowry Law.

Please Sign PIL Against Misuse of 498A

Todays modern indian women, in the name of LAW, misuseing Dowry protection Act IPC -498a to harass innocent husband, his old aged parents and his sisters, Even if he has not taken any dowry or demand any dowry.
Just because she is not able to adjust to husband home,
To have more Freedom,
To control her in-laws,
When husband find out her infedelity.
or Blackmail husband incase he divorce her, for her mistakes.

Under this section Authority charge Everyone who named,without any Enquiry,they jail old Aged parents of husband,
Full pregenent sisters of husband, and also breast fed children of her coz they cann`t seperate when mother was falsly charged in 498a.
it is not a law to protect women but harass more innocent women to protect one women.

The Dowry Prohibition Act, was enacted with the intention of protecting wives from marital violence, abuse and extortionist dowry demands, however, the actual implementation of these laws has left a bitter trail of disappointment, anger and resentment in its wake, among the affected families

The truth is, that there were adequate provisions in the IPC Sections 323, 324, 325 and 326 for use against anyone who assaults a woman or causes her injury. The Indian Penal Code was amended twice during the 1980s – first in 1983 and again in 1986 – to define special categories of crimes dealing with marital violence and abuse

In 1983, Section 498A of the IPC defined a new cognizable offence, namely, “cruelty by husband or relatives of husband”. This means that under this law the police have no option but to take action, once such a complaint is registered by the victim or any of her relatives. It prescribes imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and also includes a fine. The definition of cruelty is not just confined to causing grave injury, bodily harm, or danger to life, limb or physical health, but also includes mental health, harassment and emotional torture through verbal abuse. This law takes particular cognisance of harassment, where it occurs with a view to coercing the wife, or any person related to her, to meet any unlawful demand regarding any property or valuable security, or occurs on account of failure by her, or any person related to her, to meet such a demand.

During the same period, two amendments to the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961, enacted in 1984 and 1986, made dowry giving and receiving a cognizable offence. Even in this case, where a person is prosecuted for taking or abetting dowry, or for demanding dowry, the burden of proof that he had not committed the offence was placed on the accused.

However, no punitive provisions were added for those making false allegations or exaggerated claims. There is, of course, the law against perjury (lying on oath). But in India, the courts expect people to prevaricate and lawyers routinely encourage people to make false claims because such stratagems are assumed to be part of the legal game in India. Therefore, the law against perjury has hardly ever been invoked in India.

Section 406, to be invoked by the woman to file cases against her husband and in-laws for retrieval of her dowry prescribes imprisonment of upto three years for criminal breach of trust. Often, highly exaggerated or bogus claims are made by unscrupulous families who demand the return of more than was given as ‘stridhan’, using the draconian sections 498A and section 406 of the IPC as a bargaining tool.

Furthermore, another Section 304B was added to the IPC to deal with yet another new category of crime called “dowry death”. This section states that if the death of a woman is caused by burns or bodily injury, or occurs under abnormal circumstances, within seven years of her marriage and it is shown that just prior to her death she was subjected to cruelty by her husband or any relative of her husband, in connection with any demand for dowry, such a death would be called a “dowry death”, and the husband or relative would would be deemed to have caused her death. The burden of proof is shifted to the accused party. The basic spirit of Indian jurisprudence is that a person is presumed innocent till proven guilty. However, in all these cases the person is assumed guilty till proven innocent.

The person held guilty of a “dowry death” shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than seven years but which may extend to imprisonment for life. By inserting a new section 113B in the Indian Evidence Act, the lawmakers stipulated that in cases that get registered by the police as those of “dowry death”, the court shall presume that the accused is guilty unless he can prove otherwise.

This is understandable in cases of death because the unnatural demise of a woman through suicide or murder is in itself proof that something was seriously wrong in the marriage. But problems arise when the same presumption applies to cases of domestic discord where the underlying cause of conflict is not necessarily the husband’s violence, abuse or economic demands but due to the couple’s inability to get along with each other.

The law was recast, heavily weighted in the woman’s favour, on the assumption that only genuinely aggrieved women would come forward to lodge complaints and that they would invariably tell the truth. In the process, however, the whole concept of due process of law had been overturned in these legal provisions dealing with domestic violence

With the police as well as lawyers encouraging female complainants to use this as a necessary ploy to implicate their marital families, making them believe that their complaint will not be taken seriously otherwise. It has become a distinct trend to include dowry demands in every complaint of domestic discord or cruelty, even when dowry was not an issue at all. This has created an erroneous impression that all of the violence in Indian homes is due to a growing greed for more dowry.

This tendency has received a further fillip with the enactment of 498 A, mentioning dowry demands seems to have become a common ritual in virtually all cases registered with the police or filed in court, misusing the provisions of sections 498A and 406. Even members of many women’s organisations themselves acknowledge such abuse. Things have come to this pass, not just due to police and judicial corruption/apathy but also because the laws, as they are currently framed, lend themselves to easy abuse.

All these amendments placed draconian powers in the hands of the police without adequate safeguards against the irresponsibility of the enforcement machinery. There are any number of cases coming to light where Section 498A has been used mainly as an instrument of blackmail. It lends itself to easy misuse as a tool for wreaking vengeance on entire families, because, under this section, it is available to the police to arrest anyone a married woman names as a tormentor in her complaint, as “cruelty” in marriage has been made a non-bailable offence. Thereafter, bail in such cases has been denied as a basic right.

This law has lent itself to gross abuse, because arresting and putting a person in jail, even before the trial has begun, amounts to pre-judging and punishing the accused without due process. Although a preliminary investigation is required after the registration of the F.I.R, in practice such complaints are registered, whether the charges are proved valid or not, and arrest warrants issued, without determining whether the concerned family is actually abusive, or they have been falsely implicated. Our laws do not recognise the possibility of daughters-in-law maltreating old in-laws or other vulnerable members of their husband’s family.

There are any number of cases where the problem is mutual maladjustment of the couple rather than abuse by the entire joint family. However, a host of relatives, including elderly parents, who are not necessarily the cause of maladjustment, have all been arrested and put in jail for varying lengths of time before the trial begins. There have been several cases where judges have refused bail unless the accused family deposits a certain sum of money in the complainant’s name as a precondition to the grant of bail.

There have been of instances where the main point of discord between the couple was that the wife wanted the husband to leave his parent’s home or an old widowed mother and set up a nuclear family. Since the man resisted this move, the wife used 498A as a bargaining device, without success though.

Indeed, there have been many cases where the woman uses the strict provisions of 498A in the hope of enhancing her bargaining position vis a vis her husband and in-laws. Her lawyers often encourage her in the misguided belief that her husband would be so intimidated that he will be ready to concede all her demands. However, once a family has been sent to jail even for a day, they are so paranoid that they refuse to consider a reconciliation under any circumstances, pushing instead for divorce, then they are in a fight to the finish. Thus, many a woman ends up with a divorce she didn’t want and with weaker, rather than strengthened, terms of bargaining.

Often, these highly exaggerated or bogus claims made by unscrupulous wives and her family fail to stand scrutiny and many cases do not go far because the charges are so exaggerated that the cases fall through. In many instances, out-of-court settlements are made, by presenting, with mutual consent, a joint petition/ in the High Court u/s 482 Cr. P.C., using 498A as a bargaining point by the woman’s family. But this in itself amounts to using the law as a weapon of intimidation rather than a tool of justice defeating the letter, spirit and purpose of the law depriving the truly deserving cases of her legitimate dues….

This Law no longer support Age old indian traditions, and marital harmony or solve the Problems of Marriage,than breaking it.

Please support our cause to SAVE Indian Families, institute of sacred Marriage and Our Society.

JAI HIND.

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1,910 thoughts on “PIL Against 498A

  1. These idiotic laws must be removed immediately. Even though I am facing mental and physical torture from my wife and in-laws. They are continuously threatening me and my family. It is really unfortunate that there is no law for the safety of husbands from domestic violence and marital abuse by wife.

    1. 498a is greatly misused by mischievous wife . This should be immediately stopped otherwise people will not have faith on marraige system. In all matrimonial disputes there should be maximum of 2 to 3 years of timeline.

  2. As supreme court commit the misuse of IPC 498A to take revenge from the innocent family and make them to pass through the trauma which can be heal. The parents who had already at the evening time of the life never did any thing wrong to such culprit person who filled those cases on them just because she wants to satisfy her unethical desire.

    This people never understand the situation of that guy who did every thing for his so called wife and that person filled multiple charges on him.

    That person might came out of this legal terrorisms but the trauma will follow him till the last birth. Being a husband in India you received judicial gift like time he wasted in trail, lose of money, depression, social damage, threats of kill, hyper tension and many more complications but they don’t care to deliver a justice in-spite of knowing a fact.

    The same judge has bias opinion for two different female (daughter in law Vs mother/sister in law) judiciary how pathetically biased to the wife can be assumed by this approach. Lets pray and support for all those who facing such situation because of this bias IPC.

  3. The 498a is a menace to India and mankind, this is seen by world as Legal terrorism and puts right face of India in the world that how law is misused in India to bring false charges against middle class working people. Please stop this torture to law abiding men and simple families.

    1. May be your part is right..but i want to make clear one more thing..there is no maladjustment… somewhere in laws made such a situation so that husband wife fights with each other and ofcourse no boy can ever doubt on his family that his own family want to break his relationship…in that case what wife will do if his husband itself not understands him.

  4. Please save innocent men and their old parents and their entire family ..these laws are weapons in vicious wife’s and there family’s for torturing and extorting life long savings from husband and their family’s.

    Scrap these laws and stop abuse of law and innocent people legally.

    Jai hi d

    1. Hi
      it is not entirely true that the case are false, or men are being implicated. It is true many men beat their wife regularly without any big issue, in some case even in front of their young children. just to show that I am a men and you are women. I can do whatever I want. Drink daily, beat wife, hurl abuses and do all nonsense which is not explainable here. So I still says more women than men are still suffering in India. I can claim at least in North India.
      We give our views based on what we see or hear in our society. Some written above about authorities may be true for the authority, however not true in case of women. So one should really see the % and give comments.

      1. IF YOU CAN READ

        Shocking! Indian wives rank third in beating their husbands
        https://www.orissapost.com/shocking-indian-wives-rank-third-in-beating-their-husbands/

        82% women in India able to refuse sex to their husbands, finds govt’s family health survey
        https://theprint.in/india/82-women-in-india-able-to-refuse-sex-to-their-husbands-finds-govts-family-health-survey/948810/

        you speak from your experience and you are beating and raping that doesn’t mean majority men do the same. Truth is always hidden and majority are influenced by Feminists propaganda

  5. 498A & dowry act are being misused by Indian women against NRI’s if they have an issue in adjusting to doing household chores abroad unlike in India. Filing of baseless claims with no evidence against aged parents (father, mother) and causing trauma from the fear of arrest is unimaginable. Fast track decision making, disposal and strong punishment against misusers would act as a deterrent against mis-use of this law. Civil matters should not be allowed to settle scores using 498a and dowry prevention act without evidence

  6. Misuser should be punished harshly with monetary compensations. As misusers implicate men’s family as well. Duties of both husband and wife should be laid down. If husband need to give maintenance then wife should also give back something. She also has some responsibility.
    Also parents should not be involved.

  7. There should be law to Punish mis users of law. Our Government is Feminists Government and they will not do anything

  8. Police, lawyers, mediators all making money with this scrap 498a, they know how to manipulate a girl if she comes to them to complain/discuss a small issue they manipulate her and make her lodge a false fabricated complain and later than turn that to FIR without any evidence just because to loot money from in-laws by threat them…and these threatening continues in court also…no one listen boys side
    Totally baised law
    Stop misuse of 498a , DV, scrap this law or amend proper and make proper law and mention in law that if girl misuse it she will also liable to punishment.

  9. Personal Law should be made by the society and supported by the movement, only then its misuse will be minimal. Its better to make movement and get responses from all sections of the society and then it should be finalised.

  10. Yes, I was a kind of a person where I don’t even know what is 498a until I fall into this crap. Frankly speaking I use to support women empowerment but never realized that more than justice its been heavily misused by so called “abala nari”. This is 21st century law need to be gender neutral and see the reality, punish the criminals who misuses the law. MIL and SIL are women too, family members of a men are human beings too. They do need justice when misused by abala nari.

  11. Yes, we need to stand and let’s try to meet at common place. Somewhere we need to start

  12. It is not good that parents of innocent men get harassed due to misuse of law by women. There must be law to protect men.

    I support Mynation and proud to be associated with it. I will always be a member of this organisational group even if my cases get closed.

  13. Yes Completly right.
    Even in some condition A direct complaint to court this is mentioned that fir has not been written so we are putting it directly to court. Where Only on the basis of coplainant and witness(maximum time interested witness) statement charges are framed without listenning to the Husband and his family.

      1. Sir why you lengthing the process for pil signature……..

        Please do it in simple way so that note singnatures cabe collected….

        Just published the place where we can come and signed d the pil….

        Please don’t make it lengthy and difficult….

        If you sent that paper inn one family court you will get thousand of signatures.

          1. I think this is worst law can ever made. Some arrogant wife’s file such cases and then husband had to suffer and run for bail and fight cases, now days they are going even a extent to charge 313 307 ans others without knowing the implications and destroying men’s life. It this doesn’t stop people will stop marrying in india.

  14. Respected Sir

    I need a information whether :-

    1) ” A MAN HAD RIGHT TO LIVE A RESPECTABLE LIFE” ???
    2) “A FALSE FIR WILL BE FILLED “???
    3) “A Man had no rights “ as no one listen Men grivance
    4) Now a Day to be a male gender means lost his family
    5) Male gender is lost gender
    6) No one Help Male gender i am writing for help regular to all from last month but no one come to help me
    7) Cunning Girl and her family harrsed my family and demand extortion
    8) They create our life hell only by misue of sec 498a and misuse of women law/rights
    9) Her family and her father and her freind s. Openly threat us to kill us and create false fir
    10) I had full evidence and handover to S.I and DSP at Hisar that prove that Content of Fir is false
    11) Can i had only option to kill myself as no one is listen me
    12) I am pray all delhi police and haryana police in email from last one month email copy attached
    13) My mother is 66 years old aged widow and her health is going down day by day
    14) Can A mother had any right to save from False sec 498a
    15) Can a men had any rights to sustain his family life to normla
    16) Only doing false case and demand extortion which lead to looted huge amount of money and self respcet and diginty of man and his family

    17) Can a boy or male is treated like a black spot on family and spoil its reputation due man had no right to live in this society

    18) Please tell what i do where we go

    Please help sir

    I am a normal person where had small dreams and small plans of life i am belong to normal business family and i not know any anti-social element ,you can there is no any civil and crimn case against me as we are god fear people we are not doing anything wrong in entire life.

    But i suffer and whole my family suffer due misuse of girls rights and misuse of sec 498

    Please help

    They all are thret me and my family to kill

    But i am sorry i had no right to take any action against her and family as no one is doin help for me as i am Male gender

    There is no right to male gender

    Please help

  15. Can the author include some important instances like those of Arvind Bharti suicide (Delhi) or Balvinder Singh (fourth husband) and that of Khurshid Anvar who committed suicide.

  16. My wife filed false against me and my family. Please let me know how I can fill the Pil against her and her family..

  17. Yes I strongly believe, most of the women are misuse this law. Law provide protection only for women but not for men. Not only 498-A, but D.V.Act also.

  18. Misuse of 498A should be stopped and Mens should have right to protest with FIR against false acquisitions of WIFE.

  19. I am sure each & every case of 498a is false women uses it as weapon my wife realize after 22 year of marriage after filing several cases of injunction Divorce etc l

  20. My DV AND 125 CRPC CLOSED TWO MONTH. AND sammon through the court and total amount 2 lacs

    Help me

  21. President of India, PM of India, Law Minister of India, Prime Judge of SC all of you are requested to you please make changes in 498A because the innocent peoples should not get the injustice. As the conviction rate in 498A is around 14%, so it is easily understandable to all that this is getting used by the greedy girls and her families. But the amount of mental pressure have to bear by the husbands family will not understand by anybody. Please do the needful as early as possible and save the people like me because we are also the child of our Mother India.

  22. Now it’s high time to abolish this legal terrorism and tool for extraction of money from husband by harassing them by grace of 498a. Immediate abolishing 498a is the need of time to establish the hormones in the sacred marriage.

  23. Yes.. I agree and is very much favor of this foundation.. You are doing a great job and I am happy to join this force..!

  24. How to sign the pil who can sign a PIL? i am also a victim and is this PIL is filed or yet to be filed?

    1. yes in 2010; as judges has fix set of mind and they have direction from Govt or women ministries not to entertain such petition and penalise if any, so lawyers also affraid to take lead, unless we have clear vision and justify SC may penalise

  25. I’m not here for any freebees. I’m here to contribute for this change, to abolish this draconian 498a law along with all other non sensical marriage laws in India, with all my possible means. Had there been any PIL filed ?who’s fighting it ? I want to share my shoulder.

  26. Hon. Supreme court has already said that failure of marriage is not a crime. Regarding family despute as a crime is the root of all the problem. I am also victim of 498 A. This black law mUST be demolish as soon as possible.

  27. 498A has become lethal weapon…destroying everything, specially your image in society. Every one talk about you. Whether he’s innocent or not. 498A has to be called off.. only 2% of 498a is genuine case and 98% false according to research. Then I don’t understand why they remove. Here there’s no scope for husband and his innocent family members until and unless you settle outside the court. It’s nothing but I call it as bribe which you give to your wife instead of officials to withdraw 498A. And what about innocent kids they get crushed between both.

  28. I agree. It should not be considered without
    any cognizable offences and should not involve family members on this misuse of 498a allegation.

  29. No comments… just one question-
    What about “basic human rights” for the husband in case of false allegations????

  30. Nowadays, these kind of Judgements come BECAUSE OF INCREASING PROTESTS by SUPREME PEOPLE AGAINST WIDESPREAD MISUSE OF GENDER BIASED LAWS/RULES BY VESTED GROUPS (Women and Criminal Case Hungry Police& Judges).
    Remember that ALL FORMS OF GENDER-BIASNESS (incl. FIR Defamations, Arrests, Chargings, Trials, Convictions etc- Convictions are Cover-Up to their Illegalities) Are ILLEGAL, UNCONSTITUTIONAL& CONSPIRACY AGAINST PEOPLE& NATION. These are NOT MERE LOSS OF NEUTRALITY BUT GRAVEST CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE& NATION, ATTRACTING GRAVEST SEDITION CHARGES. Absence of Convictions of False Complainants& Early-Quick Constitutional-CrPC Reliefs By Judges are PROOFS.
    ONLY WAY TO RESTORE RULE OF JUSTICE-LAW, SAVE PEOPLE, SACRED MARRIAGE& NATION is to PUNISH Severely these CONSPIRATORIAL& DREADED CRIMINALS especially IF THEY HAVE NOT PUNISHED FALSE COMPLAINANTS/POLICE/ JUDGES AND IF THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED QUICK CONSTITUTIONAL-CRPC RELIEFS.
    THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN due to their Conspiracy, UNLESS CITIZENS ASK ELECTED MPs (esp. PARLIAMENT SPEAKER/Prime Minister/Opposition Leaders), WHY THEY ARE NOT ACTING AGAINST SUCH JUDGES (Suspensions, Disciplinary Actions, Punishments incl. Dismissals & Severe Remand) FOR MISUSING CONSTITUTION/LAWS AS ABOVE. IF EVERYBODY ASKS, THEY WILL HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO ACT as per wishes of Supreme People. IF SPEAKER FAILS TO RESPOND PROPERLY IN 30DAYS OR SAY SILLY EXCUSES OF NO POWERS ETC (Remember Parliament/Speaker has tremendous Powers to summon/arrest/dismiss or even Hang them), LET PEOPLE FIGHT FOR AUTOMATIC RECALL OF ALL MPS (being Incompetent to Represent people, we had only incompetent MPs so far) WITH AUTOMATIC FRESH ELECTIONS IN 60DAYS (elections will only be Govt. Paid/ Infrastructures; it may be costly for parties).
    IF PEOPLE STILL HAVE SILENCE/LAZINESS/FEAR, WE WILL PERISH AS CRIMINALS AT THE HANDS OF THESE DREADLY CRIMINALS DUBBING THEMSELVES AS SAINTS (If whole Country-People are Criminals, How can they be Saints?).
    Krishna

  31. The core factor involved in misuse of 498a and 406 is selfishness and greed for quick wealth placated by marital maladjustment, vested interest for financial gain for the lawyers and corrupt police officers at the heavy cost of sanctity and sacredness of marriage. Even sincere police officers do not find time to cause thorough investigation before filing a petition in the Court u/s 498a and 406, due to long pendency of cases and unabated flow of complaints. They adopt ‘Pass the buck’ culture throwing the burden on the Judiciary which is again heavily burdened and cases running for decades. What is the solution? Scrap the 498a and 406 since it is gender biased.

  32. Please stop this and change the biased law as there is lot of misuse taking place in our society to men.

    This has to change for safety of men and their families.

  33. Really this is devastating and draconian law. Amendments need to be done to this law.

  34. 498a =legal terrorism.

    God knows how many families failed. Moreover judges know that wife who has more interested in gold than husband and children are not fit for family.

    Bail and not jail was rule but this is definitely not a case nowadays

  35. I am signing this petition, this law is getting misused by women especially educated women who want their husbands to leave their parents and be a slave to their wives. The provisions to arrest and detain someone without any investigation based on gender is something we should reflect as a society.
    Even is the wife wants to come back to the husband after false filing in 498A, she cannot as this is a criminal, non-compoundable section and the husband will never take the wife back in. Only way the husband may take the wife is that if she takes her false complaint as false and acknowledges her false claim. But this will not happen as making a false complaint is a criminal offence.

    So the wife is tuck in a limbo and has no option but to fight the case.

  36. I am signing this petition being concerned citizen.

    This feminist laws shows mindset of our society where one side we are talking about indian womens who are so powerfull , educated , reservation of women in all sectors of job.When it come to law judiciary system ask husband to maintain there so called fraud wifes.God has made both men and women equal with two hands , two legs and one mind each then why always husband need to maintain wife??Why dont goverment understand that in name of this laws so many innocent people get screwd up.Why dont they understand that this laws lead to distruction of families , so many kids losses there happy childhood when they loose there father because of arrogant nature of there so called there mother’s.They say behind every successfull family and men there is women and when such women for sake of there own grid and will keep their husband and childern at toss this laws are responsible for Spoiling life of small kids will this give back those small childern the childhood they loose?Most sufferes of this whole drama is innocent kids and our system talks about upliftment of kids , why dont Ngo’s for childern come forward to protest against this laws??Hope goverment , concern authrities as well as all Ngo should come forward to teach lesson to such females who are least concern for their husband , infact they should come out with law where if it turns out to be false case women should go through double impresiment.

  37. Very well written and valid points throwing light on most misused law 498a destroying innocent , educated families of men . I’m a victim of false 498a case and my whole family is suffering due to undemocratic gender based laws and injustice given to men in my country India. 498a is highly misused by today’s educated women to torture innocent men and his entire family . Indian government has to scrap this women biased law to save innocent families of men .
    I support this blog and this cause .

  38. The is a fantastic block. Please also see my post on LCI. All gender biased laws are unconstitutional.

    http://www.lawyersclubindia.com/forum/All-gender-biased-feminist-laws-are-unconstitutional–133540.asp#.VsxaD9IrLIU

    Actually, these unconstitutional laws has become business of Corrupted Judges, Police, Advocates and wrong women. May be menz NGOs are also created and funded by them those shows false sympathy. Please see my link to understand the ground of PIL. We all need to sue PIL in Supreme Court to eradicates these laws rather boycott vote or joining or depending any NGO. Please sue and please Party-in-person (Without Advocate).

  39. sir,i want to be a active participant of your group.I am a defence officer who has been fighting against 498A and DPA since 2009.But the in-laws are so rich that they either influences the advocate or police even the judiciary that If i have not won then i havenot lost on any of the complaints filed by wife at behest of women laws.I want tp represent my entire story and evidences to media to get justice and punish the defaulters. That all these laws for dowry and domestic violence needs to amended to save onto usas weare also human beings with same morphological features less that we are males.Infact it is very sad to see that no law provides protection to us against the atrocities of wives and in-laws who have been ruing our mental peace,tanquility and traumatising us to suicidal tendencies as there is hardly ant scope of getting relief from judiciary also .
    regards
    rajat singh

  40. The 498a law is used either to extort money out of the husbands, or to make husbands fall in line with the terms of the in-laws and wives. In the latter case, most of the in-laws and wives are just minions who cannot stand on their own 2 feet and work for their living.

    On one hand we want to let our women work, and make use of our 50% of our workforce; on the other hand there are women who want to live it up on their husbands’ income!!! It is such an irony…..

    Some genuine women may not be able to get quick justice, because some selfish women, who dont think why the law made in the first place.

    Why don’t we have a law that treats both the genders equally; or scrap it altogether; or makes the wives and in-laws accountable for perjury? There is already a DV act to deal with violence against women. This is a Draconian law which the supreme court has said that was misused in most cases.

  41. I sign this petition being concerned citizen.
    I will Never Vote Parties which do not care such Citizens Sufferings, do not repeal such antisocial& unconstitutional laws retrospectively and not compensating victims of abuse of such biased laws from personal funds of misusing law enforcers, justice deliverers& misrulers.
    Krishna

  42. I believe immediately to protect our society to take right action to establish ; PIL Against Misuse of 498A, at least applicable among the women of Metro,Mega City Women rather then rural site.

    All media should habit also high light about “Male Victim by Notorious women” who Misuse of 498A from dawn to dusk” against any Male.
    I am victim during last 8 years.

  43. I am also a to be victim of the 498a, considering the acts done my wife I m sure she will surely file this against me and my family.. And I m ready to face it. Thanks to groups like this I have got enough strength to fight it.

  44. Yeah i am a victim of 498 A as well, they played a gamble and killed small children altogether thats so annoying and sarcastic, and given a demo to me as well

  45. I am also victim of false 498a..She didn’t appear from last two hearing…what will happen if she do not come court regularly..will the case go to my favour?? suggest me..plz.

    1. Sir i am central government employees and also i m a phisically challenged person.. i got married(arranged) last year & safertly sataying with my wife ( only 05 months).. my mother, father & one widow sister in my native place( my own house) . after 5 months my wife goes to her place, so many time i was recall her and send my parents to get her but she ddidt come.. after she compant to our SP office(District) cz my widow sister is as a women police constable in same area. again she harrasing to be put 498a case on me as well as my parents.. asking big amount.. but we trying to convence .. every time she abusing me i am not interted on you like cz i u are a handicap person.. my wife and her family many time they are telling we are put on 498a & domestic volilence case if u give huge amount we didnt put case…. sir i am a middle class and im low paid salary.. i have old age parents & one widow sister.. and i was barrow my marraige exp approximatly 2.lakhs till i am paying in my salary( i took society loan) for goodself give me your suggestion to solve this problem.. day by day i am facing mentally stress..

  46. MY SON IS FACING A CASE U/S 498A. HE GOT MARRIED ON 09-12-2012.HE HAS NO PROBLEMS TILL LAST TWO MONTHS.SHE HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED FOR ANY JOB TILL NOW. IT AFFECTED HER EGO.HER MOTHER ADD FUEL TO FIRE IN HER CASE.NOW THEY ARE HARASSING US FOR THE FAULT NOT OF US.AFTER GOING THROUGH YOUR EFFORTS WE HOPE AN ACT MAY BE INTRODUCED IN THE NEAR FUTURE PROTECTING THE VICTIMISED HUSBANDS.LET THE VICTORY BE FOR THOSE WHO STAND ON THE SIDE OF “DHARMA”–THANKING YOU AND WISHING YOU SUCCESS

  47. There should be punishment and penalty provision in the law for the misuser. Also compensation for the victims of fake cases.

  48. Only sufferer knows the tragedy caused due to fake cases, I am one. The law is fully biased there is option for men. so it should be either fully scrapped or made gender neutral.

  49. This law is against the marriage itself. I am a victim, and after suffering under 498A, feel that marriage itself is a step towards 498A.

    I SUPPORT THIS PIL. 498A MUST GO.

  50. 498a is a gender biased law and destroying a lot of families in India.
    This is just helping more criminals in the country and provoking false cases.
    if found guilty of filing fake cases, the complainant should be punished equally else the the number of false cases will keep on rising and keep on destroying innocence families.

  51. any one plz help me to get rid of from false498a..7 years and on no hope for finish the case..(sorry for my bad english)..tried everything right from rti and lawyer (02)..don’t know where to for justice..totally break down..

  52. I also victim of this law,it has been 7 years and still not finish(sorry for my bad English)..I also filed rti have lawyer who don’t even pick up my calls…don’t know where to go for justice.. totally break down..

  53. This law should be removed immediately so that innocent people are well protected and to avoid complete misuse of 498a by women.

  54. A lot of people suffer from the misuse of 498a by dirty minded dual faced third grade wives..who on the contrary roam freely after actually causing the harassment to the husband. This must stop at all costs. Police officers who do botched up investigations or rather file false investigation reports should be taken to task and punished. The entire family of such wives should be prosecuted for such false cases.

  55. Law should be equal for all beyond any discrimination. I also victim of the law. I want punish my wife but there is no law but she has more than a dozen law to torture me physically & mentally.
    I fully condemn the miuse of IPC-498A

  56. I support with this PIL . It is in interest of society and for people harmony. These biased law after fighting numbers of years court, most of time result in harassamnet of grooms family only. That too after so many years the women are released without any punishment / fine if the case is found to be fake and intentional . Even authorites do not think for waist of time and money of Honorable Court in this long lasting process. This money and time could have been utilised for other case only if this fake case was not registered. This is the time to wake up and raise your voice against Misuse of 498a . If people dont have fear of Punishment for wrong doings they will never bother for end results. So please come up and fight the wrong system.

  57. Why these governments are not paying heeds to this misuse.Are they waiting All the the jailes to be flodded with mens and only ladies left on the streets.

  58. This is understandable in cases of death because the unnatural demise of a woman through suicide or murder is in itself proof that something was seriously wrong in the marriage. – See more at: http://mynation.net/pil/#sthash.gCscsVGB.dpuf
    Sir, noting is understandable when innocent people are charged under sections by default, if the marriage is under seven years. What makes the systems not charge the accused under this law by default if the marriage is 7 years and 1 day old. Our system is prone to corruption. The Police, the face of government is totally corrupt. Once they arrest or threaten to arrest, the bribery process starts. They take bribes & charge cases also against innocent, so that the legal systems can milk the accused up the entire chain of command. If we say it is okay now, we wont be able to stop it when it reaches demonic proportion. Same with 498a, it was okay then but now it has gone out of control. Lawyers & Police are making HAY when 498a SHINES. Destruction of families & indivduals finances were never a concern of the Legal System. If it was the then no other cases other than divorce & maintenance would be allowed after filing divorce case. In our legal system women can file DV, 406, 498A etc as an afterthought after filing for Divorce. On hearing date the family court judge says ‘Go for Counselling’ on other date he says ‘Go for mediation’. Humanity is lacking. They dont see that a person goes through the trauma of break up of family, visiting lawyers, going to the police station, explaining to the other family members why they have been included in the DV and 498a cases, handling the issue at police station for the entire family when are summoned and arrested, exposing his intimate & personal life as his wife has decided to go public with both fact & more fiction. They expect the person to be in a frame of mind where he can discuss what went wrong in his matrimonial life when his personal life is in tatters due to the women he married.

  59. I support this Petition completely. STOP misuse of biased laws as 498A . When we are telling satyamev Jayate then why are we not going to see satya before framing anyone. There must be equitable and unbiased investigation then only the culprit must be braought to books rather than closing eyes to men. A similar law 498B must be there to protect the interests of men too.

  60. I support this Petition completely. STOP misuse of biased laws as 498A. Let women not marry men at all. Why do they marry men? Let women marry other women and stay happily. Nonsense biased laws.

  61. Now this is a well known fact that law makers have given a source to get created a mafia to earn money in which the whole team- starting from police, lawyers, judges is getting involved and commission for every one is being fixed for giving legal relief to suffering husbands. We have to fight this ‘gunda gardi’ unitedly.

  62. This law is used to blackmail the husband and in-laws for their own personal interests. Causing lot of suffering and trauma to innocents if they did not commit any mistake.

  63. This is so shameful..shame on govt and legal machinery to come up with such a gender biased tool…when already there are provisions in other places, why create another monster…this way even a sati savitri bahu will atleast THINK if not MOTIVATED to use this tool if things dont go her way in future..

  64. Beloved Indian Husbands,

    498a is a shame on our legal system. It is worst than POTA. Husbands are treated worst than a terrorist. It is human rights violation. Fake dowry cases are being used by prostitute 498a and their family for legal extortion. Do not pay these pimps in the name of settlement.

  65. FIGHT AGAINST LEGAL TERRORISM OF IPC 498A : SPREAD THIS MESSAGE
    Break right leg and right hand or both hands or both legs of the wife’s lawyer and wife . Remember wife’s lawyer is your real enemy. If we can scare the lawyers from taking up unscrupulous wive’s cases , the battle is won. Any handi-capped or leggi-capped lawyer will serve as a stern reminder to other greedy lawyers..
    Make them suffer whole life because if you kill them , they wouldn’t even know why they died. Pay someone to do it. It will be cheaper than extortion money demanded by greedy wives. There is no point in writing to the govt. authorities.
    DO NOT COMMIT SUICIDE .
    DO NOT WHINE OR BLAME.
    ACT NOW.

  66. Yes the brides families are using 498 a for blackmailing and extortion now from Innocent husbands who never demanded dowry.

  67. Yes it is true that brides families are using 498 a for extortion and blackmail only. We support your initiative to unite families rather than destroying them.

  68. I understand women empowerment and protection of women from domestic violence and dowery culture…..BUT
    It dosent means that women/wives should misuse it to satisfy their demands.
    Accoeding to NRCB data conviction rate in 498a is only 2% this means 98% cases are false.
    Our constitute dosent provide any citizen neither men nor women , right to misuse of law.

    False 498a had lead to susides, mentel frustation and much mental and physical harassment to boys family.
    This law is anti society and anti family law.
    this is a high time to stop misuse of law, save indian family , save mariages.

  69. Real Culprits are Law makers who under the veil of “Women Empowerment” are arming them with draconian sword to be used against unsuspecting well educated law abiding men and his old parents. This helps to divide the last citadel of Society, i.e., ‘ Family as a building block of Society”….. If all the middle class will be fighting cases in courts, who will have time to get after these men sitting in Parliament…..”Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely”…..Time to break down their citadel..The Parliament…..time to question the “Constitution of India’ which permits law makers to make “illegal Laws against principle of natural Justice…Innocent till proven guilty”

    1. 498A, is an evil to the civilised society, a tool crafted by the malified politicians to score there votes in name of women empowerment, i really pity the process of acts/ laws made in India, as Indian Constitution provides equal rights to all citizens, but some of these laws are a menace to the society, the NCW says that the laws should be stricter, i agree to that, and at the same time the law should also protect the Innocent, law should be framed not in a hurry but after analyzing the pitfalls/ effects it has on the society, In India Laws are made to serve political needs, in hurry to satisfy certain section, …… The Good Law is one which protects the interest of every one and yet punishes the culprits…..Please don’t make a mockery of Indian Law my creating acts which are biased/ onesided/ gender centric/

  70. What a useless women favoring law which does not regard Mother in Law, Sister in law, Daughter as female.

  71. stop misuse of 498a, 125 and child custody.make the law such as trial should be completed within six months and harsh punishment for the wrongdoer irrespective of the gender. Let the law set examples in taking decisions and take fast and appropriate decisions in a fast manner to avoid any delay and save the morals of society and a family in particular.

  72. sec 498a is meant for those victims who actually face issues because of dowry & domestic violence. not for those smart womens who use this section as a weapon to make their husband in trouble or to end their marriage, because of inability to get along with husband family or to make easy money or for custidy of child. for this type of people class some strict laws should be there to penalize them if found making false statements or fir.

  73. worthless law 498a and DV. Real victim did not get justice after wasting several year s of life.

  74. Dear Sir,

    we request you please ammend 498a its becoming a blackmailing tool for greedy wifes they can destroy a happy family within a minute please atleast give some relief to our parents and relative. we are ready to die but pls help us to save our family.

  75. Gender equality & stopping misuse of law to save India & Indians

    1.Making 498A IPC Gender Neutral, right is required that Husband & In laws also can file 498A against her wife/ Daughter in law/ Sister in law.
    2.This is applicable for Domestic Violence case also.
    3.Police should not arrest any person before proper investigation.
    4.498A must be Bailable offence, until court declared the particular person guilty.
    5.Any people from any status are misusing laws like 498a, etc. I think this is for to extract money by treating marriage as a drama; applicable for any other law also. It is also a strong example of wasting of valuable time & expenditure of govt. of India, Govt. of particular sate, judiciary and administration & also applicable to Indian citizen’s who are waiting for proper justice. So, if any person found raised false case & it is proved by court then his or her citizenship must be seized & any kind of facility from government should be withdrawn by law.
    6.If anybody comes to police station & court to file allegation against anybody it should be mandatory to take declaration that allegation is true & if found false, fraud, fabricated only for blackmailing opponent he or she should be in jailed for a period of equally as per his present age for misusing Indian law. i.e. if a person file case at the age of Thirty years & after Five years court declare final Judgment then said person came to age of Thirty five & he or she should be jailed for Thirty Five years.
    7.It is also required to take help from modern scientific system that the persons who raised allegation is true or false when Police receives diary or Judiciary receives case, by this process some false case may be eliminated and stop present fashion to earn money by misusing IPC 498A, etc.
    8.Stop such person to marry or impose fine INR 1 Lakh with multiplying with his or her age who feels shy to express them as Husband or Housewife.
    9.If it is proved in court that anybody raised false fraud, fabricated allegation only for blackmailing opponent then he or she should pay all expenditure incurred by opponent also expenditure of Govt. agency for his or her case.
    10.Advocates who are represented client should fixed rate for a particular act and it required to issue money receipt of fees.
    11.Tax relief from expenditure on court.
    12.Most important compensation part who are suffering for false case. Summation of age of all sufferers multiplying by Rs. 1 Lakh. i.e. if total persons suffered 6 nos. Sufferer 1- 55 yrs., Sufferer 2 – 50 yrs. Sufferer 3 – 30 yrs. Sufferer 4 – 26 yrs. Sufferer 5 – 28 yrs. Sufferer 6 – 5 yrs. Total Summation of age 194 yrs. Punishment should be not less than 194 yrs. x 1 Lakh = Rs. 194 Lakhs only. This hard step is required to reduce misuse of Law by the person who are not respects our India, Indian Laws & citizen of India.
    13.If he or she unable to pay such amount all property to be seized & sold according to law & his or her earnings of every month in jail to be handed over to Victim person.
    14.Who really do the wrong he or she also should be punished according to law to stop cruelty against Man or Woman.
    (re post after 2years, earlier posted in mynation forum)

    1. Not enough. Misuser’s parents must also pay the same amount over and above what their daughter should pay as they criminalized their daughter. that means total 194 laks x 3.

      No further marriage allowed for such women and no white collar job to be given to her further. All the money and assets of such women should be confiscated and sell to pay to the innocent husband. Anyone employing such ladies should share the responsibilty to pay the fine to husband. She shall not have any rights to visit the children (they need to be protected from criminalization by mother). Parent’s should be dismissed from govt job if any, with no pension.

      She shall not be entitled for any free services from government or any NGO’s . Any NGO’s found helping her should be fined by thrice the fine slapped on her.

  76. This law is misused and abused by uncouth women to extort money and Property from the husband. So many innocent people from children to senior citizen elders to distant relatives of husbands are dragged to put pressure on the husband to succumb to wife’s exhorbitant demand.

    In many instances, women use this law to hide her infidelity and put pressure on husband to settle the issue.

    Make this law gender neutral. Make serve punishment for false allegations. Misuse of this law had broken so many families which otherwise could have been mended. Misuse of this law had forced so many men to commit suicides. Misuse of this Law has left husband families traumatised and tortured, it is legal terrorism. Misuse of this law has left so many husband jobless, carrying stigma in the society for the crime that they have never committed.

    It is high time that government wakes up and amend this law. It is just matter of time wife will also become mother- in- law and will get sour fruits of her deed. As you sow, so you reap. To protect everyone from this vicious circle, and to save families and for the welfare of children and future generation this law MUST BE AMENDED.

  77. It is time to stop all Laws which are misused by the ‘Wife’ at the behest of Women commision of India!! We all must fight together.

  78. It is time to stop all Laws which are misused by the ‘Wife’ at the behest of Women commision of India!! We all must fight together.

  79. It is time to stop all Laws which are misused by the ‘Wife’ at the behest of Women commision of India!! We all must fight together.

  80. Its about the knowledge to misuse the knowledge….today with more knowledge and availability of media and internet….this issue is being taken care of…but we need a law…
    1. why to file a case unless investigated
    2. every women knows…criminal charges are the biggest threats to other party….so they do so…if MEN is under pressure…will do as she wanted him to do…else …
    3. there shld be equal sentence in such cases if charges are not proven….equal amount of financial and criminal charges and sentence to women and her parents etc
    4. there shld be option from court…if charges are found wrong…MEN and their family members etc can file financial claims bcoz of image loss, social status loss etc
    5. why a MAN cant file charges against cruality caused by a women to him….like mental and physical harassments and attacks…..why its about gender….one person is being harassed by another person….may b beaten by his wife and got some serious injuries….MAn should be allowed to file a case in police station after medical checkup.

  81. This law is against the law of ‘Natural Justice’; WHEREIN, it is ordained that the accused is ‘Innocent’ till proved ‘Guilty’. My daughter-in-law has done great injustice to the cause of struggle against this law. In case, she had implicated me her false case of 498a against my son and wife; on the first count, I would not have sought any bail; on the second count , when produced before the magistrate, I would have stated, I do not vow before this illegal law, whatever may the custodians of law may state, so to that extent question of my ‘acceptance / denial of charges’ does not arise ; On the third count, right in front of the magistrate, I would have burnt a book..stating HEREIN I burn this Draconian law 498a in CRPC ( as was done by Mahatma Gandhi in burning the Identity Card Issued by the SA Government); On the fourth count , go on hunger strike, even as a “mister-no-body”, the Government of the day. can not have a suicide as custodial death on its conscience ( Such a death, albeit sacrifice is much better way of expression of abhorrence against illegal law- then to commit suicide- multitude of such suicides have failed to open the eyes of power that be)
    Know it, THEE the law makers , THEE the implementors and THEE the interpreters, that this is an ILLEGAL LAW, EARLIER YOU STRIKE IT DOWN, BETTER IT SHALL BE FOR THE HEALTH OF SOCIETY-

  82. It was about time.. Let the Law not be a puppet to the corrupt women. It must be corrected to only support the aggrieved – Man or Woman.

    Perjury is an offence and must be treated like one.

  83. It is time to stop all Laws which are misused by the ‘Wife’ at the behest of Women commision of India!! We all must fight together.

  84. Thanks for raising voice to file a PIL, I hope you are thinking about filing PIL not a petition.
    One effort has already made before it as a resilt we have got crpc 41 to protect people.

  85. How will anybody marry if such laws exist.The fear of such laws will push any boy and his family to step back from marriage.The institution of marriage is losing its core value with the existence of such laws.In india, even if we have a relative in police we ask them not to visit house while dressed in uniform because in our society if a police comes home the family is BAD and society starts its own talks and makes its own assumptions about the family.In such a society,when an innocent family gets trapped in such false cases.what will the results look like.Suicides,mental depression,deffamation in the society.And even if the cases are proved to be false.who will pay back the family its respect,time,the mental agony an entire family went through,the fear which has occupied its place in their minds which may have broken them down and shattered them,financial loss,insult.who is responsible and who will answer all this and mostly in this cases the boy,his parents,his sisters if any; brothers if any ;relatives, friends entire set of people are going through the full cycle of abuse.How can a law be made keeping so many lives at risk.Even if the explanation for this law is to safeguard and for security of woman,then how come all the mothers,sisters,female relatives,female friends who suffer are not counted as women.When the supreme court itself has mentioned this law to be legal terrorism,and that the conviction rate is less than 2 % and the number of suicide of married men are way above than women,how come there are no clauses added to this law as to if the case if proved to be false there should be some punishment same as when the case proved true.
    These laws are going to do nothing but vanish the most highly looked upon institution called marriage.Foreigners have always been wondering about and have always talked about our family system which is going to perish in a short time.Resuts of these draconian laws – Marriage will be an invisible concept,male foeticide,more number of crime like suicides,murders,People loose faith in the system,no next generation existence,increase in number of live-in relations,Good people who exist now will not in the future because nobody will like to be good,innocent and law abiding because this law is not helping people to be good and even if they are the result is false cases filed on them which will lead them to the abuse cycle.

    Lastly,”Everybody should be equal in the eyes of law.” and everybody should be educated about these laws.

  86. These wife-centric laws have made husbands and his family mere toys to be played around with and to be treated like an ATM machine.Change these Laws !! I endorse the letter/pettition given above.

  87. I fully support the fight against misuse of draconian, mindless IPC act 498A. It is a highly biased law and it will destroy the family system in India which is the strength of our country. Every social law in our country MUST BE gender neutral and pragmatic. Those who support the ‘misuse’ of this law need to remember that they are product of the same family system and they will continue to have sons and daughters who could be the victims of such a mindless law.

  88. We Need to fight on grand scale agaist 498A misuse and final motive should be punish whoever misuse dispite from gender.

  89. We need a fight on grand scale against 498A misuse … and need to demand equal or more punishment, whoever misuses dispite from gender.

  90. Crime has no gender, so the Justice. Gender biased Laws are not good for the society. Equality before the Law must be honored. And it is missing from IPC 498A / DV and other related Gender biased Laws. Who is accountable to the victim families ? So many families have been destroyed by these laws. Family system is the foundation of a nation. Don’t these laws directly hit the nation ? How can a matrimonial dispute be a Criminal matter ? Why IPC 498A is still abused even after Supreme Court’s and other High Court’s warnings ? Why mother and sister are not considered as women ? Who is accountable to these victim citizens ?

  91. I am very latest victim of false 498a. my parents are still on run. FIR full of story and we are full of evidence but no one is listening. she tried doing wrong here in NZ using harassment case but she couldn’t win with her lies so ran away from here and trapped my parents. now she used 498a and all my family is in devastating mode. I just can say that there must be havy penalty for misuse of such sensitive law. if some misuse this kind of law they also entitle to go to jail for at least 7 years so people who misuse it will think thousand times. thanks

  92. We need to not only go to court by PIL but also have public processions in various cities against 498A.

    For all people who can contribute in any way, I am a short film writer. We should join to make a short film (30 min to 1 hour) on the problems of this act, and bring it to public notice. Need your help in making the movie.

  93. Hindu Married Men Should not face Legal Terrorism in family Relationships and Domestic Terrorism in Homes.Even Acts Like TADA and POTA are repealed, to safeguard citizens.498a,dowry related acts & Domestic Violence act should be repealed. if women(feminists) who are not happy with their married life or who dislikes their husbands and wants to disrespect their in-Laws or wants to gain control or wants to over take family matters to their selfish needs, are advised to stay in distance with the help of judicial separation Act or go for divorce with the help of ‘mutual consent divorce Act’.BEWARE OF FEMINISIM. Feminism is a threat to family Harmony and Peace. Feminist are silent killers. Now they are coming up with the New mask of Gender Equality ,with solely concentrating one gender interests.

  94. 498a, DV Act and CRPc 125 are being frequently misused by greedy wives and their jealous relatives. We are living in India were Constitution provide equality for each and everyone, but not husbands and their in-laws. I this Government don’t think the relatives mothers or sisters as women and in today’s generation, marriage seems to be crime. If some men wants to give happiness to their old age parents, their wives puts hurdle to them but the case with their parents are different. actually these laws will create gender inequality and will force men either to go into depression or to commit suicide or will create new ‘Naxalies’. Stridhan in our culture is ‘Sharm’, ‘Laaj’, ‘Maryada’, ‘Sanskar’ but laws have replacing our culture with gold, property, aajaadi, etc. like materialistic things. Let come together and fight with great zeal and determination against this dracunian laws so often called legal terrorism by SC.

  95. Yes i am also facing the 498a case.this spoils the marital life.if they had kids their life also in to that . in future every man will afraid of marriage.Please do amendments that help full to male humans. Please consider we are also humans .Wife never treats her mother in law is same as her mother.id her mother scolded her very strongly she never taken in to consideration.but mother in laws says a simple things she takes it in very harsh manner and saying to her husband they are harassing her after he went to office.

  96. BEWARE! Todays generation wife is really horrible.they consider doing domestic household work as job of maidservant.when elders suggest something good for them
    they consider it as restrictions without trying to understand caring of elders behind
    such suggestion.they complaint their husbands regarding this and motivating husbands to stand against his family who dedicated their life for betterment of him and his married life.such are girls of todays generation who want just lavish and full
    of roaming life without saving money.thus safety should be provided for such poor
    caring parents and relatives against cruelty of daugter-in-laws and mental son.

  97. Let us all work as one to create more awareness of this barbaric law…The problem is that most men do not even know what is 498A till it hits them. This law goes against the basic tenet of justice – ‘Innocent ill proven guilty’. While we certainly do not support dowry or other domestic harassment, the law is totally titled in favour of only wives, not women. Just a few lines of complaint can land the entire family in jail, irreparable loss of social standing and reputation, loss of jobs, severe financial implications and mental trauma. Why is it assumed that whatever the wife says is true, even without asking the husband for his views ?? This law has to be amended, and more importantly, all the guidelines given by various courts of law regarding the procedures to be implemented in such cases, should be followed in letter and spirit. These wife-centric laws have made husbands and his family mere toys to be played around with and to be treated like an ATM machine….Change these Laws !!

    1. Political Step is necessary to Abolish this Law. Law commission already given recommendation’s to Legislate this law.

  98. Right, I have a suggestion ,This is a very serious Situation and we need to put an End .we have to stall the parliament on this serious issue, then only people will come in to know the actual situation. we have parliament elections(general elections) in next coming year .Having this kind of Black mail and cruel Law ,we are at crucial times. This is the our first and foremost importance to resolve this issue .Every body need to ask their leader, who could have the ability to resolve this issue or else which party could take up this issue very seriously and Abolish this foolish 498A Law or who would put this demand in their party manifesto. Please, Do not Hesitate to rise the issue in political sphere. if and only if the problem will be addressed and solution will be come. Up to that we have no freedom .Please remember ,This 498a Law is also as danger as dieses like Cancer ,Trauma, stroke , HIV/Aids, etc…. Because ,The effected families will only suffer with injuries and non other people know the pain or not face the actual realities. Now a days people are so scared off,, so they don’t head or not care, if they don’t feel or not experience the situations.so we need to urge the people, to give their support in this genuine cause. Thanks.

  99. This is a national same for all we indians,hardly literate lawmakes socalled MPs pass the Law in parliament and highly qualified and professional Judges and lawyers define them as per thier convience and moto and no one cares for AAM AADMI,which results in many suicides by young talented young husbands in India.Specialy the family courts,where corruption is most,because cases are based mostly on blackmailing thru law laws/sections like DV/Dowry/Maintance etc,which are applied onway on MAN only not on woman.Man is obliged to work and pay,Woman are not obliged to work,even they are well qulified.Why this partialty.Why there is ministry for women not for man ?

  100. My brother became a victim of false DV and 498A case where the in laws offered a few things as a gift to daughter and later put the blame after 1 year for DV and 498A. Eventually we came to know that girl had plans to go to USA to his elder brother and his wife to settle and has just trapped us for money. The case is in CAW Cell at present and during first proceeding only they asked for settlement shows the reverse dowry demanded legally from us. Govt should give strict orders to listen to Boy also in all DV and Dowry related cases and a thorough investigation should be done with proper evidences and not just girls statements. At present 98% cases are false due to deep involvement of girls in laws in her married life and misguidance. The day is not so far when people with start killing baby boys or go through legal way to investigate about Girl’s family background before marriage discussions.

  101. if a husband wants to take divorce because of the cruel attitude of his wife, who use to scold him and his family, use to blackmail and threaten them of police and administration and laws made for wives, will this organization help him in taking divorce because she is not going to leave him easily.

    please reply me so that he may get rid off by your help.

  102. thanks for supporting the families who are suffering from women terrorism in the form of DV and 498

  103. I am the victim of the misuse of this law.some severe actions to be taken against false cases.

  104. Hi,

    In the said PIL, we should include the different sections also in which the cases are filed by the lawyers. Now a days, it is easy to get the bail for 498a/406 cases, but when the same is clubbed with IPC 306 (abiement of suicide), IPC 307 (Attempt of Murder) IPC323 – 326 (Assults), IPC 376/377 (Rape/Un-natural Sex), IPC 420 (Cheating), IPC 464 (Fraud), IPC 494 (Bigamy), IPC 497 (Adultery), IPC 504/506/507 (Criminal intimidation) sections, then the bail is refused flatly. Need to include the same also in the PIL.

    For NRIs, the main contention is the Look Out Circular and impounding of the passport which is done invariabily, and the cases goes for years, thereby loosing the livelyhood of the person.

    Regards,
    Hardik Mehta

  105. Good or Bad people do present irrespective of gender. 498a is blind law and is a knife for criminal minded people . This law break the Indian family . How come married elder sister of boy who lives hundreds/thousands of miles can be accused for 498a ? Shame ? How can the parents of a boy who lives thousands of miles and old people and kin of boy accused in 498a case ? Doesn’t this attract cruelty? Why this is hitting hard for NRIs?

  106. All feminist act of India viz. 498A, DV, MA etc are fully biased along with legal and administrative system mainly at the bottom level

  107. This law is like diamond digging for cruel and greedy women. May be (possible) one day I will be a victim of the same. According to my personal view i should marry if i am alone (no relatives or “ANAATH”) otherwise there is 100% chance that in near future I will be anaath & above all If the law is one sided anyone can to blackmail.
    As a common man of India i think Laws should be middle-of-the-road (impartial). I strongly believe if I (or the victim) is innocent then above every law there is a law (God’s justice) which will help us to come out of the well. (may be late but it will shower). I strongly protest this law.

  108. Idiotic abusive woman Monika is in business of abuse indian laws to earn money .Be aware of the fact to save yourself being the next victim of her abuse . Her lawyer uncle shares the extortion money … People should be made aware of their modus operandi so that no innocent family falls prey of such abusers .

  109. This govt. is becoming dictatorial by enacting gender biassed and class biassed laws.

  110. I am signing in favour of PIL AGAINST 498A AND SIMILAR CRIMINAL LAWS AND THEIR MISUSE. S K SINGH DEO.

  111. bullshit law…marriage do break for other several reasons that doesn’t mean they can mis-use 498A or B.

    SC and HC need to pass new rules how to investigate 498A cases.

    I’m totally against 498A

  112. I want this IPC 498-A must be repealed with retrospective effect, w.e.f. 1983 .

  113. the hon’ble supreme court of India has rejected my wife’s transfer petition vide its order in transfer petition (c)no 1272 of 2011.

    1. dear sachin can i get the judgement copy of TA as i v filed divorce case aginst my wife and she submitted TA in High court..kindly help

  114. my wife is asking for my parents house in out of court settlement. this dowry law is being used as extortion rackets.

  115. What was created to protect women from harassment on the domestic front has been exploited by the “weaker sex”. Or so it seems. Recent judgments by trial courts and high courts have made some stern remarks on the increasing practice by women using Section 498A as a weapon “to settle scores” with members of their matrimonial homes

  116. My email id is snhoodspv@rediffmail.com I am quite fresh for this type of postings. Kindly guide by email to me.I am also mildly suffrer so far.I do not know regarding PIL AS TO WHOM ADDRESS.Your efforts are invaluable to mankinds and are making history by heping people

  117. I have checked no email has been recieved in mail box.I think this is Azaadi ki ladai hai aur harek ko ismain aahuti dalni chahiye.I will participate surely in this Jungg

  118. I am quite fresh for this type of postings. Kindly guide by email to me.I am also mildly suffrer so far.I do not know regarding PIL AS TO WHOM ADDRESS.Your efforts are invaluable to mankinds and are making history by heping people

  119. Here who have written the post that all are right. Untill women will not be punished for false 498a nothing will be change, only results in breaking family and spoiling of children’s life. Our Government and ligal system wants more and more girls to become prostitute. Our law maker does not have knowledge and mind to think, they follows copy right of other country law. They don’t think how is our police department, society, ligal system, population. I am able to prove myself innocent but due to our ligal system I have to wait for 4 to 5 years for my turn. Due to false cases there is a burden on court to solve the cases and therefore weasting of court time. If this law would be punishable for filing false case then girls will think before filing false 498a. There is no loss for girl for filing false case, only men has to suffer, loss of property and money if he wants divorce for false case and to leave his greedy wife. Our Government and judges knows that day by day increasing false 498a cases Eventhough they don’t want to amend this law as soon as possible. Why? Instead of this they are making more law in favor of girl. I don’t think that what they want to make in India. In my point of view we have to take naked weapon and attack on greedy wife and in-laws to teach them like jahangir then Government will open their eyes till not.

  120. I am not a lawyer but, I have been doing research around 498a/DV/recent violence against women (point 509 especially) in last few days.

    I am not affected by any of the above, but wanted to know more about the above.

    After doing research I found the following, which is solid grounds to negate/get quashed and strike any Female Biased law of the country,

    All these laws are unconstitutional as they Contravenes Article 14 of the constitution.

    Please read article in website URL, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_Rights_in_India

    To quote one line,

    Right to equality is an important right provided for in Articles 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 of the constitution. It is the principal foundation of all other rights and liberties, and guarantees the following:

    Equality before law: Article 14 of the constitution guarantees that all citizens shall be equally protected by the laws of the country. It means that the State[5] cannot discriminate any of the Indian citizens on the basis of their caste, creed, colour, sex, gender, religion or place of birth.[13]

    FROM THE ABOVE I WOULD SUGGEST THE STATE HAS CLEARLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST THE MALE CITIZENS OF THE SOCIETY BY INSTITUTING THESE GENDER BIASED LAWS.

    Please use above to start a WRIT/PIL. I am quite sure you will win. this will force any government to make these laws Gender Neutral.

    1. Such laws are against the very spirit of the Constitution especially the right to equality.The need of the hour is to amend this law immediately to save indian families

  121. Sir,

    Section 498a is definitely draconian, while I am not against any law enacted for the protection of women, this section has been used more as an extortion weapon then as a protection for women.

    It will be in the fitness of the things to modify this section and make it more women friendly, however the draconian powers given to the police force under this section must be curbed.

    It is found that even in genuine cases of troubled women, the police uses this section as a weapon for extortion.

    Senior Citizen

  122. There is an instance that the court ordered for Rs.6000/- pm to the wife of an ordinary PS employee, where she took shelter of 498a, her relatives and dishonest police, overpowered her husband and drove him out of his own house. The court very well knew the fact and it also knew that the husband was regularly repaying the house loan. It means that there is no social security to a married man in India.

  123. One more thing i would like to add about the “Demand of Salary/Income/CTC” by girl’s parent , which is much equivalent to “Dowry Demand”.
    I understand when a girl or girl’s parent demand a salary as to maintain some minimum living condition. But how come a girl who is already earning a good salary , can demand for much higher salary from a boy/man as a marriage proposal.

    I understand, that this can be just replied by saying.. “Find some other girl, or it’s girl’s wish, or their expectation to maintain a rich social status etc”… but hey.. wait here. Isn’t “Dowry” too was something that was started with a noble cause to help a couple to start a new life, so that all the burden doesnot go upon man’s parents and man only. Dowry got rotten through out years because of greed.
    And the same greed can be easily seen when a girl or girl’s parent demand for some CTC/Salary/Income which is much much higher than the society’s average incomes. Additionally, the girl herself might be earning a nice income.

    Such sky-high demands from girl or girl’s parent before and after marriage should too be considered as money-greed and must be taken into consideration . If marriage is only about relationship, and especially when many women have started earning on their own, then how come asking for “money” from any side be allowable.

    It’s just like, if a man’s father ask for money it is dowry and punishable…
    but when the girl’s father ask for money ( a very high-salary, no matter woman herself is working and earning).. it’s a “Legal Dowry” ?

  124. I sign this petition. 498A criminalizes Indian families as a whole. This is cognizable, non-bailable and non-compoundable.

    1. In a history of a democratic country, this law is a blot and as a serious question on Indian democracy.

    2. It puts a serious question mark on Right to Live with dignity for the common men and women of this country.

    3. This law has destroyed thousands of families and till today is destroying one in every 5 minutes.

    This law must be scrapped.

  125. Filing 498a and DV is a fashion now a days. Our judicial system is responsible for it totally. They have given a woman all the rights to kill husband’s family.
    Kindly make changes to these biased laws and also define laws to prevent misuse of 498a, DV, 496 and 125.

    These laws are seen as a package to harass innocent families.

  126. u r doing a good job… wrong womens must not always win..there shud be a law counter to theirs .. everytime in-laws r not guilty..

  127. Hi,
    I support your organisation sincerely,with 100% conviction.I am a human rights and child rights activist from Bangalore apart from advocacy,from Bangalore.
    I am ready to support the organisation, in whatever kind.Thanks for the opportunity given to me to join the organisation.
    Regards
    srishaila
    Bangalore
    09741425514
    sdharani120@gmail.com

  128. Its highly Unfortunate to witness the magnitude of ownership and responsibility being reflected by our Administration to build a broken rather than a bonded Nation.

    The legacy of our Centre on Policy making and Amendments for equal Justice for all has surely taken a back seat, still riding on the age old Laws, whereas the rest of the world has walked miles ahead citing the Judiciary of the country with UTMOST importance.

    Jai Hind…
    God Bless the Parliamentarians

  129. What do the law makers want to achieve by this law ? Do they want to build a family or break two families and the other peoples involved.

  130. It means our law destroy a whole family even they r innocent
    If law will do this to its not law

  131. I too am a victim of misuse of 498A ,got 498A as a gift when i refused to leave my old age parents on wife and her family member’s demand

  132. I’m facing the misuse of 498a law and i would do whatever to support and will be there anytime for support from Hyderabad.

  133. Good bha ji,

    I am facing this………. I am here to support. Lets do something before it get too late. They have framed me in +50 lakh rupees. Nobody listen to us in women cell. Only humiliation……………

  134. You are doing a great job. I hope one day comes where this law can be changed to be not very biased and necessary investigation is done before putting someone behind the bars..

  135. Dear Sir

    I hold high regards for those people who have started this organisation.

    there efforts are highly appreicable

    The wicked double faced, highly manipulative daughter in laws should be punished who are created havoc in the lives of their dutiful husbands.

    I am all support for you people

  136. Dear Sir,

    I am also a victim of this Indian Law. I am ready to help this group by tooth and nail. And also expect the same from the group members.

    98% cases of 498A are false. But the innocent people face harassment for years together not less than 10 years.

    For any help I am ready to the extent of my ability

    Regards
    Jamil Ahmed

    1. Sometimes I felt, this country’s laws are only for wicked women. Men are nowhere in the picture of Justice at the same time justice is also denied to old generations. Government should take the responsibility of each and every parent of a son who is going to marry. If government cannot care for them then they should think about the amendment of such gender biased laws.

  137. 1. The supposedly pro-women act is working against women. There are some statistics collected from National Crimes Record Bureau (NCRB) which will make one believe that Cruelty is prime most motive of all women criminal in India. Most number of women are arrested under this section than anyother. It does not even spare elderly women.

    2. The lawmakers presumably must have enacted this law to protect the rural and uneducated women who are forced to accept the cruelty due to social conditioning and lack economic independence. But a statiscs on the education levels of the complainant under IPC 498A could throw more light. As I could see more and more educated women are using this weapon to their liking. The observation is limited to small sample size of my social contants and may not present the full picture. But if it is so, then the law might not have served its purpose of protecting uneducated /rural women.

    3. What if one accounts for the loss of productivity to the nation as a result of this. Here I can speak only for myself. I have quit my job due to the harassment and have become less productive. With the average incident rate close to 90,000 per year in the last 3 years and the conviction rate being around 16% (NCRB Data) how does one accout for the productivity loss. Many of the victims are in the productive age group and they are left to fight a legal battle instead contributing towards personal and national growth.

    4. Presently the divorce law amendments focus on getting more and more from the husband for the women — the recently proposed amendment for right to property being an example. While the law places the onus on the husband (in my case she lived for only 4 months with me), it fails to enforce the responsibility of the father. The divoce law should ensure that the father shares his property with his divorced daughter. Women’s right to property is already an enacted law, so this is an easy task. This will help in three ways — (1) It will act as a deterrent to the father and brothers of the wife, who encourage their daughter /sister to go for 498A complaint /divorce at the drop of a hat. Their reasoning for extorting money is to secure the life of their daughter /sister. Why not supplement this wih their own example by transfering property to their
    daughters /sisters. (2) This will also act as deterrent to the fathers who like to make their retirement plan based on the extorted mony but could not care less for the daughter’s welfare after divorce (2) Unless the divorced wife can make an earning to live, she is left to the mercy of her father and that of his brothers, sister-in-laws etc. The transfer of parental property at divorcce will ensure that she is not forced to expect her brothers /sister-in-laws for her living and avoid the likely indignity.

    Regards

  138. I am also framed in 498A by my wife. When i came to know about her premartial affair and details of physical reletionship thru her mail box within a one month of marriage. She theratend me and lodged false complaint of 498A against me and my old age parents.

    The most surprisng thing was, police was not ready to have look at evidence of mail and discussion which we had with her parent which cleraly indicates there is no cruelity or demand for dowry. Inspite of all evidences Police lodged case and now i am fighting against this monster law of 498A.

    It is very clear from my reserach on internet, Girls are misusing this law of 498A.

    This must be stopped…

  139. I am a retired Naval Captain . Wife a retired prof of law. Son in question a serving Naval officer and younger son B(Tech) MBA. I am residing with wife at Gurgaon. My son had joined Naval Academy at INS Shivaje at tender age of 17 yrs. His batch mate introduced my son to his cousin sister in Pune. We as dotting parents had no option but to agree and give blessings to Love Marriage. We as a family dont believe in concept of dowry. We are worshippers of Saraswati rather than Lakshmi. We believe in having two square meals undetr own roof with dignity. We never took any dowry. We rather declined the offer completely. The girl came to ourhousehold in Delhi with just one suitcase of her own clothing. We financed the honeymoon of couple to north-east and Sikkim.We sent a truckload of household necessities , such as refridgerator, air conditioner, Beds, dining table carpets, curtains, cutlary crokery gas connection etc to help the young couple establish their marital home at Vishakhapatnem. The first time my wife visited Vishkhapatnam was in Jan 2008 i.e., after 6 months of marriage, at a period of time when our son was leaving for prolonged period of sailing and also to celebrate Punjabi festival Lohri. My wive’s return travel was pre-booked for 30 Jan 2008. The tidying up of sons cupboard was not acceptable to DIL. And a motherly advise not to get in touch with other naval officers on her own was made a big issue and my wife had to be recalled back on 29th Jan 2008 by Air, as she had developed psycoscomatic disease of Asthama for the first time.The cpl never stayed with us at Gurgaon. They only visited us once in a while for durations of 3-4 days. During those visits, the DIL was never maltreated. Rather, I used to cook food for them. DIL forced our son to take MTech admission in IIT Powai, so taht she could be ner to her parental home Pune. She refused to acceede to our request to come to us in Gurgaon to get our help & caring in pre-delivery. She rather chose to go to Pune, to her maternal uncles small two room house for the delivery. During this period our son would visit her during weekends travelling by car. He met with a near fatal accidant in which car was totally smashed. Neither our son nor our DIL or any of her relatives shared this information with us. Gradually our son had stopped talking with us. He wont even bother to lift our phone call. It took us two months pursuation to make him call his newly wed cousin sister home. This was as of Feb 2012. And then in Mar 2012 she left in company of her father to Banglore by air. And then in Apr she raised first complaint with Naval authorities, seeking their help for marriage reconcilation. In this complaint she had no mention of dowry harrasment or Domestic voilance. She approached Powai Police Station on 29th May 2012. The inspector after invesigation, closed the case.
    And then in Jun 2012 she once again filed complaint with Yerwada Police Station in Pune on 14 Jun. On 30 Jun she got an article published in Pune mirror. All her complaints about Dowry Harrasment and DV are concocted stories, totally false & baseless only witha view to harras and defame the family. After all this she has the audocity to once again approach Naval Authorities at next place of posting at Ezhimala, Kerala, seeking the help for reconcilation. What a pity. How we the honourable senious cititons ben dragged into a failed love marriage.

  140. There are differences in every marriage and when these difference go over a limit, marriages break. Thats acceptable as failed marriages should not be considered a crime..those who use or rather misuse these laws are the ones who forcible make marriages to fail..they are only interested in making money and use simple and non-suspecting husband and his family as a tool…have not seen even a single instance where girl’s family doesnt have criminal/political association…
    dont expect anything from our lawmakers as “har shakh pe ullu baitha hai, anjame gulistan kya hoga..”

  141. Women in india are majorly misusing these law and minting the money. They are re-marring with their loved ones and spending the good life on the expense of suffered ex husband and his family.
    Please squash such laws and give equal rights for husband and wife. There has to be laws made in the favour of men where they even can file some true cases against his wife and in-laws.

    Thanks and Regards
    Saurabhh Seth

  142. THE GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION SHOULD JOINTLY SCRAP THIS LAW, WHICH IS EXPLOITED BY RACKETEERS AND VAMPS TO FLEECE UNSUSPECTING YOUNG BOYS AND THEIR MOTHER, SISTERS, DAUGHTERS, NIECES, COUSINS ETC. FEMINISTS WHO OPPOSE THE SCRAPPING OF THIS DARK AND DANGEROUS LAW DONOT UNDERSTAND THAT 98% FAKE CASES MEANS 98 MOTHERS, 98+ SISTERS, 98+ LADY COUSINS 98+ NIECES, 98+ GIRL CHILDREN ARE JAILED INDEFINITELY. AS AGAINST THAT 2% REAL CASES MEANS 2 WIVES GET RELIEF. THIS 498 A IS A RABID ARTICLE. FEMINISTS MUST BE MENTALLY RETARDED ENOUGH TO OPPOSE SCRAPPING OF THIS LAW.

  143. Rampant Misuse of Article 498a in India:
    Recently one Man Mohan Das, a corrupt retired Orissa Police Service Officer filed a false case against Man Mohan’s son in law, a highly paid techie who served with IBM in India and abroad, hooked by Man Mohan who got his characterless daughter married. Soon after marriage Man Mohan and his daughter went on demanding 25 lak rupees from the young man. He went on refusing to pay. Man Mohan, who is an extortionist racketeer and his son Manmath Das a gun wielding drug peddler, maintains some illegal business and gang of hooligans filed a suit against his son in law under 498a. When police arrested his son in law and his parents, he pressurized the son in law to sign a bond to pay 25 lak rupees. The young man refused. Now the case has gone to court and the young man is in prison for no fault of his. High Courts have stated that out of cases booked under this ugly act 98% are fake and fabricated by vamps and their relatives. Hon’ble Supreme Court have given adverse comment. But the dangerous law continues to kill innocent people. PEOPLE SAY BRITISH INDIA WAS HAVING BETTER LAWS.
    ~~Criticism outside India is enormous.~~

  144. This law is just to create terror in the minds of male society and harass them without any trial . This is completely a injustice for all sections of society living in India. It had destroyed the family harmony in India.
    All women educated or uneducated are misusing this law with the help of corrupt system of judiciary including lawyers, police and all associated.
    There is no benefit to the women at large by this law. It destroys thier lives completely.

    It needs certain amendments in this law immediately.
    And I support this PIL strongly.

  145. Nisha Sharma’s case proved that how women and their parents can use the law. Unmarried women can file 498A. I think they used this law because this law says women can file 498A any time. Whatever women has written or said in their petition they need not prove, only falsely accused have to prove that she is telling lie and we did nothing and never demand any dowry.

  146. Women are misusing this law very commonly.

    Even if the women has any complaint then that also police should not immediately interfere in family matters unless there is any loss of life or there is any physical damage to the body part or any hard beating mark on the body of the women.

    Also there should not be any listening to the parents of the women, only women who has suffered the problem should be having right to complaint. This is because women parent gets emotional and hype the things on behalf of the their daughter.

  147. its high time…all laws should be made gender neutral….
    ALL SHOULD BE EQUAL IN EYES OF LAW.

  148. This laws should be amended and law/Justice should be done irrespective of the gender. It is true that Womens are misusing this law.

  149. This laws should be amended and should be made gender neutral. Justice should be done irrespective of the gender. Lawmakers can not assume that men are culprit and women are victim always. Law should be amended as per time changes

  150. Good information…Feel this information to be passed on to all boys who are planning to marry.Please give some legal information which men can use to getaway from abusing womans and start new life.

    Thanks

  151. Working in p7news channel, here I made weekly progamme titled Kaayada Kanoon for continuously one and half year and came in contact with hundreds of 498a and other feminist laws victims. It was a participation observation that resulted into a book titlled SKIN OF MARRIED MEN,LEGALLY TASTY…releasing today at Pragati Maidan in 22nd book trade fair…Publisher is Gaurav Books..Ph; 9811455518. Actually we all need and deserve to have a loving family.

  152. Law is not equal for man and woman in India. Man harassing woman is criminal and woman harassing man a civil non cognisable offence. If man and woman are equal then why reservations for women , is it to tell them they are weak and cant do without reservations? She can ask money openly in court and claim it to be compensation while a man if asks anything it is dowry great law. Times have gone when women were the weaker section and needed protection, its high time law makers change the law with the enpowerment of women who are just abusing the law to make money. Marraige is a business for them now

  153. 498a is just a money extraction technique from innocent husband and their family members…. Currently, innocent husband and their family members are suffering a lot from this law. I don’t understand the existence of such law.

    Is government is still thinking that women aren’t outcome the men? Do you find a single woman on this earth who has filed the 498a and found not guilty… Everyone knows how much women are abusing the Indian Judicial System through this law. This law is completely baseless…

    Think about those husbands who have suffered in jail because of this unbiased law… Were they able to live happily after such torture? Some of them even committed suicide…!!!

    I am wondering why women organizations are protesting the amendment of this law… Just for money and reputation…? Women organization just wants to create a judicial system which only supports women whether they are right or WRONG!

    My humble appeal is to amend this law and give the sufficient time to husband to prove his innocence or better write-off this law completely. There is no point in putting husband and their family members behind the bars without finding them guilty. What’s the point of taking rapid action against husband? Is wife were sleeping all the time after the marriage!

    Create a transparent judicial system which is fully unbiased. Jai Hind!!!

  154. govt not want to do any thing ,these are use less govts ,do not want to any amend in any law

  155. My Parents and I are victims of false 498a , DV case . I request the Supreme court and Govt of India to take strong action and punish women who file false cases against husband and in -laws. The punishment should not be less then 7years of imprisonment and Compensation to the tune of 10L.

  156. I and my family members are victims of False 498a and DV case. We are threatened a lot by when she was at matrimonial home. Both of when stayed away from my parents (as requested by her) also didnt change the circumstances. We spent days in Judicial custody, due to the false cases against us.

    If the section is to protect the so called WOMAN, my mother and sister are also WOMEN. Please help to Save the Families and Marriages, which is a backbone to the culture of our Democratic country.

  157. Please help me and remove this stupid law; and please let me know; if you need anything else please call me at my cell 001-360-489-778 8
    Thank u
    surendra

  158. My daughter-in-law & her parents have filed a totally false F.I.R under 498A &470; 34 to obtain divorce forcibly after only seven months of seperation. They wanted me to offer them a flat;car; costly ornaments & TV which I refused. I took no dowry.Yet they put my son in lockup with a false allegation of demanding 2 lakh.
    With great difficulty I obtained interim bail after six days. They agree to withdraw case if my son accepts divorce. It seems no way out.
    How can any girl complain about physical & mental torture after 7 months?
    IPC: 498A: A Dangerous Weapon Frequently Misused
    This law which was enacted to empower women is now being misused to harass; extort and imprison innocent husbands and their parents without any investigation.< br>1. ARREST HUSBAND & PARENTS IS OFTEN MADE ON THE BASIS OF FALSE F.I.R; WITHOUT ANY INVESIGATION / PROOF OF GUILT WHICH IS MOST UNJUSTIFIED.
    2. KEEPING YOUNG AND OLD MEN IN POLICE CUSTODY ON THE BASIS OF FALSE F.I.R IS A GROSS VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS.
    3. 498A IS OFTEN MISUSED TO EXTORT MONEY; FLAT; CAR ETC. FROM HUSBAND’S FAMILY.
    5. 498A IS OFTEN MISUSED TO FORCE A HUSBAND GIVE DIVORCE.
    6. IT HELPS LAWYERS AND POLICE TO EXTORT HUGE MONEY FOR BAIL ETC.
    7. 498A IS GENDER-BIASED. MEN HAVE NO PROTECTION.
    8. IT DESTROYS INNOCENT MEN’S FAITH IN LAW & JUSTICE.
    9. GREEDY WOMEN CAN MAKE FORTUNE WITH THE HELP OF 498A.
    10. IT CAN AND OFTEN DOES RUIN THE ACCUSED HUSBAND’S FAMILY.
    11. THERE MUST BE ANOTHER LAW TO SAFEGUARD INNOCENT MEN.
    12. NO ARREST SHOULD BE MADE WITHOUT INVESTIGATION & PROOF.

  159. Our family is being threatned for 498a and Dv or we agree to each and everyy order of my brothers wife; she wants him to kick our mother out of the house;she has 5 fractures in her spinal bones.

  160. My Mother in law stays mostly with us in bangalore and keeps bitching about me and my family to my wife and my wife’s brain has become so much polluted that she treats me and my family members disrespectfully and now she has started to threaten me and my family members by saying they will file cases against me and my family plz help me!

  161. Laws are made to punish the accused..So we need Laws to punished the family for generating false 498a case…I request to bring new laws for the punishment to the family and lawyers for creating false 498a cases

  162. Yeah there are so many incident where women and their parents framing false allegation and it is become common practice. We must fight to make several changes in this section.

  163. There are thousands of real victims of Legal terrorists; still Government of India turn blind eye on men harassment by Women/wives.

    i am ashmed to be born in India.

  164. IT IS A DARK SIDE OF IPC; GOVT. SHOULD TAKE SOME BRIEF STEPS TO PREVENT THE MISUSE OF 498A BY THE EDUCATED GREEDY WIVES OF OUR COUNTRY & MUST MAKE SOME CORRECTION IN IT. MANY FAMILY ARE SUFFERING THIS DAYS BY THE ABUSE OF THIS LAW. I AM ONE OF THEM.

  165. i have been victim of this act.my father in law filed a false dowry case against my mother;sister and me after a quarrel between me and my wife in 1999.i filed a case under sec 9.125 maintenance case was filed by my wife and maintenance was granted in Jan 2001.and she appeared in sec 9 case when exparte proceeding was ordered in Oct. 2001.i put the condition that i will accept her only if she accepts in court that 498 was false and not merely withdrawing the case as i felt that in future she can not be trusted.i left sec 9 case and filed a sec 13 case.she appeared after gazette notification and when it came to record statements she brought stay orders from HC on grounds of case transfer.in 2004 her father filed complaint case for on action taken in dowry fir (they themselves had grounded it in hope that i would keep her daughter).my sister moved to high court us sec 482 to quash the case and stay was granted.case is pending as on date.My mother passed away in 2000.i left my govt service in 2003.my sister is suffering from depression.i sold my house and now i am not paying any penny as maintenance since last 8years.she though that she would get share in property on behalf of my twin children who are with her.unfortunate ly she has no knowledge. of any property to recover from.What did 498 give her?Whom did benefit?i am leading my life in a way you can guess! happily.No point for such laws that break families and force society to commit illegal acts.

  166. This is 100% true that this law has made faulty wives a open terrorist which can easily threat; harrass and extort money from the husband which just opposed her wrong doing against her wish.

    It cannot stop domestic violence but just changes the characters of its definition i.e earlier domestic violence occured agaist women by men; not it is made by women against men.

  167. My BIL send unanimous SMS from a fake number to my sister’s fiance to break her marriage. In return I got 498a. Anticipatory bail given by session judge even before return of dowry article.
    Now facing 498a/125 & DV.

  168. I completely agree with many views expressed and also how 498A has been abused over years.
    I wonder that our government does not bother about this rot in the legal system but has time for FDI; walmart;etc!!

  169. India;

    Stop this misuse and save your children not only women are Indians we husbands;sisters;brothers;Moth er-in-law and father-in-law also Indians and your kids Save US

    Thank s
    Prabhu

  170. My wife has misused this law just because of her greed for money. She openly demanded 50 lakh rupees or else she threatened to file case of dowry. When I refused to agree to her demands she lodged false FIR that my family went to her parents house and demanded money. Despite no evidence complain was lodged and case appeared in the court.

  171. Wife and there family threatning with false dv and 498acase;they are claiming the gift and our money which they gave thr cheque as dowry.though they will trapped in it himself becoz they cheated and done crime of giving dowry.now they are demanding 80lakhs rs.

  172. Please stop the misuse of section 498A by putting some strict punishments on misusing the right available u/s.498A.

  173. 498a Should be amended – as this law is being grossly misused. Our family has been falsely accused and we are fighting the case. Indian justice system does not believe that women can cause grave danger to the society and hence is letting them run rampant with this bomb in their hands.

  174. I am agree of missusing of Dowry act 498a.I am also one of the person which is being harrased.In
    my case marriage was not taken place; and they file a false case on me and my parents; even compromised was done. we have sufficient proof to prove that alleged case is wrong; but no one is here to listen men all rules are for women.

    No one is here to help us. We are just born to pay forcefully.

    Can any one help me and advice.

    Rajeev Saxena
    09015 810199

  175. The law is actually more for the outlaw it seems.
    Our so called intellectual women folk neatly clad in their sarees speak strongly in favour of this menace; sitting comfortably in AC studios enjoying the limelight they get along with a chance to show their intellect while debating such causes/cases with people suffering from this law. It is however hard for them to empathize considering the attention they get while leading such home breaking causes. I however; strongly condemn dowry or demand of any kind from the girls parents and I believe Justice should be done & girls given their due but not on the cost of Dignity and freedom of a law abiding citizen. A case must be heard & investigation carried out by independent and secret agencies so that none of the parties can bribe them or even try to. This law should be done away with or atleast modified due to the sheer brutality it unleashes from day 1 on the Boys family & the Boy/groom himself even if they are innocent.
    Anyone reading and can make a difference; please act now before its too late. Grooms would be very scared of marrying Indian girls and I think honestly the stage has already reached.

  176. “L A W

    L egally
    A llow
    W omen

    to act as per their will & extort money from men under the name “”marriage”” to fulfill their selfish and greedy motives”

  177. I am a victim of this Act and I want this act to be equally shared by both Husband and Wife; so it should be changed to Spouse act rather Women’s act.

  178. misuse of the section 498A of IPC may be stoped if could not be stopped then it should be deleted from the IPC. i think that there should be proper investigation before using the section 498 A of IPC becoz elders and our relatives who are innocent are our respective persons. If there is any false criminal case is registered by the police under the said section then our society is adversely affected somewhere. So Government Should take a proper step towards such kind of situations.
    it is astonish that Govt says that we all should respect our elders and children and other side section 498A of IPC denies it. What a illogical situation indians are facing! Law itself says that no innocent person should be punished or brought behind the grills but section 498A dont care of it. It is dangerous section for civilized society.

  179. Please stop the misuse of 498a and bring a law to punish the people who files a false 498A complaint.

  180. It is a wonderful information nobody has done till today.It will be very useful information useful for everybody.than q very much.

  181. the fight against this law should taken like a war situation as it is demolishing millions of happy living family every day.

  182. Domestic Violence act should empower both men and women equally. Men should have the right to file case against women. If women want equal rights in the society like men; they need to earn their ownliving and stop being parasites. You all shameless women; stop using this law as a license to blackmail; harass and extort money.
    And yes; I am an women myself.

  183. Stop misusing the laws against innocent husbands and In-laws.

    Nation should stop encouraging such laws.

    Today Men need equal rights from Women.

  184. This act is a completely biased act ruining many families and lives. Women and families who resort to this act for remedy is harming the womenfolk in general. The whole system of marraige will be in jeopardy if this violation continues.

  185. The present generation women are not the same as what they were two decades back. They are educated; intelligent and self sufficient. Government should be very careful in formulating legislation keeping in view the welfare of the country and not only the vote bank. The days are not very far when even the parliament will be taken over by women and the fate of men will be permanently doomed.

  186. Appeal to rewise 498A and punish who all misuse 498A law to protect family harmony.

  187. the basic problem is with: 1) marriage: stop this system called as marriage? Why to encourage this system? Is life impossible without it?
    2)findin g husbands and in-laws as hapless dustbin and as atm machine: why? are 488a and dv girls sati savithris; & born in raja harischandra family? why a husband and his parents/relativ es will spend their live after courts and lawyers for false; framed and with motive filled cases?
    WHY 498a females and DV females will enjoy LEGAL IMMUNITY? who gives them this right? people who frame this laws: what is the level of their understanding of Indian society and laws? Are they satisfied in their own lives?

    SHAME ON these parasites called as 498a and DV females.

  188. Please stop misusing 498a;currently it’s effecting indian matrimonial system. Please correct the women biased law.

  189. A misused draconian law breaking bonds and family ties just for their greed and selfish motives mostly by the educated.

  190. IPC section 498a needs to scrapped or Govt has to introduce make it Gender Neutral if they want to continue for the Lawyers and police.

  191. The effort of removing guilt and fear created by generations of gender sensitization.N ow a days women misusing the law.And government is not removing 498a.

  192. Constitution is made to provide equal rights to all irrespective sex; religion; creed and so on and as per the social condition at the time of framing of constitution. Now; social condition has been changed and we need to amend constitution to suit present social condition. Women has to be protected by Husband; brother and Father as per vedas. Whereas situation arises like men have to be protected by Wife; Mother and Sister.

  193. I’m not married but admit that the laws are definitely biased.
    I feel because of such laws; crime rate is high.
    People do not get justice from law so they take it in their own hands.
    Its generally used more by cunning women rather than the genuine ones.
    We notice a lot of articles in the news where women are murdered and their bodies left in public places. Not all of these women are innocent and genuine victims..
    I understand murder is a crime but what is a desperate husband supposed to do if law does not support him…not everybody has the capacity to bear mental stress everyday….
    What i mean to indicate here is that this law is a crime creator rather than a crime breaker…it should be done away with….

  194. We need to make divorce law simpler and easier. The law in its current form brings out the worst in people and 498a is the most misused;mishand lled and gender biased law.

  195. Good day;
    I am a well educated (Doon School educated) Captain from Merchant Navy who married a local businessman’s daughter on Jan 4th; 2008 in Lucknow. I also have a 1 year old daughter from this marriage.
    My father had expired in 1991 in a road accident. I was only 12 years old at that time. It is beyond doubt that my mother brought my sister and me up with great pains. I have studied and worked very hard to reach this position of respect. However; since after marriage I have been continuously harrased by my wife and her parents and her other household members for separation from my mother who is an ailing patient of kidney transplant(carr ied out in 2006 prior marriage) and is also very weak. Points have reached to a nadir whereby my in-laws have been continuously harrasing; abusing; trespassing into my house; use of violence against me and my mother(incident s of Jan 2nd ; 2011 and September 16th;2011). I have not taken any legal action against my parents or my in-laws as I still want and hope things to improve in my household for the sake of my daughter whom I love beyond hope. I just want a peaceful atmosphere in my home; who wouldn’t? My in-laws as well as my wife have threatened to invoke a false case of 498a against me. I humbly request all concerned in this matter to please kindly draft/amend laws in such a way that innocent people are not targetted or trapped. I also request that this system refrains from forcing innoncent targetted people to suffer in any manner whatsover just because the wife or her parents are acting on their poor judgement. I also want a system whereby innocent husbands can safeguard their full interests.
    T hanks and Best Regards
    Faiz an Khan
    C-101; H.I.G.;
    Indi ra Nagar;
    Luckn ow

  196. i and my family was harrassed by my in-laws. there r miss using dowry and Dv for taking money from me.

  197. I am strongly against the family breaking 498a law; so I request this law to be removed totally; please do it to save the society; family; harmony; peace; equality; prosperity; and progress for all of us;
    Thanks and Regards
    Raji v Gangar

  198. 498 a is grossly misused asa powerful tool by the wievs and her family to loot; blackmail and torture the husband’s family.

    It should be amended; that all the charges need to be verified before registeration of FIR; and made bailable.

  199. In the evening of 04/09/08; a Police S.I. raided my house alongwith a few policemen and rowdies arranged by my father-in-law. The policemen were paid bribe previously to register false case against me and my family members.The police took me and my mother to police station and detained there without telling the reason for detention and in the afternoon of the next day forwarded us to court after getting a number of blank papers signed by me and my mother. The court; in turn; forwarded both of us to jail without informing us of our fault and without allowing us to speak in our defence. Later; after release on bail; came to know that police has concealed our night time arrest and wrote the time of arrest as 2.30 PM of 05/09/08 in case record. The police S.I. also allowed the my father-in-law and his daughter to loot valuables from our house. The S.I. also stole a bank locker key and kept in her possession and possibly misused it in some ways too. A complaint was lodged against police with the state Lokpal; DG of police and with Human rights commission. But they took no action against the policemen and did no investigation against the culprits. There are indications that the policewomen have taken huge amount of bribe to register false case and to prepare a bogus chargesheet. This section IPC 498A serves as a good earning tool for corrupt policemen; unscrupulous lawyers and judges and it is surprising that Indian government is tolerating injustice done to scores of innocent men and their families across the country every day under IPC 498A. The police SI and IIC who had taken bribe to harass me; were later promoted by the department in appreciation of their work.

  200. Women are more cruel then men;however voice of cruelty by men is not being listen by people;authorit ies as they are of opinnion that it is man only who can be cruel.In todays prospective a women needs only mony & mony.Also this money of man is being misused against man only.So it is high time that society should change it’s blurred vission to always favour a women.

  201. I am married for 1.6yrs now and i got a six month old baby girl. Problem is my mother in law ever since we got married she started staying with us almost most of the year.Slowly she spoilt our relationship and started ruling me with my wife even my wife is a pet to her mother still; i never replied but their main problem is my parents they doesn’t want my senior citizen parents; almost 70 yrs; to come and stay with us they only come once or twice in a year for a maximum of one month.My wife and MOL(mother in law) as well as her family members wants me to abondon my parents and become a slave to them all my life else they threaten me of 498A for me as well as my parents. My life has become miserable and now things have become so bad that they abuse my elderly parents and make them work as servants with words i can’t express. Please help me before we are forced to commit suicide.I want some real help! Please !!

  202. Not only me my 2 sons are also the victims of 498A Misuse . So far No 498 A ; DV case; yet mentally ; finacially we all 3 (Self and 2 sons) are harrassed on daily basis.

    1 . Mother talking SEX to 9 year old son(Just to humilate me)
    2. Not preparing food for the kids.

    3. Though she was treated for Personality Disorder for 2 Years (Now stopped on the intervension of FIL). 498A bloack mailing still on.

  203. Respected Authorities;

    This law 498A has been single handedly responsible for breaking so many Indian families; rendering so many children outside the natural care & custody of both his parents. This is high time that our Government & Authorities take serious view of this & amend or discontinue this law ASAP.

    Be st Regards;
    Gau rav Saharawat & Family.

  204. I strongly believe a woman can be more than cruel to any husband. Unfortunately; our biased vote bank mongers; policy makers; present politicians; ignored the equal rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Woman should be punished equally for their wrong doings.

  205. These dowry-related or female gender; blindly-protect ive laws are huge/ dangerous legal -loopholes; which are exploited to the hilt by lawyers; wives; their families; police & Courts; to make every husband a deemed criminal & every wife; a Devi & Goddess-incarna te; ultimately destroying everything good; still remaining in our Indian Family system. Don’t give such absolute power to the above players. Absolute power corrupts absolutely & destroys marriages & trust. GOD help us & our marriages

  206. I Dr. Nishat Ahmed Sheikh; i have been falsely harrased under 498a IPC; My Wife filled this false and frivolous cases just after the day of sad demise of my Son who left to heavenly abode because of Blood cancer; she alleged in FIR that i killed my son some by injecting some injection because of which my son died and i killed my own Son with allegations of dowry demand and cruelty which is false and baseless.
    My wife also alleged that she had been criminally aborted and abducted in our home for more then 3 months and all this allegation against myself and My old parents who are senior citizens and also against my Married sister who is a Medical Practioner.

    She filled 498a; DP 3/4; 342 and 34 IPC and latter again she filled DV Cases against all of us making further false and frivolous allegations.

    This gender biased laws are being very much misused and it should be immediately aborted or amended to make it gender neutral and the false complainant if proved they also be punished.
    Thx & Regards
    Dr. Nishat Ahmed Sheikh

  207. “I along with my family members are victims of false 498A; Domestic Violence and other sections of Indian Law which have left Indian Men and their mothers; sisters just as a waste in this great country.

    In my age of 29 years; where I should be concentrating about building my career; and be part of country’s progress; it is because of these draconian and biased laws; me and my family members are living a harassed life.
    All this; just because I married a person who could not be good to me; and a person to whom these biased laws are good and handy to.

    Plea se be assured that so many biased laws would soon ensure male foeticide in India. As parents would know that one incorrect Daughter-in-law from their son would bring their end legally during their old age for no fault of theirs or of their son’s.

    I t is surprising that even when Supreme Court has termed it as “”legal terrorism”” ; the lawmakers are still wanting more proofs.

    Arent the statistics alarming?
    La khs of Women jailed because of false cases?
    More than twice the number of men commit suicide because of these false cases than the girls from the same age group?
    Convi ction rate is only 2% of all these.

    A rent these laws making life of 2% people better with making lives of 98% innocent people worse? In terms of absolute number; for every 2 wives; 98*3 = 294 men and women are left tortured by these laws!!

    W hat more proof is required for the law makers to realize what bad are these biased laws doing to the India society?

    Please …………. please …………. please look into this with some reality check.”

  208. 498A or DV act is being misused heavily by women .Due to these laws all we have is broken up families and broken up children . Its time the law should change and a deterrent comes up for false accusations.

  209. “I have a false case of 498A where it is clear that corruption is rampant even in the judiciary. I woman says she was beaten up and thrown out by the husband at a time when I was in a Govt Hospt after meeting with an accident. The Magistrate simply ignores the Govt Hospt prescription with date and time and hold the case against the husband.
    It can only happen in India that LEGALLY A MAN CAN BE IN TWO PLACES MILES APART AT THE SAME TIME.
    “” MERA BHARAT MAHAN”””

  210. I am a victim of 498A misuse. details will be provide upon request and necessary verification.

  211. I am also a victim of false ipc 498a & domestic violence case. my old parent who are senior citizen also involved by my wife in above case; police are blindly following the law; without knowing the fact and verification of allegation made in FIR. Can any prudent person will marry with any girl in future. the whole indian social and family structure will collapse; if women & child development ministry blindly making any law or amendment in it. so; my humbly request through this PIL to check the fact of NCRB suicide ratio of men’s and women in family matter and need of men to continue the reproductive cycle of life. if u kill every men of through those hittler law; then no men will marry with any women. reproductive cycle will stop. don’t go against the law of nature to fulfill foreign policies and your personal ego.

  212. If govt. sincerely wants to stop dowry; pl. make it mandatory to declare by both parties before marriage registration that no dowry was given or taken. This will stop the misuse and then no dowry law it required. If marriage takes place without this declartion then marraige should be considered as null and void and both parties including the parents of bride and groom should be laible to be prosecuted.

  213. I am victim of the misuse of 498A.

    Af ter 6 months of marriage; my wife abondened me.
    When i asked her to return; she demanded sum of Rs 87 lakhs & asked me to leave my old retired parents. Otherwise she told me that she will file a false dowry case against me.

    When i refused to pay this amount; she went ahead and filed case of domestic violence and 498A (dowry allegation) on me and my old parents.

    I am greatly suffering harrasment from poilce and legal proceddings.

    Althoug h they have no evidence presented by them on their false claim; court is favourable to them & have rejected my bail.

    I am shattered.

    I request to India govt to stop support to the legal terorism in the sake of 498a(dowry harashment) and provide me justice.

  214. My entire family is dragged to quadruple case of false Dowry prohibition cases for same allegations.My father served in Indian Army ;faught war against nation in 1962;1965;1972 ; Myself was BARC;Mumbai Scientifc asstt before I was dragged to misuse of the DP Act by my in-laws to extort money and to hide her character.Still after more than four years of separation; she is no willing for any settlement and may mother;sister;s ister-in-law (all Women) are being harassed in numerous court cases; I am denied the right to meet my little daughter for last 4 years;my daughter is forced to love as fatherless child.These all are results of misuse of DP Act only.

    Pl ease have courage to speak the truth; you are requested to look into these misuse of law and Really help women and children.
    Kharak Singh Mehra
    Haldwa ni ;Nainital
    PI N 262402

  215. The DV; 125 and 498a are completely women favoring laws due to which thousands are families are getting broken. I am also one of such sufferer who has lost wife; family; my job and reputation due to the misuse of these laws. I had to go jail for the crime I never did. How can I bring her back who has filed all the false allegations against me? . If they are all proved false then what relief and compensation I can get ?. Has the government any answer for my questions ?

  216. “I could not even imagine that the wife who would not get tired saying “”I love you very much””… would go ahead and file a 498A case on me; when I would not give in to her motives of settling down permanently in USA ( I had made it very clear even before marriage that I will return in less than 2 years for sure) – and she confessed that she married me only because I was in the US at that time. Please stop the misuse of the modern ‘torturing’ woman; not ‘tortured’ woman…”

  217. I absolutely support this PIL moved by Swati didi…These tyrranic natured in-laws will most surely make our belief in family and women change and absurd laws like the PWDVA act and the 498a provisions adds fuel to fire to their aspirations.

  218. I WAS MARRIED FOUR YRS AGO;AND I AM ALSO FACING THE SAME SITUTION;AND MY WIFE IS TEACHER IN GOVT.SCHOOL;AND WE DONT HAVE ANY CHILD;UPTILL NOW.WE ARE THREE BROTHERS AND ALL LIVE SEPARTELY IN THIER FLAT WITH THERE FAMILY;AND MY MOTHER STAYS WITH US;BUT MY WIFE ALWAYS FIGHT WITH ME AND MY FAMILY;AND RUN TO HIS FATHER HOUSE;AND HIS FAMILY ALWAYS RUINS OUR LIFE;AND SAY THEY WILL FILE FALSE CASE OF DOWRY & HARSHMENT;ETC;A ND PUT OUR FAMILY IN IMPRISONNMENT;; AND THEY NEVER TRY TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEM;BUT I ALWAYS; bring my wife back;as i cannot live without my life;or u can without sex;.Our sitution and became worse as she do not like my family members;and fight with them recently and give them filthy languge or you can gali etc;I always try to understand her; to not to fight or give gali;as you are teacher;but she run by herself to his father house;by taking all her belongings and my access sccoty;etc.NOW; I want divorce from her;or otherwise;i can commit sucide;please help me;for god saack

  219. Kind Attention
    No action taken still now.

    To;
    The Hon’ble incharge of the Public Grievances Department. I need your help. Please help me.
    Respecte d Sir/Madam;
    S ub: Your prompt action shall be highly appreciated and deserves to be lauded. Which can save me and my family members (My old aged father; Mother and my only solitary daughter 5 years)

    P olice / Political Leaders / Judicial Magistrate to take bribe I have lots of evidence; I think not taken any action because many Police Officer including IPS Officer; and Many Government employee are lose there service and go to jail. So West Bengal Government not take any action. Am I right?

    M r. Shankar Kumar Samanta (Kolkata jella committee member CPIM) and his son Mr. Sandip Samanta (DYFI Member) so any body/ you do not take any action?

    A case was filed by me In the court of LD. C.J.M. At Barasat; Date: 13.04.2010 U/S- 156(3) of criminal Procedure code charge U/S: 323; 379; 406; 479; 498; 500; 506 READ WITH 34/120B OF INDIAN PENAL CODE. The case is starting At Baguiati Police Station Case No-168 Date: 24.04.2010.

    The I.O. At Baguiati Police Station of the case has already been charge sheeted according the names. The I.O. At Baguiati Police Station accused all miscreants in the charge sheeted but neither took any measures to round up them rather they paved enough (more then 2.5 months) time which make them the way to take bail.

    An yhow Application under Section 438 CrPC Among the accused person Shankar Kumar Samanta (S.B.I. Officer) and his son Sandip Samanta has been granted bail by the Ho’ble Calcutta High Court.

    B ut it is painful to state before you the prime accused ?Ç£Beauty Adhikari?Ç¥ and others accused were shown in the charge seeted ?Ç£AS ABSCONDING?Ç¥ (Proclamation of Arrest and Warrant of Arrest.)

    Please note that the prime accused ?Ç£Beauty Adhikari?Ç¥ others are large and they are available in there house; each and every time.

    I therefore prey before your kind honored to Make arrangements to arrest the prime accused ?Ç£Beauty Adhikari?Ç¥ and others as they were shown in the charge sheeted ?Ç£As prime accused ABSCONDING?Ç¥ (Proclamation of Arrest and Warrant of Arrest.)

    Prime accused ?Ç£Beauty Adhikari?Ç¥ and others are large and they are showing in there house; each and every time. I informed this matter to Sri Rahul Srivastava; IPS Officer. The Superintendent of Police. Barasat. And S.M.H. Meerza; Addl. Superintendent of Police. Barasat. North 24 Parganas. Barasat.

    Your prompt action shall be highly appreciated and deserves to be lauded. Which can save me and my family members (My old aged father; Mother and my only solitary daughter 5 years)

    M r. Shankar Kumar Samanta purchase Sealdah Court 1st J.M. Mrs. Nita Sarkar. I get only date and date and date (4 to 5 times in a month but she do not take any action; Sealdah Court 1st J.M. Mrs. Nita Sarkar told me Beauty Adhikari is ?Ç£AS ABSCONDING?Ç¥ Proclamation of Arrest and Warrant of Arrest. Not my court; so I can not take action)

    Details

    100% now I believe that if you have money then you can get anything; every thing is possible by you. If you are a poor then you can’t get anything; every thing is far and beyond possible to you; also you get poor judgment and poor comportment in all aspects of life; in our country INDIA. For example 1. I. I went to Police Station more than 100 times; made 5times entries (complaints) into G.D. but Not even a microscopic actions took place against the alleged bodies. On the contrary Sandip Samanta; S/O. Shankar Kumar Samanta (S.B.I. OFFICER Ph. No. 9830366434; Branch: 24B; Nimtala Ghat Street; Jorabagan; Kolkata- 700006; West Bengal; India?ÇÄ; Bank Ph. No. 033 25308337) he has much more and enough money so they purchase all police personnel’s and some political leaders; some Dada. Etc. Only I used to get many letters and many phone calls which all seem to me needs to be thrown in the trash; as it all are valueless; toothless and only simply a solace to the poor. What an undone boy I am! Woe is to me! My wife and her family; Shankar Kumar Samanta and his family harassed me and my family; they are torcher me physically and mentally (Mr. Shankar Kumar Samanta Kill me and my family any time any day).

    We got married 05/03/2002; and have a daughter who took birth on 09/07/2005. My wife and her family (Including Shankar Kumar Samanta (S.B.I. Officer) and his son Sandip Samanta )lodged a case 498A/34 IPC; FIR NO.276; date 31/08/2009; P.S.: BAGUIATI; against me and some of my family members it’s a fabricated; baseless; legless; toothless and doesn’t have any commensurate to the fact. My wife is engaged and having an illicit affair with a boy (Sandip Samanta; S/O. Shankar Kumar Samanta S.B.I. Officer Ph. No. 9830366434; Branch: 24B; Nimtala Ghat Street; Jorabagan; Kolkata- 700006; West Bengal; India?ÇÄ; Bank Ph. No. 033 25308337) just opposite to my house; all the matters are known to every person in my village; and also they have certified me written about my fresh character and nature. When my wife left form my house with Sandip Samanta taking many vory gold and cash 1.20 lack Indian rupees. What a demon she is! She didn’t take our only daughter (only five years old) who is now in my house having severe asthma supported by inhaler. My wife filed the 498A case dated 31/08/2009 and I was arrested on 06/09/2009; how much money Taken Baguiati police form my father and others for 498A/34 I.P.C.; fabricated Charge Sheeted; I don’t know; because then I’m in Jail. The Ld. court granted me on bail on 19/09/2009. Barasat court. I have lots of irrefutable evidences; (20 pcs. Adult S.M.S.; Mr. Samanta’s Mobile Phone; Mr. Samanta’s SIM Card; Adult picture with the boy; G.D.E; MANY MANY OTHER PAPERS RELATED TO MY CASE and TWO c.d.); with me where it is cleanly reveals which translates my wife and the boy that they are in illicit relations. Believe me I and my family would love very much (which is very rare seen in our society) to my wife and never any kind of love lost didn’t happen. They (My wife family) are very very poor and live in a bosti Address: 70/H/8 Manicktolla Main Road; Kolkata ?Çô 700054; Beside 5 Star Club; my mother saw 1st time and she arranged my marriage. Before marriage my family did not see the pedigree of my wife’s family; now we understood also realized that they hailed from a worst status. My wife; her family and (Sandip Samanta; S/O. Shankar Kumar Samanta S.B.I. Officer) all they are misusing this law. Now my wife’s family knows all the affair-related matter. My wife left our only solitary daughter to me who is 3 years old (Now 5 years) having severe ?Ç£Asthma Disease; depends on INHALER; here political Hide and seek; ducks and drakes and lots of unfair means are going on and the father of the parents (THE FATHER OF THE BOY WHO HAS ILLICIT RELATIONS WITH MY WIFE) are rich; so they are spending money to everywhere with a view to be escaped. Now I decided that in no way I can’t accept that demon wife. I hired a lawyer his name Mr. Kamelash Nandi. I don’t know what will be happened next? It’s an utterly a huge and a palpable offence subsequent to which the boy deserves severe and examplanary punishment so that no one can dare to abuse this law. My mother is a sugar present shies sugar is now 400. If possible please help me. Please investigate the matter thread barely and save me and my family. I leave here one question to every one that in this die-straits situation whom do I take care to myself (TRAGEDY); my daughter; or my mother (severe Diabetic). My wife filed another case me U/s. 125 Cr. P. C. Case NO.167/2009; J.M. 1st Court Sealdah; 1st Floor. Room No: 103; Kolkata-700014. South 24 Parganas. Date 16/12/2009. Mr. Shankar Kumar Samanta purchase Sealdah Court 1st J.M. Mrs. Nita Sarkar. I get only date and date and date (4 to 5 times in a month but she do not take any action; Sealdah Court 1st J.M. Mrs. Nita Sarkar told me Beauty Adhikari is ?Ç£AS ABSCONDING?Ç¥ Proclamation of Arrest and War
    rant of Arrest. Not my court; so I can not take action)…I am millions miles away from the genuine and authentic investigation and inquiry. No inquiry; investigation were executed against the F.I.R lodged by my wife. It is very painful; lamentable as well as heart rendering; breath taking affair to me and my family. My heart bursts into guffaw when I see the nature of the inquiry and investigation. One thing is as clear as crystal to me that the law and the task of the law enforcing agencies vary from man to man. A new proverb is going to take birth very soon that ?Ç£Justice for the rich and Injustice is for the poor?Ç¥ A rich reserves the right to indulge in any kind of heinous business but the poor is restricted to involve in any type of excellent deeds?Ç¥ To see all these my heart is about to come in the mouth and the ground under my feet gets shook. In a word all types of Law are for the poorest and the richest will enjoy the richest judgments from all quarters.
    After coming form the DumDum Central Jail; I mat with the BAGUIATI POLICE O.C. Mr. Goutam Mitra; and asked him politely: ?Ç£ SIR I FAILED TO UNDERSTAND THAT I MADE SO MANY ENTIRIES INTO YOUR G.D.E. BUT YET NO ACTION SO FAR HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN FORM YOURSELF?Ç¥ then BAGUIATI POLICE O.C. Mr. Goutam Mitra; went through all my papers (20 pcs. Adult S.M.S.; Mr. Samanta’s Mobile Phone; Mr. Samanta’s SIM Card; Adult picture with the boy; G.D.E; MANY MANY OTHER PAPERS RELATED TO MY CASE and TWO c.d.). After seeing all my papers he told me that I cannot take any action until and unless you lodge a case against all of them.

    Th en I Prayed to the Ld. C.J.M at Barasat court to lodge the case; against the alleged person. (The payer to the Ld. C.J.M. is enclosed which is self-explanator y) after filing the case (The case is starting At Baguiati Police Station Case No-168 Date: 24.04.2010. CHARGE 323; 379; 406; 497; 498; 500; 504; 506 READ WITH 34/120B OF INDIAN PENAL CODE) the BAGUIATI POLICE O.C. Mr. Goutam Mitra; and I.O. Mr. Prasenta Kumar Das; Mr. Ajay Kumar Ghosh; in stead of taking not any take investigation/ not take any action/ not take any type of query to recover my Cash and Gold form the house of Shankar Kumar Samanta; The BAGUIATI POLICE O.C. Mr. Goutam Mitra; and I.O. Mr. Prasenta Kumar Das; Mr. Ajay Kumar Ghosh; took my case as a Golden Goose; and how much money BAGUIATI POLICE O.C. Mr. Goutam Mitra; and I.O. Mr. Prasenta Kumar Das; Mr. Ajay Kumar Ghosh; has taken is well known to them. Neither he took any take investigation/ not take any action/not take any type of query nor he did roundup them against my case.

    Wh en I saw that already near by 90-100 days went by ?Ç£ I went to the BAGUIATI P.S. to know the status of the case then BAGUIATI POLICE I.O. Mr. Prasenta Kumar Das; Mr. Ajay Kumar Ghosh; became outraged me and my mother that if you ask about Shankar Kumar Samanta and his family I will sentence you and your family in the Jail; all their languages is so much filthy dirty which I cannot express front of you.

    As I’m 100 percent innocent so I screw up my courage to place my grievances to every body in order to get redress. So I want to let my matter informed all the Indian and others. I wrote my matter to our local P.S.; Local Councilor; all M.P.; M.L.A.; Minister in W.B. and Other States; C.M. in W.B.; CBI Department; CID Department; S.P. and Dy.S.P.(N.) 24 Parganas; DGP Bhupindar Singh; All the I.P.S. AND I.A.S. OFFICERS; All DGPs/IGPs . Election Commission of India; All Indian Union Minister; UPA Chairperson. Sonia Gandhi; Governor in W.B; and President in India 29th times write ((My Request/Grievan ce Registration Number is: PRSEC/E/2009/12 581; PRSEC/E/2010/01 100; PRSEC/E/2010/03 797; PRSEC/E/2010/08 720; PRSEC/E/2010/06 692; PRSEC/E/2010/12 464; PRSEC/E/2010/17 088; PRSEC/E/2011/00 423; PRSEC/E/2011/02 405; PRSEC/E/2011/03 705; PRSEC/E/2011/04 474; PRSEC/E/2011/05 314; PRSEC/E/2011/08 159; PRSEC/E/2011/09 368; PRSEC/E/2011/09 369; PRSEC/E/2011/09 750; PRSEC/E/2011/10 342; PRSEC/E/2011/10 987; PRSEC/E/2011/11 037; PRSEC/E/2011/11 278; ?Ǫ?ǪAND OTHER NUMBER I MISPLACE). P.M. in India; National/Intern ational Human rights department; AAP KI KACHEHRI ?Çô KIRAN KE SAATH; Kolkata Police; and all police officers in W.B. informed Kolkata Commissioner of Police; Manager S.B.I.-Branch: 24B; Nimtala Ghat Street; Jorabagan; Kolkata- 700006; West Bengal; India?ÇÄ; Bank Ph. No. 033 25308337. My nation; all of the news channels; and all press; The Central Vigilance Commission; Talking with some NGO’s: 1. Universal Right and Duty for Human to Abide URDHA; 2. Human Right Commission’s Mr. Ujjal Paul and Mr. Shibaji Dasgupta. 3. Bhatat Bachao Sangathan BBS. 4. Forum for Social Justice and Development FSJD. 5. Ajjtak News Channel?ÇÖs Miss Menogya. and many more; (anybody can’t help me/ fight for truth /don’t take investigation/d o not take any action/don’t take any type of query/ Still Now; many department told does not comes under the purview of our department. Then my question is where I go now? I see they all are in sound asleep. The reason is best known to them. I think not taken any action because many Police Officer including IPS Officer; and many Government employee are lose there service and go to jail. So West Bengal Government not take any action. Am I right?

    I hope you would care to me; your prompt action shall be highly appreciated and deserves to be lauded.

    With kindest regards;

    Dipak Kumar Adhikari

    Tegharia(Dhali Para);NandanKan an. P.S.: Baguiati. P.O.: Hatiara. Dist.: North24Parganas .

    Kolkat a-700059 Email: dipakadhikari59 @gmail.com W.B. India. PH. 9874389190

  220. It is an a******* law that is not in keeping with basic human nature. It presumes extreme goodness and moral strength of the concerned people to not take advantage of an obviously flawed system and unfortunately the world does not work that way.

    The se ridiculous laws need to change.

  221. I am a victim of a marriage which has caused severe mental pressure on my mother (she is my only parent) and constantly facing trouble due to my wife’s deliberate ignorance and disrespect.
    I fear that in the name of LAW my wife Mrs Rinku Mitra Ghosh staying currently staying at her parents place for more than 1.5 years doesnot like the strong bond between a MOTHER & SON.
    She is interested in money to support her own family and I had been giving financial support to her father’s family. Her brother Mr Malay Kumar Ghosh was looking to pursue graduation and I gave 10000 rupees to get his admission in NIIT kolkata for GNIT and BSC course in June 2007 just prior to our marriage.
    Wh en my financial condition slumped; my mother in law started charging me for discontinuity of financial help.
    Since then my wife is ill treating and disregards my mother.Just because she is not able to adjust to husband home.
    To avoid any misuse of 498a as I have received a notice cum letter via ADVOCATE from Dhanbad which clearly mentions that if I stop financial support; she will go to any extent to harass me; my mother; sister and Mausis. This is a mental torture as the ACT is being misused. I have not taken a single penny dowry; on the contrary supported her financially. All went in vain. She enjoys to have more Freedom; control her in-laws; just to Blackmail me. I will not agree for divorce; as I feel the marriage is a heavenly decision and I can change my wife’s thinking; but her father; mother and other relatives are provoking her for dragging this all. I had booked her ticket twice and had to cancel at the last moment; when she notified that she cannot come leaving her parents. My mother doesnot stay with me so there is no restriction on her freedom. By the time she realizes for her mistake; it will be too late.
    I need suggestion and guidance from a good advocate on the same. I have been staying alone at Bangalore; Singapore; Gurgaon since December 13th 2009. My wife ‘Mrs Rinku Ghosh Mitra’ is staying at her parent’s home in Bhuli (Dhanbad) Jharkhand. We had issues and my wife chose to stay with her parents at Dhanbad since 29th November 2009.

    I tried to have a mutual discussion with my wife; however she is reluctant to do so. I transfered 5k (average) per month as she claimed maintenance fee by sending a notice to me through her advocate. I lost my job in January 2011; and could not send her money for 5 months. Meanwhile she has already filed a case in Dhanbad Court; which has shattered me completely.

    I would like to discuss the entire case history with a good advocate. Please can you help me with your suggestion.

  222. I agreee with this…498 has turned to be a social terrorism…A law turned dictator ship of the urban women..The law should not be gender oriented…

  223. “Respected All;

    althoug h this law (IPC 498a) is meant to protect respect and rights of Indian women ; It is not fulfilling its cause. The Act is widely being misused by people. Need not to say that to give threat and torture to husband ; his sister and mother are also being charged under this case. even minors and far flung relatives are also harassed by this. we can easily conclude that the said act was meant to protect women but is being misused against women.

    Moreove r This act has given power as the tale of “”Bhasmasur “” (Bhasmasur was loyal and faithful to Lord Shiv but when he got power he changed his mind).

    N aturally in a family ; we have to make understandings and have to make some adjustments to build a everlasting relationship. This adjustment includes sacrifice; tolerance; justified behaviour and lot more. Every family has some small quarrel going on; this doesn’t mean that on a small matter which can be overlooked ; a wife makes issue and visits police. If this happens how can the family survive.

    Mother in law is like a Mother; and she should have some power to rebuke and punish her son or Daughter in law; if they are doing something wrong that is against the ethics of family and society.
    Why we always blame MIL for “”Sautela behaviour”” .
    If the family is based on trust and values then only it will be everlasting ; otherwise not.

    PLEASE MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS IN THE SAID ACT 498A ; SO AS TO TEACH RESPONSIBILITY TO THESE YOUNG NEW GENERATION DAUGHTERS AND DAUGHTER IN LAW.

    THA NKYOU.”

  224. All members from our family are govt servants. The daughter in law has created a false 498a on us.

  225. As per the law 100 culprit may be punished;but one innocent should not punished.
    As per 498A section 100 innocents are harassed instead of punishment.
    It is better to remove this 498A instead of amendment.

  226. Change this law before something new happens in this kaliyuga.This law is being misused by the mahila police officials as they are looting both the families and without any investigation carried out they book everyone really they dont even feel ashamed being a girl or a women taking bribe in the police station and turn on a deaf ear the party who gives the most amount wins the battle and they are not there to settle out matters rather aggrevate the situation so that they keep getting good amounts as per me this is abolished or a new law be prepared where both the boy and the girl get the equal weightage

  227. Misuse of 498a is not just shattering the families; but also killing the fundamental rights of innocent people. There should be a heavy price paid by the individuals who misuse anylaw.

  228. I have been tortured by this section 498.It is better to remove this section 498 from the law.

    Usi ng this law only innocent are being harrassed due to this real family system is getting destroyed. The people who really harrass the woman they are enjoying.no woman can raise voice against them. This law does nothing for them.

    The purpose of this law is to destroy the indian family system. Lawyers are making money with this law they are the key in misguiding the people. In my case lawyer played a key role and they threatened me for money. lawyer blackmail people with this law.it is really a legal terrorism.it is high time for the government to remove this law.there is no need of amendment in this law.

    Law yer making the judicial system mockery by misusing this law.

    lok pal and ramdev fighing for corruption and black money who will fight for this legal terrorism.
    < br>i have been struggled with this problem for more than 4 years. it is really nightmare. i have not slept properly during the last four years.

    i am ready for the satyagraha to remove this law.

  229. This is my humble request to all India men that please when you are going to marry a girl call media and in front of media girl; her parents and relatives will declare that they are not giving any dowry and boy; his parents and relatives will tell we are not taking any dowry and till 7 years of marriage hang CCTV in your home; record video and audio of every step even in night also; record every phone calls. before marriage girl will sign in stamp paper everything. okey. is’nt it funny!! but think once; this is the best way to relief from 498a act and law will open a new act to punish misuse of this act to help man of india.

    j ai hind

  230. An absolute extortion tool….Already suffering with an absolute false PWDVA case wgich is being filed after 2 years of seperation and now getting threats of a 498a. Should at the outset abolish all such gender biased screwed up laws…belive me it does no one any good!

  231. i support this PIL and my family is a victim of one of these cases. Strongly support this PIL?

    Tha nks

    Arun

  232. “I have fought against false DV case against my family with proof and gave an opportunity for my wife to rejoin thinking that she has understood that love will work more than threatening.

    But my inlaws and the lawyers have brainwashed her and she has taken up 498a weapon now. Though I can prove it false; my innocent son; father and sister are suffering besides harrassment and embarassment to me; just because I loved thinking that he is morally upright person; forgiving her crimes.

    Me and my immediate family including my son have lost my health; youth; career; piece of mind and money while false case filing people are happy.

    T here should be some kind of wise thinking before enacting law. I dont think my fellow sisters suffering due to dowry can ever use this act to protect them.

    I see only corrupt and egoistic people achieving their will through this Act.

    I am against the cognizable and unmindful arrests in this act. I request for more meaningful law which can control dowry harassments and which will prevent abuse by the corrupt; guilty and the egoistic.
    Best way to deal with dowry is by not praising or being jealous of those who got/give dowry ; but looking down upon people who boast about dowry giving and receiving as pigs !

    Lets see: “”Dharmo Rakshati Rakshita”” (Dharma will protect those who protect Dharma)”

  233. please make 498a bailable.and make such provision that this section is not misused.

  234. These types of fake cases are increasing rapidly.
    The re should be a check against them to protect our society and not merely a particular family.

  235. My parents;brother n I ve been getting tortured by the misuse of 498 A.498 A has become a weapon for daughter-in-law ‘s n her parents to extort money;harass old parents n afflict all sorts of pain n hurt to them.I know how my parents n brother r going through n still fighting a battle.

  236. It is true when the authorities are not vigilant nor morally upright ; which they are seldom ; the abuse is the order of the day.
    I am happy to be a signatory to this PIL

  237. I am another victim of the draconian law called 498A. My entire family has been implicated in a case which has been filed with all kind of false statements. My wife; her parents; the mahila police station and few other corrupt police officers got involved together and have falsely filed a case. My father in law paid money to the mahila police (women) and the police officer to arrest my family members. My father in law has contacts with the police and IG – Intelligence and he framed a plot to loot money from us. Without any investigation or proofs; the police just barged in my house and arrested my mother who was alone at my home. The police did not have permission from ACP of Vizag but still arrested my mother.

    This is a gross violation of human rights. Whom can we reach to stand for us? Who can listen to our plight? How can we fight against corrupt and fraud police officers?

    I completely agree and sign this PIL to fight against the misuse of 498A and seek justice in this regard.

    Hopeful ly justice is rewarded before I am alive.

  238. I am a Lawyer and i bailed many families from court under 498(a);DP; sec but i never realized the pain of that people but i realized that when my family and me suffer from this abuseing Process and Legal tererisum.
    N ow I have stoped to accept any Matrimonial cases from women beacause now i don’t respect them and trust them any more.

    I don’t know when it will be stop. in courent political environment.

  239. Please save me and my mother (who is heart patient) from my wife; who has filed a false compliant against me and my mother.

  240. We request to India govt to stop support to the legal terorism in the sake of 498a(dowry harashment)

  241. The law should be changed/modifie d as soon as possible; as many families are suffering from cruelty from woman. the numbers of cases are getting increased in recent years; as the awareness of blackmailing is increased.

  242. Whilst the original intention of 498A was fine currently the Act is subject to a lot of abuse. To my mind at the very minimum the offence should be made bailable..

  243. Our judicial and police system is very bad ; any non bailable crime FIR lodge againt any One Like Advocate CA Judge Minister Businessman Criketer Film maker Hero or any Famous person Like Big B and other ; get approch for bail ; get rejection and Get Jain ; After Tril he found innocent ; Why this inocent person go to Jail ; This is fully Joke of our whole system
    Please change the system …………..< br>jago public jago …………… …

  244. if someone files a false case ;he/she should be charged with same 9999026561/ 8010850498;chrg es and must be rewarded same amoun t of imprisonment which accused has to get on proven charges.even if single allegation made in case were false;the entire complaint should be treated as false and one important thing;there must be time bound solution.not more than 6 months should be used to complete the trial

  245. Please take action; I was also facing same IPC act.My crime is that I took care of my father who was detected with cancer after my marriage.Becuse of her arrogance and egoistic nature; she puts me behind the bars.
    Due to which I never gave my father proper tretament.I am not worried about my self but always try to make my parents safe becuase they were unnecessiary traced.

  246. I support the above PIL. Today educated wives / women are misusing this law to settle personal issues. To hide their extra marital affairs; the wives and their family members use this law as a shield and the innocent husband and his family has to bear the burnt. There should be punishment for misuse of 498 A.

  247. Dear Sir/ Madam;

    P ls ban this 498A and also Domestic Violence act; and pls bring modification to these as due to these type of things our Nation Ladies are being misled or made to take harsh steps and breakdown of marriage system is happening and Majority of ladies are mis using these against their innocent family members.

  248. Laws should be such that are fair and not gender biased. I think a fast unto death like Anna Hazare would open the eyes of the government.

  249. These laws are nothing but divide and rule policy. Dividing society in name of religion; caste and sex.

  250. It is an weapon in the hand of woman to torturous mentally and physically to her husband by creating fear psychosis.

  251. Reading and experiencing pain and suffering of this law inflicted on mostly innocent people shivers my soul to the bone. I fully support this law must be reviewed and amended so no one could put this to use for miscarriage of the justice against own innocent citizen of the nation.

  252. Rather making gender bias laws; we have IPC which has all the activities. Any person can take that help whether for cruelty; hurt; murder; compensation etc… then this will be helpful for all the citizens rather going for special laws which again contradicts to our Basic Fundamental of India.

  253. I want 498a to be abolished. Instead a no fault divorce system as in Western countries should be introduced. Otherwise innocent people will suffer and become criminals

  254. I agree with the petition.
    Laws must be gender-neutral and just and must not serve as a means of legal terrorism or oppression.

  255. innocent people are getting dragged in the case where there is no justice.wommen are misusing this law.I am a sister in law going through the pain i dont deserve and the one who is responsible are playing games at there homes.Seeing your aged parents go to court for the crime they have not done is very painful.this is a legal terrorism.its a legal prostitution.to settle up the scores wommens are destroying families.we need justice..can anybody help!!!!

  256. STOP this law which is anti family; anti innocent ladies; anti innocent senior citizens; gender biased . Create a level playing field for all citizen of india.

  257. When we believe that boy and girl are equal then why such law are bifurcating both of them. law should be made to help the harrassed party it may be wife or hUsband

  258. To respectful officers; mininsters and parlimentarians ;

    Myself and family are god fearing; law abiding citizens. Now;I am a victim of false case of 498a. I have been asked to pay 15 lakhs by the wife and her family so that they can pay of their business loan. The money mindedness of today’s woman are making use of the law to extort money from the husband and inlaws.

    Kindly scrap this section 498a to keep the Indian nation as ideal for democracy; gender equality and faith in the justice system.

    Thanks< br>Rajeev

  259. If section 498A is not abolished; it should not be non-bailable. When any action is proposed against any government servant; he is given opportunity to explain by way of show cause notice; then why not same in the case of institution of marriage; when large number of false cases are being registered. There must be provision for police/court to make issues with supporting facts and material collected during investigation and obtain reply from alleged persons on these and make submission of their case. All such document should be thoroughly scrutinies by at-least two non-judicial authorities without intervention of any lawyer before allowing prosecution.

  260. Its an unfortunate scenario in India where the gap between a really timid and uneducated women from rural India who indeed is required to be protected are not getting the justice; whereas; selfish; arrogant and educated women; are using such a law not to protect themselves but to wrestle there ego and overshadow there own wrong doings.
    Its also unfortunate; that our Indian Govt.; justice system; NGOs; Mahila Mandals; instead of trying to keep the sacred bond are trying to encourage such immature women to take the plunge.

    This law; can never be accepted in its current form; as it weighs the scenario of an educated; well-to-do women with an uneducated; rural girl.

    I am proud to call myself an Indian; because its a women who is the President of our country; and proves India is not gender biased.
    If laws like 498A exists; we should as well have a law to protect the rights of men; something like 498B; else an unducated man would simply start shying away from the concept of marriage.
    On a lighter note; men would leave there home and live in there sasural :-). Atleast then they might have a chance to say; that the girls family is mentally torturing him for dowry. Would police act on such a complaint and book his in-laws or simply laugh it off ??

    Jai Hind

  261. dear sir ;

    i do support because i am also victim of 498a; crpc 125; dv 2005;
    and been harrased from 2 years; she has given birth to a baby boy ; and yet i have not seen;
    even though when she left my home i went to take her back ; but my in laws have blow me off
    to maintain the indian culture is very much essentil to modify all sec securing only wife; because my mom is also a women; but leaving saperately she is also been convicted; my father sufferd from seviour hart attake ;after going through pettision of DV 2005 filed by her ; as from last 2 years she taking the maintenance from crpc 125
    who will decide all this for commen man ?

  262. From:
    M. Krishnaraj;
    4-526; V road;
    Ananta pur-515001. AP.
    E mail: krishnaraj2828@ gmail.com
    To:
    Shri Rakesh Naithani;
    Jo int Director; Rajya Sabha
    Secret ariat; Parliament House Annexe; New Delhi û 110 001.
    (Tel: 011-23035433(O) ; 23794328 (Telefax) and E-mail: rsc2pet@sansad. nic.in)

    Respected Sir;
    Sub: Prevention of Extensive Misuse of Criminal Laws etc especially
    U nconstitutional Pro-Women Laws/Rules (incl. 498A; DV Act etc) by
    Women&amp ; Case Hungry Police/ Judges by Sack/Arrest/Pro secution of them
    for not detecting False Cases as required by Criminal Law & Supreme
    Cons titutional Guarantee of Equality/Fundam ental Right.
    -reg.
    Ref: Your Ad in Newspapers.

    1. With reference to above subject; I humbly submit to enclose my
    Comments& amp; Requests for Prevention of Extensive Misuse of Criminal Laws
    etc especially Unconstitutiona l Pro-Women Laws/Rules (incl. 498A; DV
    Act etc).

    2. Every body knows that there are Extensive Misuse of Criminal Laws
    etc especially Unconstitutiona l Pro-Women Laws/Rules (incl. 498A; DV
    Act etc) by Women& Case Hungry Police/ Prosecutors /Judges/Media for
    Selfish& amp; Vested reasons like extracting Money; increasing their
    Busine ss& Numbers; causing Immense Suffering to Citizens.
    3. Constitutional Guarantee Equality/Fundam ental Rights are Wantonly
    mis used by these Conspirators for same Selfish & Vested Reasons.

    It must be remembered that Constitutional Guarantees (on
    Equality /Fundamental Rights) are far More Supreme than any Criminal
    Law /Rules etc incl. Judges MisJudge-ment for same Selfish/Vested< br>Reasons.

    Even Criminal law clearly says that False Cases must be
    detected/ Investigated/ Prosecuted/Puni shed besides Providing Reliefs
    for Protection from False Prosecution.

    4. Since; it is never done for above said Selfish/Vested reasons; We
    pray for Strict Enforcement of Constitutional Guarantees (on
    Equality /Fundamental Rights) & Criminal Law/Rules Guarantees (on
    Relief from False Prosecution besides Simultaneous Prosecution for
    False Complaints/Char ges) by
    a. Sack/Arrest/Pro secution/Punish Complainants/Ca se-News Hungry
    Polic e/ Prosecutors/JUD GES/ MEDIA (ALMOST ALL of them are proven
    CRIMI NALS in front of Law; as above) for not detecting-repor ting
    /arrest ing/prosecuting /punishing False Complainants and Conspiring
    w antonly to subvert Constitution/La w/Rules etc for above said
    Selfish /Vested Interests).
    b. providing Secondary Relief of Hefty Compensation like that in US
    (First by Govt. then by recovery from above Erring officials/
    c omplainants).

    c. make all judgements by any courts invalids/non-re portable until
    Parlia mentary Committee (full strength consisting minm. 10% members of
    both Sabhas- with 75% Male members).
    5. I humbly request that my Prayer be considered for strict
    enfor cement in PUBLIC INTERESTS OF ALL CITIZENS so that People can
    live Peacefully with Self Prestige and without False
    Arrest s/Defamations/P rosecutions/Pun ishments.
    I also request that these petitions be NOT PROCESSED by above vested
    Inter ested Persons incl. Advocates.
    < br>I also request that action taken report/Progress be also informed by E
    mail at early date.

    Wi th Thanks.
    11.1 2.10; Anantapur;
    < br> Yours faithfully;

    M. Krishnaraj

  263. I and my innocent family members are victims fo the Legal Terrisom called 498A.

    This law was made to protect woman from unlawful demand of dowry and prevent dowry related deaths; but it has been used heavily by women to harass her husbands and in-laws. This has turned into a legal terrorism and there was no way provided to husband to protect himself from a false complaints.

  264. This law was made to protect woman from unlawful demand of dowry and prevent dowry related deaths; but it has been used heavily by women to harass her husbands and in-laws. This has turned into a legal terrorism and there was no way provided to husband to protect himself from a false complaints.
    As seen by SC there is only 2% of conviction rate in this act; so we may assume there are 98% false complaints. Why ?? we are keeping it alive ??
    How can a NRI woman/educated software engineer women can be harassed for dowry ??
    Please make necessary changes to this act so that this can not be misused and if misused guilty party is punished properly.

  265. Wife filed false 498a against me and family after I found about her extra marital affairs.

  266. 498a; DV Act should be gender neutral. such laws in the hands of greedy women and her family is being misused.

  267. Please stop misuse of these biased and baseless laws and stop the harrassment caused to lakhs of innocent Husbands and his familiy members.

  268. It’s high time that we join hands to bring down this legal terrorism that has destroyed innumerable families; especially the male fraternity and their families. Hope that the our woes are heard; and even if they aren’t; the fight for justice shall go on. We shall overcome some day………

  269. This act should be ammended as it is losing its purpose to unlawful & fraudulent practices. Initially formulated for protection of women; now it is used in the wrong sense of harassing married men & their families and extracting money from them. This act should be made more neutral & fairer offering protection to both genders against such practices in the society.

  270. The Laws are being misused to the hilt by the unscrupulous; criminal minded Black Mailers -Women inthe nname of so called wives & the Supari taking so called Advocates. The Laws must be scrapped forthwith to check the harrassment to the innocent families & the boys who suffer at the hands of such notorious Goons & above all what about the Time Period & the Cotinuous harrassment suffered by the husband & his Family; during that period who are required to fight the False cases filed by the criminals (as stated above). In a Civil Society like ours misuse of the Laws must be prevented. As such IPray to the concerned Authorities to kindly take immediate steps to curb the menace of misuse of these laws (which is happening in most of the cases). The Laws must provide for severe punishment of 15 to 20 years of Rigorous Imprisonment to the perpitrators of the crime of filing False Cases to extort money form the Husband & his Family & the supari taking Advocates must be Debarred from the Practict for 20 to 25 Years. Such Stringent measures can only check this menace.

  271. My Suggestions to stop misuse of 498A IPC: –

    1.Makin g 498A IPC Gender Neutral; right is required that Husband & In laws also can file 498A against her wife/ Daughter in law/ Sister in law.

    2.T his is applicable for Domestic Violence;etc case also.

    3. Police should not arrest any person before proper investigation.< br>
    4.498A must be Bailable offence; until court declared the particular person guilty.

    5.Any people from any status are misusing laws like 498a; etc. I think this is for to extract money by treating marriage as a drama; applicable for any other law also. It is also a strong example of wasting of valuable time & expenditure of govt. of India; Govt. of particular sate; judiciary and administration & also applicable to Indian citizenÆs who are waiting for proper justice. So; if any person found raised false case & it is proved by court then his or her citizenship must be seized & any kind of facility from government should be withdrawn by law.

    6.If anybody comes to police station & court to file allegation against anybody it should be mandatory to take declaration that allegation is true & if found false; fraud; fabricated only for blackmailing opponent he or she should be in jailed for a period of equally as per his / her present age for misusing Indian law. i.e. if a person file case at the age of Thirty years & after Five years court declare final Judgment then said person came to age of Thirty five & he or she should be jailed for Thirty Five years.

    7.It is also required to take help from modern scientific system that the persons who raised allegation is true or false when Police receives diary or Judiciary receives case; by this process some false case may be eliminated and stop present fashion to earn money by misusing IPC 498A; etc.

    8.S top such person to marry or impose fine INR 1 Lakh with multiplying with his or her age who feels shy to express them as Husband or Housewife.
    < br>9.If it is proved in court that anybody raised false; fraud; fabricated allegation only for blackmailing opponent then he or she should pay all expenditure incurred by opponent also expenditure of Govt. agency for his or her case.

    10 .Advocates who are represented client should fixed rate for particular like Law and it require to issue money receipt of fees.

    11 .Tax relief from expenditure on court.

    1 2.Most important compensation part who are suffering for false case. Summation of age of all sufferers multiplying by Rs. 1 Lakh. i.e. if total persons suffered 6 nos. Sufferer 1- 55 yrs.; Sufferer 2 – 50 yrs. Sufferer 3 û 30 yrs. Sufferer 4 û 26 yrs. Sufferer 5 û 28 yrs. Sufferer 6 – 5 yrs. Total Summation of age 194 yrs. Punishment should be not less than 194 yrs. x 1 Lakh = Rs. 194 Lakhs only. This hard step is required to reduce misuse of Law by the person who are not respects our India; Indian Laws & citizen of India.

    1 3.If he or she unable to pay such amount all property to be seized & sold according to law & his or her earnings of every month in jail to be handed over to Victim person.

    14.Who really do the wrong he or she also should be punished according to law to stop cruelty against Man or Woman.

    I believe in specific formula not in lump sum.

  272. The 498a and related act lead to abuse of law and are destroying lives of innocent people. This should end soon.

  273. Please add these clauses in 498A.

    Ma ke it as a civil case.
    Invest ion should be done by Tahasildar of that police limit.

    P olice should not done preliminary investigation because once police enters in family case;definetly that family will be divocered
    minor and old people shouldnt be in the FIR list.

  274. This is a a draconial law and is breaking up families.

    Please take it back.

  275. ò Whosoever misuses IPC 498A; in any way; to cause harassment to the opposite party; will be sentenced to a term of 3 years; immediately on completion of trial; by the very same court; which was conducting the trial; and would also pay a fine; equal to Rs 10;00;000/- (Rs. Ten Lakhs) per year to the opposite party. And also penalize/demote /suspend the police and other authorities who have done false / incomplete enquiry

    ò Misuse of Section 498A IPC to harass husband and his family should be made valid reason for Divorce and Termed to be deserted without valid reason

    ò IPC 498A should be removed from Criminal case;as its a Family Matter; because of this many lose their Job.its a Violation of right to livelihood; human rights and constitutional rights.

    ò Senior Citizens and minor Children should not be arrested or implicated
    < br>Get up and fight for a CAUSE !!

  276. Please abolish this law to save Men in India. If this continues like this; men will be forced to leave India and marry only Non Indians to save themselves from this marriage breaking laws

  277. Me and my family are a victim of false 498a case being put on by my well educated wife. This law was made to control the dowry system and torture on women. But designing and keeping a law such open ended and vulrenerable to misuse is not sign of a matured law enforcement system and government. It seems that women in india are tortured only in the form of wives. What about the women in the form of mother and sister who get tortured by the misuse of this law ? Are mothers and sisters not the citizen of this country ? Designing a law for the welfare of wives cannot be a justified excuse for keeping it open ended in a way that 98 % women start misusing it for meeting their unfair intentions. So this is high time for our law-makers to make necessary amendments to this law and include the following basic points –

    1. In case of any problematic marriage it should not be assumed that all wrong deeds are done by husbands. Conclusions should be drawn after fair and full investigation and judgement. Till such time both husband and wife should be treated equally in the eyes of law. Husbands cannot be punished or penalised on the basis of assumptions.

    2. This law has to be made gender neutral and liberty should be their to lodge torture complaints against wives as well. Whoever is found guilty should be punished.
    3. Any false complaint has to be dealt with seriously and accuser to be punished for wasting valuable time of government agencies and causing irrecoverable damage to the accused.

    4. In case misuse of law and false allegations are proved then compensation to be paid to the accused.

    5. Police investigating officers to be punished for not doing proper investigation and submitting half cooked and false reports thereby misleading the court s.

    6. Timebound speedy trial has to be considered.

    I support the cause and hope that this time Government and the law makers would show their maturity and use their experience they have gained all these years after this law was introduced for the first time and will make necessary amendments keeping pace with the fast changing time.

    Re gards;
    Debas ish Ghosh
    A Victim
    Regards;
    Debasish

  278. clause should be included in 498a amendenment

    FOR 498a cases; marriage certificate should be compulsory; in the certificate it should certify that the both the parties are not taken or demanded for dowry

  279. After refusal to dance and tune on SMT 498a and her parentÆs hand you will face 498A Is it a law or Joke with Husbands; His Family members / Relatives and results is only & only DIVORCE. is this law really procting women or Do you have a answer why would educated woman would tolerate so called physical and mental violence for so many years before filing 498A.

  280. This law should be immediately repealed or should be made gender neutral.

  281. I am not a direct victim of this law but a member of the general public who is favouring the amendment or abolition of this extreme law.

  282. Many women have known to misuse this for their benefit and have harassed their in-laws and husbands. Being a woman does not mean they are always good and honest.

  283. i am a vicitim of 498a and still suffering from it and unable to find a way with me my family also suffering of all false allegations and misuse of 498a and can’t do anything against it

  284. I have been hit by 498A after 4 month of marriage; I have not take any dowry or shreedhan; still hit by it and hunted down to Police station; Because of this caused my father metal torture and passed away after exactly 6 months after the case.

  285. This is Law is breaking families and homes instead building in the name of women empowerment. There are many more women; old and young arrested and
    harassed because of misuse. This Law is only fast track for Divorce and Fatherless society

  286. Misuse of 498a; crpc.125 should be eradicated. People who file false cases should be punished irrespective of gender.

  287. In my opinion; misusers of 498A should be hanged till death without any sympathy from any quarters.

  288. It is high time that this grosly misused law should be ammended to make it cognizable and compoundable. there should be no arrest without full and proper investigation

  289. THIS LAW TO REPLACE IMMEDIATELY AS RATHER THAN PROPER USE ITS MISUSED GROSSLY .

  290. 498A is widely misused and its evident from conviction rate.

    Un answered question is why would educated woman would tolerate so called physical and mental violence for so many years before filing 498A. Also why in many cases 498A is file along with or after divorce?

  291. STOP this 498a Money extracting section.

    There should be severe punishment who misuses this section to extort money. Because its causing effect to women-in-laws; women who are really suffering and to the family/marriage system of India.

  292. Really this Sec. 498A has been used by in laws to harass. The in laws (women side) do no have to go through mental torture; do not have to spend money (as govt. fights on behalf of them); do not have to go to jail 9or remain in police custody); do no have to be present in all case hearing.

  293. Stop Misuse of 498A ; Law created 25 years back ; cannot be pasted as always on everybody; No enquiry or investigation is done before registering a FIR and moreover as offence is congnizable it need to be quashed through High court . Reconcilation almost finish after FIR . and irony of law is that woman who alleges cruleties against husband and inlaws are finished after taking money. So this law is used for extorting money not for justice by stranged wife’s who misuse this law .

    Save Families of India by making gender based law.

  294. I am supporting this cause. These marital laws which are criminal in nature should be immediately repealed otherwise Indian Men will lose faith in institution of Marriage.

  295. Being an alleged accused along with other members of the family; i can understand the grief and harassment faced by other people. I therefore promise to be a part of this organisation.

  296. Being a victim of this female biased draconian law; I can empathise with other victims and will do anything in my power to raise awareness and cause eradication/ame ndment to this law.

  297. IPC Section 498 A which was believed to be a pro women law is responsible for ruining the lives of many more women compared to those actual victims it could have ever benefited. It definitely needs to be amended and the law abuser be punished for causing harassment against innocent people.

  298. This 498a should be banned or relaxed to the extent husband and his family have right to be heard and get justice.
    Jus tice which is not what has been demonstrated by girl(wife); but ht e justice which is just like a universal truth.
    Thank s & Regards
    Taru n

  299. Indian judicial system takes a long time to officially realize this misuse. Even most educated males are unaware of the draconian nature of these laws. I would never have married in the first place.. Now I am sitting on a bomb waiting to explode on to my face with a wife with personality disorder and controlling in-laws.
    If the system believes that male is to be punished; no matter what; then it would be very much needed to be made mandatory by law to sign a document acknowledging these laws by the groom at marriage (just like boards and licensing for preventing antenatal sex determination of fetal sex). This can save lives for a lot of males who do not have adequate emotional/finan cial/human resources to fight back who can avoid marriage in the first place rather than walking into his hell.

  300. This law was made in the sake of the women who really suffers the measure the conditions mentioned in 498a but not for the clever and smart women who misuse it to threaten their in laws for their unjust demands of Ego.

  301. i ve lost my marital life as my wife was so influenced with such laws that ultimately after seven years of marriage she left me deserted with my 4 year old daughter. She had committed adultery fortunately I had taped her confessions when after two years after having failed in her adulterous relations she approached the police with usual 498 stuff. I was fortunate that the police listened carefully to my side and registered a complaint so that she can approach the court. now she has moved to court under domestic violence. the case is ongoing. i ve moved to the family court. So far the police and the judiciary have been reasonable with me. she had tried to harass my mother who is senior citizen but fortunately the police; my lawyer and judiciary have been considerate so far. In my case a women is causing more harm not only to a female but to a girl child. My marriage is more than 9 yrs old so may 498 was not used but had it been used it would ve had direct adverse effect on my young daughter.
    Un fortunately my wifes case is advocated by a lady lawyer; just for few pennies she doesnt realises she is harming a young girl child. I have brought up my daughter with lot of care and affection.
    P lease get in touch with me if anyone needs any more information
    thanks
    Rajes h Gupta

  302. “At the outset I want to express my integrity with your endeavour to fight against the “”Shoorpank hs”” haunting the Great Indian Society; who are after tearing the very Fabric of Secred values of our Culture; Marriage & Family. It is required that their sinistrous attempt to destroy our Families must be fought tooth & nail to derive Justice for their Victims.

    My son & our whole family are confronted with the False cases of Domestic Violence. We will be very much grateful if we get help from your side.
    Please let me know about the person(s) to be contacted in Nagpur”

  303. “This law should be abolished as it is doing more harm than benefit anyone. Girls and their family are misusing this law to make money and torture the husband and his family… This law is useless in its current form. Girls are not the “”ABLA NARI”” anymore!…they just use it for “”legally rape”” guys .”

  304. 498 A misuse should be stopped by all means to save thousands of Indian families from destruction. Also; citizens of India should join hands to fight against this kind of terrorism.

  305. “This law is true to the term “”Legal Terrorism”” ; it is so disgusting that our laws are created by bunch of goondas who always think and get treated above all the regular population of the country; shame on law makers for creating such a one-sided and useless law.”

  306. Hi;
    i totally support you.i am also IIT-IIM with 10yrs workex.my wife works in railways.after only 1 month of marriage she went to her dad’s place saying she has to join duties as all her leaves had expired.then called me to say pregnant.when my parents went to bring her back she refused.on that same day she called me later and said she had a miscarriage.i suspected abortion;but couldnt prove.anyways;i told her to return she refused;saying she will never stay with my parents and i must leave them to remain married to her.when i filed restituion of conjugal rights;after 10 days she goes to court and files DV!the court doesnt even bother whether this is afterthought based countercomplain t.then the court saks me to return all her materials and furnitures but doesnt ask her to return.in the court she says she will think of styaing with me AFTER 6mnths!
    anyw ay in the pretext that we havent returned all her materials(basic ally ONE musical instrument-tabl a;which wasnt even received at the first place)she went and filed section 31 violation.she also added that we didnt return a laptop which was gifted by my dad(which however she had taken back with her when she first returned to her dad’s place and we mentioned this voluntarily in DV).So judge hearing her sole testimony decided that i am a criminal accused and filed 498a.he didnt even call me/lawyer to explain.i lost my job because my criminal verification failed.now i am jobless.we have appealed against sec 31;god knows what will happen.
    is this a free and fair society where all are equal where educated hardworking people are hounded and vilified by money seeking girls u/s 498a?oh-and she has also filed for maintenance and asked for compensation of 2crores!!

  307. i married an educated and egoistic woman; we have 23 month old beautiful daughter. she charged me and my old parents of causing domestic violence; god only knows we caused it or we were victims of dom. violence.
    sh e took away my daughter; i ve not seen her for last 9 months. given application for visiting my child but all my prays are falling on deaf ears.

    ma in jab bhi khush honeki koshish karta hoon to mujhe kyon wo masum soorat yaad aati hai; main kya karu help me; koi mujhe apni totali aawaz me papa pukarta hai; aur main kuchh nahi kar pata. i feel like dying. par jiyunga nahi to papa kabhi sun bhi nahi paunga; isliye jina parta hai.next month mere bachche ka birthday hai pata nahi kya hoga. mujhe to ye bhi nahi pata ke mera bachcha zinda bhi hai ya nahi.har pita ke andar ek maa hoti hai. par is maa ko bhartiya kanoon me koi adhikar nahi.aisa kyon hai; pata nahi par… sach hai…. aur bahut dukhta bhi hai…kaash main kabhi shaadi hi nahi karta..

  308. The 498A and DV should be reevaluated in order to stop the misuse.
    Its a curse on society and shame on WOMEN in its present form.

  309. Its been tormenting law which is totally defies the purpose of its existence.

    Seldom this section is used properly in real pertpertors of the law; because rural women are uneducated about thier rights and urban women can use it maximum to burn people alvi.e

  310. This law is human rights abuse issue. It must be abolished or at least amended to promote family welfare and society.
    I married in Oct-09 and after 10 days my wife shows her reality. She full time tried to dominate me and used bad language for me and my mother. I came to know about her past relations with two guys and other unbearable activities. I was shocked. My father complaint to my father-in-law; but instead of feeling guilty he threatened to murder me and file a case under Dowry Act. I never demanded any money/dowry from her and her family and neither had they given me anything. Once my father in law offered me Rs. 50;000/- but I bluntly refused to take it. It was like a bribe for me to bear her bad daughter. Now she left with her father and not returning. Her mother also wants to dominate me. How can I overcome this ordeal; itÆs like a mental torture for me.
    A lot needs to be done in this regard by the justice system in India. This draconian law must be eradicated and abolished.

  311. it is a draconian law which is harming the very fabriq of our society. It must be abolished or atleast amended to promote family welfare and society.

  312. I am a innocent brother in-law; harrased because of this thoughtless law.Please send me some ways to fight againt this. I am feeling so helpless.

  313. I am a 29 years old man and also a victim of 498A and 125 crpc; this is really a ridicules law just not to save womens rights but dignity it is a law to make a man feel insecure after being married; to make a man feel bound and dependent. this is really a big mistake of law makers to spoil the culture as well as humanity and joint families.

    This Law has to be ammended asap to save our Indian culture

  314. The sternest retribution needs to be meted out to 498a wives and families by the legal system for 1. perjury and defamation; 2. clogging up the already burdened legal system with false cases; 3. cruelty and mental torture to spouses; relatives; elders; often without the financial means or physical ability to sustain the traumatic exposure to the legal system.

  315. Its was originally a good law; but corrupt police and judicial officer have made it bad. They misuse it so bad.
    Part bad in this law is that it is too Biased to women.

    M y Wife loves me so much and will even die for me; but she has the same love for her family. And somehow her parents keep doing things which bring her to a spot where she needs to take the side of either husband or parents. She obviously choose parents because they cared for her for 23 years and tears in their eyes will make any women melt. The husband by nature are tough and strict and objecting to all bad parts in nature of the wife. This puts husband on the loosing side.
    I know my wife is with me today; but her parents probably may brainwash her soon so much that she might start hating me soon.
    They may win the war in the court but will loose everything in life. And if I loose my wife; I am be alive later on; but will more like dead.

    Th is is all because they know that such an idiotic low is present and they can misuse it. And they will.

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  317. I extend my full support to the cause. The law has taken away the breathing space of males and has become a convenient tools for wives to extract money. Gone are the days when majority of people used to ask for dowry for the females who were not educated. Most of the urban girls are educated enough and the families also don’t support dowry. But any marital discord; even due to infidelity by wife is booked under 498A. This is a very sad state of affair. The government should abolish this law immediately and should make a law which should bring equality for both sides.

  318. I have came across two such cases in my acquintances & really shocked by the misuse of this law by Woman to extract money.

    This makes Marriage institution to be used as a commercial which it should not be.

    Than ks & Regards;

    Vipin Khanna

  319. These law should be made gender neutral. Both men and women should have to be considered equal in the eyes of law. Due to this biased law in almost all of the cases; wives are using these tools and putting false claims of dowry to satisfy there ego;attitude and to fill thier pockets and unnecessary demands. Not only the boy but thier family members including MILs & SILs are suffering and even old age peoples have been sent to jails and to face trials in the court without any proper investigation.< br>A lot of changes required in these biased law as it coming as LEGAL TERORRISM and that day is not far when our country has to face another groups of victims of these biased law turning into naxalities….. . to fight this LEGAL TERORISM

  320. i extend my wholehearted support for this cause …as the misuse of Sec 498A is becoming menace for our society & the law should take note of it & make the appropriate ammendment to the act;so as to save the innocent families from embarassment & blackmailing .

  321. All dowry related laws viz sec498ipc and dowry prohibition act are very poorly drafted and these serves no purpose for which these were framed.instead these have become weapons to subject innocent peope to cruelty;agony; harassment and irrepairable loss to reputation;care er;professional and personal life.

  322. I am myself one of the suferrers undergoing a 498a with a kid daughter of 20mths whom wife has taken away… i know what me and my parents underwent the trauma… i strongly urge the people in power to please do something about this Asap or else the indian marriage system will fall apart with no man being able to have faith in the system…

  323. I dont understand why arest is necessary in case of 498A. A person will get bail in anycase in 7 days or more; but the moment a person is on bail it diminsh all possibility to be united agaian. Why parents and brother and sister need to be send to jail without investigation. Why un necessary presure on boy side family.

  324. Please stop rampant misuse of Dowry protection Act IPC -498a. Please stop arresting innocent people.

  325. Dowry laws need an immediate revision without further delay. If a lady makes a false complaint; she involves minimum 02 more ladies(in-laws’ side) in criminal cases.That means females are involving more and more females. Jails are getting crowded day by day due to such false complaints. Even judges are convinced but are helpless due to already laid down laws. Law commission should revive the same in the light of today’s scenario.

  326. no where in the world may have such type of laws.not even under dictator/milito ry rules.amend law to make it as sn498a for women and sn 498b for men.

  327. i being a woman; do support this cause. As i do believe in abolishing this law. as its unfair and worst; without someone been proved guilty he is innocent. And please dont make the whole family suffer becos of one woman.
    Also i want women who had false charges against their inlaws not punished or regret to come forward so other women wont do the same mistake.

  328. this law is human rights abuse issue. why is man treated differently? why is there no need for proper investigation before subjecting the person to jail? India is worse than the poorest third world countries. The men should be educated about this before marriage.
    Shameful.

  329. My wife has put 498 A; 420;506 ; 34 Ipc & 406 . To be frank with u she only used to physically abuse me & put lot of mental torture & her mohter clearly said they will break the marriage & wil go for Abortion.

  330. I read this guide. But I want to know whether all these boys/members of this orgn. feel that they have not harrassed their in-laws or wife. If these boys were in place of women; what will they do. Can they suggest any remedy for this kind of boys and their families of guys (Hijre) who marry only for money and when they are not satisfied with the money/dowry; they compel the girl and her parents to die or to make them die with harrassment. When the same picture is happend with their sisters their views are diffeent. In this PIL; these boys are suggesting to harass the girl and their parents to withdraw the case under 498a giving proof to their nature of harassing other. Government should immediately ban this 498a orgnization.
    Beware Beware Beware of filing complaints in Income Tax office; as now Income Tax Commissioner has decided that before pursuing the petition under TEP of these offenders; they will first proceed against the persons filing the petition under TEP .

  331. If there is a law for right there should be one for duties too.
    All wife-centric laws must be scrapped.

  332. Dear Folks;

    E very single word in this PIL is as true as truth has to be.
    this is an excellent initative by you all and we wish you all the best and would try our best to contribute our max. to make this revolution a big SUCCESS.

    PROBABLY THE IDIOTIC CLUB OF POLICE AND POLITICS OF INDIA MAY BE ABEL TO FEEL THE HEET………..

    KEEP IT UP.

    RIPP LE

  333. All wife-centric laws should be scrapped and divorce made available when the marriage is dead.

  334. This draconian law is misused and the facts speaks for themselves. Every Indian whether male or female need to have equal rights and no law can unjustly favor any one side. The police needs to be instructed to pursue such cases only after proper investigation. Very stict action needs to be taken for people who misuse this law.

  335. I fully support the movement because here we are dealing with the shattered individuals and families and not with the strong and powerful terorists. Our Law is ‘harsh/stick’ on thoes who obeys and ‘soft/carrot’ on thoes who don’t obeys.
    Matri monial Law should be bailable and non-cogniziable . Arrest shall be made to only spouse and not to the whole family and that should be after proper hearing and investigation.

  336. It is high time that this grosly misused law should be ammended to make it cognizable and compoundable. there should be no arrest without full and proper investigation.< br>
    I pray to save our Indian families from the gross misuse of this law.

  337. The DV act is the most perverted law One can imagine.It gives unlimited power to abuse a section of society based on their sex. Must be repealed immediately. and those who framed it must be exposed as perverted sadists

  338. I am a victim of 498A. I was arrested for 3days and i got suspended from Govt. service. My wife couldnt live with me and had falsely framed this case on my entire family. Luckily I succeded in getting Anticipatory Bail for my aged and sick parents along with brother and sister in law after a months hide out. My side lawyer tried his level best to prolong the anticipatory bail process giving way for the police to arrest my family but his attempts failed. The b**** i married sent a letter to Honourable President of India and that letter was considered and an enquiry was ordered on me as i am a government servent. She had also sent letters to my brothers office and influenced the higher ups and he was suspended for 18 days for the cause as he had not informed his office that his name was there in FIR. He was not arrested but was punished mercilessly. My entire family’s name had gone to dogs. That b**** had contacted each and every relative of mine and wrongly propagated about our family that we are harassing her and demanding extra dowry. The ladies false cry and falling on legs of relatives and begging them to counsil me to take her back had given a meaning that i had thrown her out. In the back drop she challenged me that me and my entire family shall be behind bars and on the road. I had spent around 3 lakhs rupees uptill now. All my hard earned earnings are being wasted for train journeys and court procedings. In future; the Hindu marriages should be banned and together living should be encouraged as these ladies are misusing the law. God had saved me by giving the mood to the honourable judge to grant my divorce on mental cruelty grounds. I had provided all that she asked and inturn she ditched me. She suspected my fidelity with all the women at work place. She had not provided food to me and didnt attend any of the house hold works and she is damn a house wife all the time sleeping and becoming fat. All the above she want me to cut relations with my parents who are old and they had forgone many of their happiness for my comfort and provided me with high class education; fulfilled my luxuries and odd. Today when i look back and see what i gave them is only pain by marrying this educated cultureless and mannerless brute. What if the same thing happens to her aged parents? She n her parents never thinks. They act innocent to society and get sympathy from one and all. My advice to all my brothers; during marriage please do take an agreement that you had not taken any dowry and mention the gifts received on a stamp paper.

  339. It is high time that this grosly misused law should be ammended to make it cognizable and compoundable. there should be no arrest without full and proper investigation.

  340. I fuuly support the cause pls make a India movement to review Dom Vio act as well as 498 a
    thanks

  341. I am also one of the victim of 498a. This law; instead of protecting the women; is in favour of breaking the family bond. The law should be modified so that at last it should provide ways to avoid divorce. It should ensure the harmony of family life should not be spoiled.

  342. “Me & My Parents are true victims of false 498a 34 dp case.My Wife has a Vaginal Problem “” Vaginismus “” by which she cant participate in Sex My Wife’s Father Scrap Business man went to Jail in Various theft cases such a Rail Track Theft case;Wife mother has illegal relation ship with 4 people in the town.My wife father is a greedy b****** for Money.Her parents know that she has problem and trapped us in 498a case.Now they want to extort money from us….My wife just did what her parents said and will do in future….”

  343. It is the worst law unleashed by the government to provide women with a means to dominate and destroy families

  344. there is a gross misuse of 498A; DV; CrPC125.. i think the govt wants all the men to suicide. ur creating india a fatherless country. india will never have men in near future. indian economy will fall. all men will go on a strike..i curse myself why i was born in a country as a female where females misuse & abuse the law & ruining the law of nature as well as made by humans. I curse myself every day being a women. becoz women are disgrace in india. they misuse & harass; torture their husband & inlaws .. i curse myself everyday that the law which is supposed to protect women in genuine cases is being misused. i curse myself being a women because many 498A women have sex with their father/brother & childrens.. i hate & cry & curse myself being a indian women… how can i feel proud of myself being an indian women; when the indian women is such a pervert; extortionist; causes harassment; torture; to the husband & inlaws

  345. amend the law to save family;marrige; customs and india.why the law applicable after filling divorce and passing more then 10 years of marriage.?it is not a law but a lawfull crimenal offence in the hands of married women &her parients.i appeal as a citizen & human being to stop 498a. do’nt forgate i have also sisters and mother.

  346. “Women misuses provision of law little but their lawyers misuses much the process of court for only some coins and fees for survival of his own family; breaking others family. women do not write complaint the lawyer writs complaint. Court at once realizes that complaint is drafted by “”legally trained mind”” and is false but; do not help “”innocents “”. Amendment requires “”complaina nt be examined through lie detector test or narcho test even without her consent””.”

  347. I HAVE BEEN FALSELY IMPLICATED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE ON 19TH MAY; 2009. MY WIFE STAYED WITH ME FOR 37 DAYS ONLY AND LEFT; AND WAITED FOR ONE MONTH AND FILED FALSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE. THEN SHE SENT HER ADVOCATE AND DEMANDED MUTUAL CONSENT DIVORCE AND LOT OF MONEY WHICH WE COULD NOT GIVE. SO SHE THREATENED TO FILE 498A IF ADEQUATE MONEY IS NOT GIVEN. WE TOLD THAT WE CANNOT PAY SO MUCH MONEY. SO WE INSISTED THAT WE WILL DO HEARING OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE AND GO FOR TRIAL. SHE RECEIVED HER FIRST INTERIM ON JANUARY 2010; AND THEN FILED FALSE 498A/406 AND TOOK HER STRIDHAN ARTICLES AWAY. I AM BEING REPEATEDLY HARRASSED LIKE THIS; AND THE POLICE TOLD ME THAT THEY WRITE THE POLICE CASE DOCUMENT ACCORDING TO MY WIFE’S STATEMENT. I AM BEING REPEATEDLY HARASSED LIKE THIS BECAUSE WE ARE POOR AND CANNOT PAY UP AS MUCH MONEY AS MY WIFE DEMANDS.

  348. Repeal this law that had caused immense harm to families and ties just because some misguided and egoistic women.

  349. Hi;

    I know this topic is old and I am another victim added to the list; however the sad fact of

    the life is that I’ve been set. My wife has filed a fake case against me & my family for

    demandi ng dowry. Their were differences between me & my wife; and she has taken this route

    to show her revenge. Request for a precautionary checklist to save me & my family members

    from the turmoil.

  350. My wife & my in laws are set to trap me & family with this law. Plz god’s sake do some thing. I do not parents in their old age to go though all this. I don’t mind if they want to hang me public ; but I want my parents to be spared of all this agony.

  351. Please help.I am in dire straits.Problem is that I have been cleverky outwitted by both my wife who has now set up both my parents and my in-laws against me.I am literally fighting a last ditch.

    M y contact number:99400423 31

  352. I am victim of marriage and misuse of DV as well as 498A act.

    Aft er about 14 years of unhappy marriage; I filed divorce petition on 14th Dec 2009; my wife lodged false complaints against me and my entire family includes my 77 years old father; my brother and bhabhi. Falsehood of her case is apparent from the fact that she has mentioned that we all four people beat her for 20 minutes. My father was under treatment of fracture in his right lag and on 13 March (2 days before so called violance incidence) he was removed plaster and was advised to walk with 4 legged crutch after applying stiff supports made from old removed plaster. I stronlgy advocate removal of such gender biased laws or if not removed are made balanced laws so that husbands too get protection against false charges as well as violence of women.

  353. i dont know wether i ahve been booked in this case or not but i have the apprehension to be booked under the dowry case; i need the legal help in this

  354. I am a victim of a marriage which has caused severe mental pressure on my mother (she is my only parent) and constantly facing trouble due to my wife’s deliberate ignorance and disrespect.
    I fear that in the name of LAW my wife Mrs Rinku Mitra Ghosh staying currently staying at her parents place for more than 6 months doesnot like the strong bond between a MOTHER & SON.
    She is interested in money to support her own family and I had been giving financial support to her father’s family. Her brother Mr Malay Kumar Ghosh was looking to pursue graduation and I gave 10000 rupees to get his admission in NIIT kolkata for GNIT and BSC course in June 2007 just prior to our marriage.
    Wh en my financial condition slumped; my mother in law started charging me for discontinuity of financial help.
    Since then my wife is ill treating and disregards my mother.Just because she is not able to adjust to husband home.
    To avoid any misuse of 498a as I have received a notice cum letter via ADVOCATE from Dhanbad which clearly mentions that if I stop financial support; she will go to any extent to harass me; my mother; sister and Mausis. This is a mental torture as the ACT is being misused. I have not taken a single penny dowry; on the contrary supported her financially. All went in vain. She enjoys to have more Freedom; control her in-laws; just to Blackmail me. I will not agree for divorce; as I feel the marriage is a heavenly decision and I can change my wife’s thinking; but her father; mother and other relatives are provoking her for dragging this all. I had booked her ticket twice and had to cancel at the last moment; when she notified that she cannot come leaving her parents. My mother doesnot stay with me so there is no restriction on her freedom. By the time she realizes for her mistake; it will be too late. However; I believe that she will come back 1 day.
    my real life situation to be quoted as example.

  355. 498a is law for curb fundamental right of indian society; Need to abolish imeediatly; i do n’t know why supure court calm on this issue.

  356. If we fight; we may not always WIN; but if don’t fight we will surely LOSE……!!So; never compromise in life & fight to be the best against this misusing dowery protection Act IPC-498A……. ……JAI HIND

  357. 498a without definition/guid elines as to what constitutes a false 498a complaint and punishment for such false complaints is a retrogressive law. It is destroying the fabric of the indian family in particular and that of the nation in general.

    The sooner this law is reviewed the better for our country.

  358. indian govt. must amend this law; so that greedy women stops misusing it and abusing innocent families.

  359. I have been black-mailed by my wife and her paerntal family with legal notices suggesting 498a and DV. They are neither willing to file a case and nor do they come forward for the talks. They have kept my 16 months old son as captive and have prevented me from seeing him for the past 8months. I am ready to fight the case. But; they are not willing to file a case. Their lawyer and her mother and brother are playing the game keeping my wife and son as captives. My wife has become even schizophrenic in their hands. Help me if any one can by mailing to muralikanchi@ya hoo.co

  360. I feel like a fool that I married in this country of 498A. My wife is a greedy selfish person and has reduced my life to a pereneal misery. I have a two year old son but I cannot take him out with me even for half a day since my wife is a mentally sick woman; over possessive or over smart.

  361. I strongly support this PIL and agree with every word mentioned therein. The system must change; gender biased laws must be made gender neutral and misuse of such laws must stop. Senseless 498A and DV act must be scrapped without any delays. The harmonious Indian society known for its culture and family unity is at stake and is being uprooted by the corrupt system & misuse of such laws by married women & their maternal families.

  362. Please stop this gender specific rule which is draconian in nature to rattle the life of men without any proof. In one way we say india has the largest democracy in the world but in another way Indian law descriminates between gender. Girls use this law to devastate the boys’ life. I would support in all respect to raise the voice against this law.

  363. Pity those women who file a false charge and blackmail…who gets harrassed legally and socially later for her lifetime by the fighter of a husband. When there are favourable divorce laws; if the husband is bad; she can get alimony and walk away as innocent divorcee and can settle again in life. I feel once the courts starts punishing the woman for their false allegation; this will stop.

  364. I hate INDIA and the law of 498(a). This is the worst section for men. In the Marriage life even women are doing so many mistakes because of this act they are getting benefits in the manner of amount and they are blackmailing. I Hate women bithces in this manner. If they need money they can go for trafficking but not herrasing the men in this manner

  365. Now the time has come to change this biased law. If the apex court itself agrees about this legal terrorisum; then why the amendments are not taking place. This law has given the greedy women a libirty to blackmail. So if the law does not change; it will be better for boy & his family to ask for A.B. at the time of marriage..

  366. All are equal. If this is the new age mantra; then I’m sorry to say that we’re only paying lip service. Now we have blatant gender-biased laws abetted and supported by blind intelligentsia where in a few years time it will be an anathema to be born a male child. Feminism is on death bed in the West; where it originated; but is a fluorishing and thriving business in India. And its a tool being used by vengeful women to settle scores with other women who are mother-in-laws and sister-in-laws. Now; isn’t that some perverted cat fight? And men are being sandwiched in between.

  367. Governmnet of India must modify the IPC sec 498-a. This law should put in civil matter and should be bailale. Jurisdiction must be parant’s in law place only. After 2 years of merriage; this case should not admit. Sineor citizen and remote relatives and other in laws living separately must not arrest by police. There must be a evidence in writing and proof of vedo should consider for such matter.

  368. 498a is disasterous act. It convicted lots of innocent people. Many families are suffering just becoz of this act. In India all acts drafted for women are one sided. Thats shame. women are also clever and criminal minded. Law makers please make this country a heaven for us also.

  369. Iand my old parents are victim of false 498A and a false kidnaping cases against us of my own 6 year old son

  370. i have lost my father immediately after aquittal of my whole family from 498a.
    please stop legal terrorism

  371. having such laws under the name of women empowerment is a shame. empowering women doesnt mean discrimination of men by not giving them even a fair chance to prove themselves innocent. please stop this social terrorism or it will distroy the social fabric of india ; which we are so proud of.

  372. An absolutely insane; ridiculous law aimed at pre judging a person. It is designed to promote corruption amongst the police officers and the advocates. Also it is highly biased and is a proven failure-only2%u ltimately convicted. Why is there not a similar mens law?Why nothing for the innocent and no punishment on the innumerable false cases?Please abolish this legal terrrorism.I am in fear in my own country due to this.

  373. Misuse of law should be avoided for betterment of future generations of the country

  374. 498A is a draconian law and enables corrupt women and her relatives to loot and destroy the reputation as wel as property/hard earn money of a innocent family under the shadow of Legal Terrorism.
    < br>As giving and taking dowry is a criminal offence with imprisonment;th en the women; who won 498a case must sent to jail with the husband on ground of taking or giving dowry as both are proved.

    But why this power is not executing; moto shuld be clear by the law makers.

  375. Govt. should be asked for that who is reaponsible for the death of the parents or others due to heart attack or else as of lost of prestige due to false 498-a.

  376. Please have equality before law. Remember a 1 or 2 month old kid cant hurt anyone. But ur 498A can put behind bar ever a kid of that age. Thik about it.

  377. This Law 498A must be amended.Women;p olice and lawyer are taking undo advantage of this. There should be disciplinary action against police if they file FIR without any analysis. The rule should be made in such a way if Women files false 498A it should also be cognizable offense and punishment should be severe.

  378. Serious thought is required to save families. The laws are completely biased uprooting the basic indian family philosphy. Women are taking undue advantage of such inhuman laws. I strongly condemn such biased perspective of Indian Law. It is nothing but crime in itself.

  379. Government should nullify this law. This is breaking families and creating environment of fear in Indian male.any one can misuse it easily without any efforts.

  380. WOMAN ABUSING THE 498 A DP ACT SEC 4 & 5 & DOMESTIC VOILENCE ACT SHOULD BE AWARDED LIFE TERM IMPRISONMENT; SO THAT THE GOVERNMENT’S INITIATIVE TO HELP THE DESERVING WOMEN; WILL BE MUCH MORE APPRECIATED

  381. 498 A sucks!! wud sooo like to give a piece of my mind to girija vyas; renuka chaudhary and other such lesbian bitches!! ncw sux!! 498 A sux!!

  382. The whole system of dowry laws needs to be looked into urgently. It is more sinister and stashed against men than it is thought out to be.

  383. What u have presented is only the tip of the iceberg. It is difficult for most non-affected families to claim untouchability or distance themselves from this problem in our hypocritical Indian society. But; mark my /our words; this disease is going to touch almost all families in the very-near future; then the real extent of creeping damage and finger-pointing will begin. Somebody has to bell the cat & standup. Thanks to the initiators; we have atleast a signal buoy in this mad ocean. Keep up the good work.

  384. There is no place for a one sided woman centric law; where on the mere complaint of wives; the husbands and his family have to be harassed by the slow judicial system which does not listen to the plight of the Indian Men and his family.
    STOP DOWRY LAW MISUSE by plugging the holes.

  385. i was arrested on an 23rd oct on a 498a case which is a complete lie and i can disprove all her allegations in half an hour as i realised her intention earlier and recorded all her threats in my mobile;but i had to go to jail because she wanted to marry someone else.

  386. please help me to find good lawyer in Amritsar; who can fight the case of my sister against her husand;who is beating her not providing basic needs of life and trying to snatch her children;and demanding dowry just want to go abroad.

  387. Please stop misuse of 498A. We are a developing country that needs more of maturity and equal justice to all. Gender bias are gone days.

  388. Laws need to be gender neutral and fair for everyone. Otherwise; somebody or the other will always take advantage of them.

  389. PC 498A needs to be scrapped totally; its a draconian law which favors only greedy people.

    Save Indian family is doing a very good work in this field

  390. once law is made it is difficult to think that the law will be made absolute or removed from law books…the only tool wht victims are having is to fight…..offen ce is the best defence….use counter cases…..DP3 cases…let the wife or her family members to run the way we did….lets strengthen the counter cases laws so that there are immediate or earliest virdicts for counter cases….jab tak thokar nahi lagati;women will not change.try to punish them through law.now there routine that 498 is lodged once in every 100th family; once such punishment to wifes n their families are publicised by media; there will be awareness & some sort of afraid feeling will be initiated among the wives..this will agan place the ball in mens court. they will afraid of putting any false allegations on husband or his relatives….so in my opinion its difficult to abolish 498..wht we can do is to use law to strengthen ur counter cases stronger n use RTI…punish them…make them run…use law to fight against law

  391. This law is being grossly misued. Why make this non-cognizable offence? We had this in our family where the ex-wife of my brother in barely 3 months after marriage field for divorce and threatened to use section 498. All this only because my brother had lost his job and the girl was feeling insecure to continue in marriage.

  392. i think that indian women have strong values. they are becoming aware of their strengths.they just started educating 70-80 yrs ago. look how they r prograssing with the speed of light. men in india cant tolerate their success and become insecure.
    stop harrassing women otherwise live and die in solitude .

  393. This Terrorist Law of 498A & DV Act must be replaced to a Human gender Neutral Law.

  394. The laws 498a and DV act must be definitely amended and those who falsely accuse the innocent persons in in-law family must be severely punished.

  395. Today’s mordern women is least bothered about how to make things owrk rather they try to find out a way how to extract money through loopholes we have in our judiciary system. In my case my FIL said they know the LAW; actually he meant they know how to MIUSE THE LAW. In earlier days families use to have FAMILY DOCTORS; FAMILY PUNDITS; FAMILY GURUJIs and now all 498a families have their personal FAMILY LIARS(LAWYERS). I think govt need to put serious thought on the laws and they should also have MEN’s MINISTRY in place.

  396. 498a and DV laws are spoling our socity.
    Thes e laws are made for the protection of women. But today One woman misusing these law for harrass to other 4 women. where is the right of these womens. If today we are not stop this ;Tomarrow socity never stand.

  397. Sacred Marriage is being abused by 498a.The law’s are to be altered and 498a to be abolished.There should be intermediate counsels to guide the disputes and have them settled amicably.Laws to be framed giving equality to both male and female and so should be the functioning of courts;not really be biased if a woman cries for extra sympathy.Th male at all times cannot cry;even if he cries no one hears noe feels about it.The laws to be liberalised and marriages to be protected with professional mediation before cases are filed.Police also should be informed about the same and should be routed to a mediation counsel rather than arrest and courts.

  398. This is the most absurd and stupid law a country in this era can have.Design for rural women; educated classes are taking advantage. Its time government shows it is concerned about its citizens regardless of their gender. The law needs to be amended so that no arrest is possible without court intervention.

  399. i am ready to support you please give my phone number 9314659445 to any one who needs help at agra or jaipur. we conduct meetings every sunday at jaipur and organise dharnas near courts and public places.Every 498a victim is our brother and his family members ourfamily

  400. I myself is a victim of this and High Court Clearly states that the law has been used for blackmailing and bargaining. If a law can be used for such extortion then it fully eligible to be abolished.

  401. This law is highly misused for extortion (as huge sum of money is asked by wife and her family) and for threatening husband and his family and a counterweight is a must to put on. there is no consideration that what if the case is proved to be a false one? and there is no check at the first place on the complaint; whether it is correct or not and straight action is taken. Basic principles of justice is defeated with this law. First justice must not be bias based on sex of a person; second no chance of defending oneself is given before taking the action; third husband is approached as a seasoned criminal without even his so-called crime is proven.
    This law must undergo radical changes and corrections.

  402. This law should be changed to stop its missuse. Men should be treated as human beings by Indian law. If it goes like this; Indian family system will collapes soon. we donot understand why Indian law makers wants father less society.

    Educati ng humans may solve lot of social issues. This laws cannot…
    Its a shame and failure of Indian law..

    Sh ame on law makers

  403. Only for victims-
    No Defeat is Final till you Stop Trying

    T his law is breaking the indian homes.We should raise our voice aginst this.

  404. No Doubt . These laws are badely implemented .Along with this 498A i would say DV is also wrongly implemented.
    Its pure legal terrorism .. I request govt to do something against these 498A and DV extortion rackets …and save India from becoming fatherless society…

  405. Gov is not ready to stop this injustice;
    Honorable President of India; Honorable Chief Justice of India and all knows how widely these laws are misused by today’s Indian women.
    But no one is ready to change the law to stop its misuse.

    Atleast Courts should do something to stop the harrassment of innocent Indian husbands and his family members.

  406. These days i’m seeing lots of girls are getting depressed and are being psychologically effected by watching daily soaps where a husband; a mother-in -law ; a sister in law are portrayed to be bad; they are not able to take ppl around them positively even though the in-laws are good ; these girls are fixed and refuse to see goodness in any of the in-laws and even husband. i really regret the way law is in INDIA; WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE INDIAN LAW AS IT IS BEING COMPLETELY MISUSED BY MANY OF INDIAN GIRLS JUST TO GET MONEY FROM HUSBANDS; EVEN THOUGH THE FAULT IS IN THE GIRL.

  407. SIR PLEASE STOP THIS 498A CASE NEUSENCE. MANY MALE FRIENDS HAVE BEEN LOOSING THEIR CONTACT WITH THE PARENTS. IT IS THE ONLY REVENGE WEAPON IN LADIES HANDS. GET SOLUTION WITH FIGHT WITH GOVERNMENT ASAP.

  408. Under the present DV Act; I support with PIL against 498A become a parents of a son is a sin because in face of present IPC 498a and other DV laws your obedient; intelligent; gentle; faithful & talented son will be termed as criminal along with other family members viz. parents; Grand parents brothers ;sisters etc on the vimÆs of the lady (Sons wife) just wish to put whole the boys family behinds the bar; for not committing any crime/fault simply being mother father sister brothers etc to her husband who fails to meets with her unreasonable demands and could not produced him self as ATM Card

  409. I agree with above PIL. I have heard many more stories of men being tortured and misuse of this law and hardly any story on women being tortured and using this law.

  410. 498A is a draconian law and enables corrupt women and her relatives to loot and destroy the house of a innocent men.
    As giving and taking dowry is a criminal offence with imprisonment;th en why the women who have won the 498a case not sent to jail with the husband;because if taking of dowry is proved then it is also proved that dowry has been given and consiquently the giving party should also be jailed.
    but i have never heard so happening

  411. My wife is an M.Tech. and started torturing me mentally after marraige. She claimed that her parents forced her to marry me; but parents deny this claim now. Three months after the marraige; she just disappeared from USA. Later; she resurfaced in India and started harassing my family for money. A few weeks later; she filed a false 498a.

  412. “I strongly agree the laws are always misused in India; this is one of the law misused by the greedy and selfish females who wants the whole world to act according to their wishes. We do not need a law which will loose the very trusted word called “”Marriage””; which is atleast in India people think that without marriages ones life does not completes. But this law introduced by so called pro-woman leaders who are not really pro-woman leaders need to abolished. The law has to such that it protects all innocent people whether it is a female/male. It is so irony that people who give judgement asking to follow what ever wifes says even if it does not make any sense. These kind of judges need to removed from post. The main thing we are against dowry but the this law should not be misused.”

  413. I fully agree for filing a petition against misuse of 498A IPC proceedings by the wives for fulfillment of ther own ill-desires.

  414. “I agree there are a lot of women out there who are harassed and abused; but the interpretation of the law is so skewed and the provisions such that just about any married woman can cry out “”dowry and domestic violence”” and have her husband’s family behind bars! The law gives unlimited powers to the police and a hugely unfair advantage to women and places men at the mercy of their wives. There should be a way to make it appropriate for women who are subject to torture and protect innocent men. A lot of thinking should go into it to prevent its flagrant misuse. I have myself suffered immensely due to this despite my best intentions to make my marriage work.”

  415. Ritu Ratan (lukhnow; siter of rohit ratan (h/o nidhi ratan & Shalini chahal (w/o vivek chahal) had affair with jat devar after 10 years of marriage and teenage son. She committed theft that was pre-planned from house of old inlaws and fled and filed divorce. To extract money from inlaws she filed fraudulant 498a case.
    An MBBS from lucknow harassses inlaws to get money. A greed filled family. Has ties with muzzaffarnagar goonda mamas. All can be verified in courts in delhi.
    Stop this fraud; this is being used by blackmailers & thieves like these.

  416. We are badly cheated & exploited by the application of IPC 498A & others. At the same time so many so called sensible persons of the society also promote & insist to extort money through this.

  417. This is very good PIL. Keep it up brothers. Justice will have to led down to your toe. Because misuse of 498 A raised at a large proportion. I also fighting cases of TRUE 498 a victims free of cost in court of law.

  418. These 498a and other misusing laws must be changed immediatly by Indian Government. I pray god this happens soon.

  419. It is wrong to arrest anyone especially senior citizens and women without investigation.I t is sad that this law is highly misused and there are so many wrong sufferers.

  420. It’s a draconian law and innocent and decent husbands and family members are subject to curelity while the wife who is terrorising and blackmailing the innocent husband and family members is moving around scot free. With this law it’s a crime for Indian men to get married!!It’s time the law amended!

  421. The Women Society is getting organised very much with every day passing with determination as how to make the husbands suffer their life biggest mistake i.e. getting Married under Indian Law. Lets organise ourselves in more professional manner and help ourselves and those who need our assistance in fighing this legal crime runned by Wives of India & Corrupt Legal System. Its the time we should Raise our VOICE like never before.

  422. Please reform this law to save Indian families. Even CJI is confessing about the misuse of law; but no action to safeguard the people have been initiated from law makers. I strongly suggest to amend this law for welfare of mass. For protecting one woman; this law is exploiting two woman on average. It’s question of mass; please do something. It has become a big extortion racket instead of protecting the real victims. Certainly law makers should something for this problem.

  423. i sign this pil. 498a is not helping women but breaking families.it is a good weapon in the hands of greedy n egoist women.

  424. Please create a law so that people can live in harmony and not live by threat and false cases.

  425. Get uo Govt and do something for yur citizens ..against the biased law (498a & DVA 2005 )

  426. “Yes it is indeed a very sick provision in Indian Law. The wife used this tool to blackmail the family and took away all the belongings of the husband under the pretext of “”STRIDHAN””. Explain our case to any leman and even he would blindly conclude that it is a well made up case. We were tortured to no extent even by the police wid pressure from wif’e side. ultimately we had to give everything. We had given the groom six times of what she had brought from her parent’s home and still my family was charged under dowry. 498A should be abolished or if not then atleast amended to give some cusion to Husband and their family members.”

  427. Family is the building block of the Nation. If family is disturbed the whole nation in some way or the other is going to be disturbed.

    It is known for sure that 498a is the end of the relations between husband and wife. Stop this legal terrorism. In the name of WOMEN EMPOWERMENT please please please donot promote WOMEN PAMPERMENT

  428. The Law must be removed like the most dangrous than tada; i.e 498A.Every human is equal. Stop arresting the innocent women ;respected elders and innocent youngers on the basis of a single comlaint of a 498A girl.

  429. 498a is both:
    – more anti-human-righ ts than POTA/TADA
    – more anti-woman than any other law. For every one complaint filed by one woman; atleast one more woman is arrested. Of course; probably in India; only a wife is a woman – sister-in-law; mother-in-law.. .for that matter any female-in-law is not a woman.

    This draconian law has to be abolished.

  430. This law defies the principle of equality of gender and equal right to every citizen of india

  431. I am a victim of false case against 498A. Although while the wife filed all ficticious cases with forged postal stamps; forged FIR. It is henious tool to extort money; thanks to the Indian jurisdiction.

  432. I am a victim of false 498a case filed by my wife. We are already living separately for past 2.5 years. The very fact that the case was filed after so much gap; clearly indicates that this is being done for harrasment.

  433. please stop misuse of dowry law;it is worse than death;to live under constant threat of legal action for the uncommited acts.

  434. 498A is a social taboo; please amend it; Otherwise this will ruin our family values.

  435. Pls modify the DV/498a as these are promoting false cases/blackmail in the name of women empowerment.
    It is one more of numerous schemes of Govt. where the needy do-not/cannot avail it and the greedy/educated folks are misusing it.

    The NCW would do great to help the real needy instead of abetting the misuse of law in the name of women empowerment.

    -Abhishek

  436. “Mife wife’s name is 498A. i am married to her recently and spending alot on her maintainance.
    I wish i would have been a girl and could have used this tool to spend my life levishly after my separation.

    I think this law is introduced to reduce the female child killings adn introducing a way out to all the parents that female child is no longer a “”BOJH&quot ; on her parents.

    Rather in todays era of indian law’s beautiful presentation “”498A&quot ; a male child is a curse.”

  437. I am a victim of such law. My mother in law threatened to use this law. My wife was a mute spectator. I feel like committing suicide so many times.

  438. Having been an innocent victim of DV & desertion by wife; for no valid reasons; and oon the verge of facing a 498A in the future; it is high time that the legal fraternity come forward & realise how this Act is being mis-used.

  439. we should all get together to fight this evil. no one listens to the men. women can do whatever she wants to do.no one asks her anything. dont we men have the right to live peacefully?

  440. Realy it is set back to our rule makers when we look that the law they make to protect women under 498A which is only use by those who are the certified crooked by the society and should never be allowed for such actions.But we know that our rule makers will never think on this even they know very well about this misusing by those who actualy want to be punished.

  441. 498a is a plan to vanish HINDUNESS from india.oue enemies knew that v draw inspiration from our mandirs-they demolished.misi nterpreted our scriptures.our main sterength is our FAMILY UNIT.now it is plan 2 ruin our families.foren enemies hv their roads in our govt n they r bent upon finishing us

  442. if this tendency goes on in next 2-3 decads the marrige instution will be null and void. people will be having contract open ended relationship
    our so called social relationship will come to an end.

  443. There is no justice in this 498a ACT for Womans itself. This is act should be stoped immediately; I will support SAVE Indian Families…..

  444. This section of IPC (498A) and 3&4 DP act is the most abused of all! Even though the wife is at fault on some grounds and this has been brought to the notice of Police Commissioner and State Human Rights Commission; Still she has managed to lodge a complaint on dowry harassment and Polic have arrested without even investigating the case!!

    H ow many men should go through this mental torture and bear with all the injustice that is going on in the name of equality and justice!!
    Jai Hind!
    Keshav a

  445. Any law which discriminates people on the basis of sex or race or religion is violation of a person’s constitutional rights. Governments need to work towards creating awareness and educating people rather than creating such biased laws which allow people from one sex to discriminate against people from other sex. 498A is being ramplantly misused; everyone accepts whether it is society; police; courts or our government. We need to unite and address the issue.

  446. Please abolish this aw or make changes. Before the police can arrest; the law should investigate. If the complaint is false; the family complaining should be arrested.

  447. when a women files a complaint; the mans family (man; his mother; his father) automatically are treated guilty at par with the worst terrorists. In the name of civic society!

    What kind of system is this! How many men have to commit suicide due to these unreasonable laws? what more will it take to get the laws reviewed to ensure a just and stable society.

    You created feminist laws and say it is equal society. Review it; is it just; is this what is equal?

  448. Shame on Indian Legal System .. which instead of protecting us … Frame us… why don’t Courts take signed affidavits from persons who are framed /charged of dowry crime that if they will be found involved hars penalty shall be levied… shame on us … real shame on all of us who never show concern for this ….
    Is this not violation of Fundamental Right ?
    Right to quality ; right to personal liberty

    Ashok

  449. sec 498A is based on bonafide motives. however; what we need is to get it implemented in a right manner and maintain a balance between rights of both the parties i.e. husband and the wife and it requires extra caution so that its blind use could be checked and it does not result into injustice.

  450. it is very horoable with your life; please it should be bail at the police station; or it is be verified before FIR

  451. This law goes again the basic principles of natural justice as enshrined in the constitutions of various democratic countries of the world: It is the result of an unscrupulous and corrupt party [the Congress; fiefdom of the Gandhi dynasty] continuing to devasatate the social fabric of India for short-term political gains.

  452. Strict laws are deterrent. But it should be equally justified for both males & females. Females filing false cases should be punished very very harshly & stringently.

  453. “A draconian law well termed as “”Legal terrorism”” by Hon’ble Supreme Court.
    Such Laws should be amended so that innocent persons dont get tortured.”

  454. LAWS LIKE THESE SHOULD BE BANNED!!
    WITH LAWS LIKE THIS INDIANS ARE IN CONSTANT STATE OF EMERGENCY!
    S UCH LAWS ARE DETRIMENTAL TO THE VERY SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
    I F; THOSE IN POSITIONS TO AMEND THESE LAWS ARE INACTIVE AND NOT DOING ANYTHING TO AMEND THESE LAWS; WILL FACE THE SAME MUSIC WHEN TIME COMES AND THE TIME WILL SURELY COME. THIS IS THE CURSE OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPRESSED AND ARE DYING SLOWLY AND SLOWLY AND SLOWLY…
    WA KE UP FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR MOTHER’S MILK ATLEAST…
    A LL IS REQUIRED IS TO RECTIFY SOME PARTS OF THESE LAWS SO THAT MISUSE CAN BE STOPPED. THAT IS NOT A BIG THING. AND THAT IS ALL. IT CAN BE DONE. AND IT WILL BE DONE ALSO.
    YOU CAN SEE THIS PAIN. YOU CAN HEAR THIS PAIN. YOU CAN SMELL THIS PAIN. YOU CAN FEEL THIS PAIN ALSO. BUT WHY IS THAT YOU DONOT WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO RECTIFY THESE LAWS? WHY ARE YOU UNABLE TO GRASP AND ANALYZE THE SITUATION? IT IS ALREADY WORST AND CANNOT GET MORE WORSE. PEOPLE ARE COMMITING SUICIDES FOR YOUR INACTION. NOW THEY ARE WRITING SUICIDE NOTES PUBLICLY. WHAT MORE WE HAVE TO SEE?
    FOR THE HONOUR; DIGNITY AND RESPECT OF YOUR MOTHERS AND SISTERS; DO SOMETHING! EVEN MOST WIFVES DONOT WANT SUCH LAWS. ITS JUST A ABERRANT LOT THAT YOU ARE SUCCUMBING TO..

  455. 498-A is one of the most dangerous acts. What makes it very worse; is the fact; that it is being used against peaceful; and law abiding people.

    Since we already have so many criminal laws; is there really a need for a seperate and such a draconian law ?

    The PIL has nicely raised concerns of all affected by this ill-devised law.

  456. How can a democratic country like India tolerate this? What are our leaders doing? This should be in their key agenda before they fight any elections.

  457. Make it gender neutral. After all our constitution says all are equal. Women of this age are very well placed and are equipped; educated yet they want biased laws.

    It actually lessens; demoralises and humiliates stature of a woman biased laws. NCW should start raid prostitution houses. They are the worst women defamers/house breakers.

    There is blood and tears of all the families they are breaking in their hands. Outdated laws.

    The women who misuse it are criminals and should be jailed for 3 years if the person is acquitted.
    < br>Why aren’t these so called women fighting to become commandos or SPG and defend the nation ? Send Girija Vyas and Renuka Choudhary to Kashmir. Sitting in their plush offices and with their fat enough to …..Hold my peace here.

  458. Abolish it or make it gender equal. Shame on young modern Indian women who are very selfish beacuse it brings death too fast to senior citizens who might be already suffering from diseases

  459. IPC 498A needs to be scrapped totally; its a draconian law which favors only greedy people.

  460. This draconian law must be scrapped immediately or atleast there must be huge penalty for misusing it.

  461. I hate to see innocent sisters; mothers; age old parents being dragged out of their own houses with a mere complaint from a wicked selfish ignorant womenÆs to satisfy their whims and fancies. I support this movement of abolishing these spineless laws interfering marital lives that ultimately end up in breaking families apart.

  462. This law so often bent by a woman and her family to suit her evil; selfish and greedy plans… Thats what happened with my father and we have been tormented a lot by my mother all through..M looking for a forum to contribute to the cause and join hands….

  463. “1.Scrap 498A. Its an ill-conceived act.
    2.Make laws gender neutral.
    3.U RGENTLY SPEED UP JUDICIAL REFORMS:
    (a) EDUCATE JUDICIARY ON SHARED PARENTING (Single parent custody or only “”visitatio n rights”” is an PRIMITIVE practice and WHICH DENIES CHILD NORMAL DEVELOPMENT)
    (b)PREVENT PARENTAL ABDUCTION/ ABUSE. THIS HAPPENS WHEN ONE PARENT CONSISTENTLY ALIENATES THE CHILD FROM THE OTHER PARENT (THROUGH LEGAL MENAS (eg. DELIBERATE COURT DELAYS) OR ILLEGAL MEANS (eg.REMOVING THE CHILD FROM THE COUNTRY). THIS CREATES SHORT AND LONG TERM PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON THE CHILD!”

  464. This law has turned out to be nothing more than a bargaining tolls for wife’s…
    mo reover even after such a a case is dismissed the chances of reunion is very low.

  465. This law is non bailable; and there is no penalty for filing even a false complaint. this law is being misused widely. please change it bailable or at leat there should be strict punishments for filing false complaints.

  466. This law was made considering all wifes as SITA; but the SITA’S will never take help of this law rather the TADKA’S roaming around loose with vajra 498A and DV act in their both hands. It is high time the Government as well as the Judiciary should wake up from their slumber oterwise the bubble which is forming from many years is going to burst; which will bring only hatered and disintigrated society.
    My only advice to all fellow figters remain calm and increase your fight to wake up our Sleeping Government. I dont have any hope for our Judiciary.

  467. Hi All;

    I will help and seek help from everyone to eradicate this misuse of 498a law.

  468. Me & my family has just been put under 498a; I have got divorce decree from family court; but from past 10 years my case is lingering in Vasai court. I m not getting good wibes of the case getting over as the girl comes from a very strong political back groun and she just is lingering the matter to harress and further is getting success to linger; i have lost may foreign oppurtnities b’coz of pending case and also lost jobs…pl suggest

  469. “got married in 2007 and after 6 month went to USA in 2008 by that time she was pregnant. Before leaving to USA itself she made a big issue for staying away from the family but i requested her to adjust for few months and i got VISA to her also and then we left to USA. after going go there she continued her fight. I forgot to mentioned that i am physically handicaped; my got polio to my leg but i have only 10% to 20%. i am capable of driving bike; car also. they even checked my leg at the time of marriage proposal; later in our conversation she came out that; her parents made this marriage by convincing her. we had a baby boy in june 2008; i spend all the time to serve her in those delivery time; as its my responsibility; i was there for her to support in the labor room also. her mother came after 3 weeks. She has her own expectations; one day when we are arguing she called 911 in USA and i got arrested; then she and her parents take case back on one condition that i should not communicate with my parents and should always be support their family. my wife did MCA; before the marriage they said that she has/must do the job and i agreed happily on only this point. i never expected any dowry and never taken a single rupee from them. even i applied Visitor VISA for my in-laws and they got it. finally after spending a day in jail and they released after 34 hrs. they dont allow to meet your spouse till 4/5 days. and court given me 60 days observation. I AM REALLY TELLING; I HAD MY LIFE’S WORST PERIOD IN THESE 60 DAYS. she made me like any thing; she used to threaten me by calling 911 from small small things; as if i didnt pick the call when i am in the office; she used to send a** saying that i am getting the cops to your office if your not calling back in 5min. i did what ever she said. and finally i resigned my job in USA after the 60days. came back to india in march 2008. she came before a month than me; as i was busy in closing up the things like apartment lease ; furniture ; car selling etc. i lost almost $10000 in all these process. after coming to india she never called me or never came to my home. finally i have taken initiative and got her to my home 3 times; she use to go back to their home in 1 or 2 days; last time she stayed for 5 weeks and left home with my son; while going back she slapped my mother and thrown cheppal on me. there after she filed 498-A after 3 weeks on me; my parents and my sister by saying we tried to kill her with kirosen and fire. As gods grace we got bail and nobody went to jail; and after one month they filed DMV. they paid money to SI of the 498-A case in charge; and even got the charge sheet against to us. current situation is chargesheet filed and DMV is going every month date. i have lost my carrier; property and around 4 laks money. and the BIG concern is “”I AM MISSING MY SON””. it is almost 9 months that i didnt seen him. till today i will go to bed only around 3/4 AM because of all these things. i dont have courage to DIE; other wise there is no use of living life like this. if is there any help for me then please mail me. and also need a solution to get my son back. is there any chance of filing case against to my wife as i am physically handicap”

  470. I am working as Lawyer in Pune and got married with ravindra who is also a Lawyer. My brother wife filed a false compaint against me all family including my 2 sister and my parents under section 498-A; 324; and 34. In a complaint she mention one false incident;that We all had harrashed her but on samer day I was in Mumbai for J.M.F.C examination How can i be at two plases at same day. I had filed the discharge application in Lower court at shirur same was rejecte and then I have filed the rivision application in the pune district court same is also been rejected. what can I do now?

  471. I hope the misuse of this act stops and women realize that there is so much more to life than torturing someone who does not listen to your whims and fancy.

  472. I think the law is creating just for the sake of smooth running of social life but in this case it is just beyond our thoughts. Now onwards due to this 498a law; mostly lady/female in the India has lost their self sacrificing quality and rise their finger just in case of small issue or argue. Every person/relative from the girls side just give the option of only 498a not reconcillation of the matter. This mentality occurs Why? My suggestion is that All the Social Related Cases (498a Cases) should be amended in such a way that this case is handle through our local councillor/panc hayat because they know the behaviour of the two party or if the case is handle from the court onwards then reconcillation never happens only arguing or misuse of dowry acts proceeds.

  473. Hi
    I respect India and Indian women. I am born to a Indian Woman and my sister is also an Indian Woman. But I really dont support the misuse of any law like this. As far as I know 98% of genuine dowry related crimes are not been reported and 98% of cases reported under 498A are not genuine.
    I think law makers should see themself in the mirror. This has become a very blackmailing tool for women in India now a days. This should not allowed.

    -Kamal

  474. “I think we should first understand why ‘DOWRY’ came into existence. Historically; its my belief; that the parents property’s share was equaly or proportionally (as the case may be) was divided among their children. Naturally sons would be inheriting these property but we forget about the daughters who were also entitled to their share. As per our so called RICH Indian culture and practices a woman has to leave her home with husband as soon as she is married. This eventually leads away from her parents and would part on her share. To overcome or her right to inherited property her share was given to her husband who is to take care of her future life.
    Unfort unately due to male dominant and illiteracy and other such reasons the property would be absorb by in-laws. Also the custom about woman was prevailing “”Once left her home after marriage; shall die @ husbands home.”” This led to women atrocities since they were not getting any support from her family.

    On the above context we can understand the importance of IPC 498- but which has now become an antiquity.

    Followi ng policies could be applied by the Govt.
    I would suggest:
    1.Dowry has to be legally valid; provided her inherited share needs to be accepted or rather consider dowry in legal terms only and not otherwise. Which will eventually nullify false allegations.
    2. Obviously there should be investigation;t rial and then imprisonment; if convicted.
    3 . Relatives shall be accused only if stayed with couple for more than 2 months. This will strictly restrict the monopoly and misuse of IPC 498 as the only person can be accused will be husband and I think will will limit her liberty to misuse.
    4. Some stringent Law must be enacted against IPC 498 for false allegations. Also if found false penalty for insult and humiliation (should be considered) should be paid by complainer.

    This would look like imposing restrictions on woman’s liberty. But not to forget of any person of the fundamental right to freedom given by our Constitution. So we will not be taking any of individual liberty but seeking welfare of the family and thus of the society as a whole.

    J ai Hind. Jai Maharashtra”

  475. This law is base-less. Enough has been said about it. I strongly oppose it.

  476. Please stopt this nonsense immediately. So that innocent will get relief. Pepole who favours this; they are real enemy of the society and the country. These terrorists should be dealt with severly.

  477. Okay imagine a 498A case against whole extended family who are all in forieng country and the bride with her family has taken over the family home of groom. Reason she filed 498A because she failed to get immigration after being sponsered by spouse several times and she wants the groom to live in India now. There is absolutly no shortage of proofs in this case; including transfer of large amounts of money by groom to bride; forget the dowry. You think this case is getting resolved any time?

  478. I totally with the statement made above and I am a staunch believer that gender biased laws should be abolished.

  479. Protection to needy women is necessary but for those who take undue advantage there should be punishment.

  480. I along with my brother& his wife are victim of 498a and many other serious ligations n DV Act leveled by my wife who is an atrocious & merciless lady playing as a villain n posing her self falsely as victim. My brother & his wife are living separately since many years still they r dragged in 498a & DV act & Magistrate& session judges are presumpsous of complaints. i need help to save my life. Please do some thing if possible. Suresh Kumar Agarwal

  481. the harrassment cause to parents and family members is unforgetable so never compromise with shameless greedy w**** and stand still to fight. MAN is who fight for right. life is funny game so make strong heart dear brothers…

  482. This is very much required as in urban places; women are taking advantages of this law. There must be some provision in Indian Law for male citizens as we have equal rights and in todays world we suffer equal frustration as women.

  483. its true and we need not need to improve our society but to take it back when we cared for women and respected them as goddess

  484. “I believe that NCW will definitely oppose the amended CrPC because 498A will get a shot in the back. Because the income that this mindless law generates for UNSCRUPULOUS WIVES; CORRUPT LAWYERS & EXTORTIONIST POLICEMEN; main opposition will come from NCW of course; & the 3 mentioned lobbies. EXCUSES by Lawyers & Police that criminals will be fearless is absolutely STUPID EXPLAINATION. Many CRIMINALS get bail after their arrest & roam freely. Let us not EQUATE Family Matters with Criminal Offences; especially when circumstances held the WIFE responsible for the breakdown of marriage. Now; about RTI. IT SHOULD BE MADE MANDATORY THAT BEFORE CONTRACTING ANY MARRIAGE; THE GROOM KNOWS ABOUT THIS LAW.(Many people are ignorant about this law & get to know about it only after they are arrested). LIKE A STATUTORY WARNING O0N CIGARETTE PACKS; A WEDDING CARD MUST CONTAIN A STATUTORY NOTE THAT “”MARRY ONLY AFTER YOU KNOW ABOUT 498(A)””. Let’s see then; how many Marriages will be contracted.”

  485. Hi; this is the most cruel law for Indian families irrespective of caste ; region and class(came to know and realised after it was gifted to me by my 498-wife). This law should be ammended though not scrapped.

  486. Excellent initiave. I am grateful all the people participating in this endeavour and organising the things. Its a great support to me and all of us.

  487. This is bad cause for husbands & his parents also relatives even though his wife is infidelity to him at the end of the day his husband & family & HER boy friend & his parents are victimised and the women is scot free;i came to know that indian law making some modifications that if the wife has infidelity she is also be sentenced for five years imprisonment by ANDHRAJYOTHI NEWSPAPER BUT HAS NOT GOT THE G.O PASSED

  488. DUE TO THIS RULE MY LIFE IS ALSO GOING TO SPOIL.
    I KNOW BUT I CANT PREVENT I CAN WAIT AND WAIT ; I AM JUST WAITING WHEN MY WIFE WILL FILE FALSE 498A AGAINST ME AND MY FAMILY. SHE AND HIS FATHER MR P.L.RAIGHER ; DEPUTY REGISTRAR; UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN THREATENED ME TO FILE FALSE OF DV AGAINST ME IF I DO NOT SURRENDER MYSELF AGAINT THEIR WISHES AND I DONT LEAVE MY RETIRED PARENTS THEN THEY WILL FILE THE CASE.
    BUT I WILL NOT SURRENDER TILL DEATH

  489. This is abuse of Human Rights in a democratic country where on just one complaint the husband and his family is arrested. I am a victim of false 498A complaint. Its unimaginable; people who can never think of visiting a police station have to stay behind the bars due to such false complaints

  490. A marriage breaks bcos of many reasons. Wives resorting to fake dowry complaints is well acknowledged by courts. It definitely pushes families to a point of no-return and fuels the hostility within families. A remedy is needed.

  491. iam one such victim who was charged under 498a&304b but defence utterly failed to prove.

  492. It is high time these laws are revised.
    Eve n if they claim to be for the protection of women then isn’t a mother-in-law a Woman as well?

  493. Points for Victims of 498A û Dowry Laws

    May I ask all these victims whether they or their parents told the brideÆs family that they do not want dowry. Did they refuse to take dowry in any form at the time of marriage? They will take the responsibility for their bride and her needs. For these dowry-seekers/d owry victims; taking dowry from the parents of women; is their RIGHT taken for granted by birth. If research made on this issue; most of these victims are well-educated and belong to a creamy layer of the society; for whom playing with WomanÆs life is a simple game. These people play double game when it comes to their own sisters; they had a different outlook. Generally; middle & lower class people settle the case soon; if arisen.

    Nobody likes to give back anything once taken. In most of cases; their parents pose to have disowned their son because they do not want to return her ôStreedhanö what to say of giving any rights to the deserted women as per Law. If these parents be asked why did they approach for seeking marriage.

    Some of these dowry seekers have become so smart as they say ôWhatever you want to give for your daughter; give Cash for the same. As great difficulties are being faced by the GirlsÆ parents for getting suitable matches; they had to give up and agree to their demands. But the cash etc. given during marriage; had no proof.
    Marriage Laws needed to be amended/modifie d as per prevalent situation in the society.

  494. I was accussed of 498A only becoz my wife.And without any investigation I had to spent 7 days in central jail.And my Old parents who have never went to court were dragged to the police station and Court without having done anything.
    No real victims are using 498A.This has become a sharp weapon for getting divorces; or blackmailing husbands for extortion of money only.
    498a is a biased law. It should be modify so that innocent male should not get victimized.
    My request is to abolish 498A or needs to be amended immediately so that ladies who trap the innocent families will think over before filing any criminal cases.

  495. Many women are using the Section 498A of IPC as a tool to harrass the husbands’ family for of no fault and it is also creating a wide gap between the couple and the harrassment made to the male is making him to get himself apart from the wife permanently.

  496. I have come across many such cases amongst my relatives.Somet imes I really feel like killing those brainless;stupi d politicians who passed this law under the name of’Empowerment of Indian Women’ without considering the consequences of it. Women do not deserve such stringent law for their protection.

  497. I am a victim of false case U/s 498(a) filed by my wife after 18 years of marriage. I have children aged 16; 12 and 08 yeares.

  498. Law was put into place to help those women who are really in trouble. But with power comes responsibility and many wives take it as a stick to get hold of their husband’s neck. There is no adequate provisions in our Indian Law system to prevent 498a misuse.I don’t know why these women do not realize how badly they are affecting their married lives. Probably they are not raised by their parents with ethics and moral values.

  499. Money is everything for her and her father
    Because of money:
    I am a victim of 498a and demostic voilence. She is dragging me for years and also not allowing me to leave a peacefull life

  500. It is time somebody really did something to highlight the widespread misuse of 498A

  501. act 498A IPC is a real terrorisam and this act is totaly against innocent husband and their older parents and their relatives because theirs no bail and husband get no chance to prove his innocensy. So i have request to the Indian Goverment to STOP this Dirty Act as soon as possible. we should stand agains Terrorisam(498A )

  502. Whither Indian Society is heading in coming years with these Family Laws ?

    A Society of Single Mother’s and Single Father’s and directionless kids due to false acts of some greedy Women’s and their families.
    Jinhe naaz hai Hind par wo kahan hai Kahan hai; kahan hai; kahan hai…….

  503. i have a tenent frm 4 yrs regularly demading him 2 vacate from 5 months; to do own bussiness; he resused 2 vacate & offering us 2 sale of the shop; he stoped paying rent;i sended a notice; after reaciveing the notice he brought 3 ppl n beat me n harrased me 2 sale the shop; i went 2 the police sation they registered ipc sec 324; tenent also came n registered the same case sec 324;and from tht day we is not opening the shop; and my case is going on; iam feed up of this; and not getting wt 2 do ; whome 2 ask help; it has been 7 months he is not paying rent; really in a problem any advice n i asked a civil lawyer he is demading aroung 14000 rs for civil case 2 file a suit; any advice

  504. Act should be amended to remove arrest.

    Clause of arrest is used for blackmailing.
    If only this clause is removed the cases under 498a would reduce tremendously.

    It would reduce burden of police & judiciary.
    < br>Kind Regards; Jatinder Singh

  505. sir

    this law is like a terrorism in india against husband by the wife . they r misusing the law ; this 498a must be abolished and should be bailabel . my wife also filled false case against me and my family members only for money and she is enjoying with some one and i m fighting the case in delhi court for the last 2 years .

  506. This is Zameer Ul Haq from Bangalore; I definitely agree with this move and support this cause; as even i am a victim of this false 498a case.

  507. One thing can solve the problem of misuse of legal system and its provisions by crooked ladies by adding a strict clause -if a wife found guilty in developing false and fabricated stories and misusing the law and its provisions she will give compensation of 1 lakh along with imprisonment for 1 year and the lawyer fighting for her should be imprisoned for 6 month and his licence to be cancelled for further practise.

  508. Please help me as my wife & In-laws are giving us lot of problems by misuing the DV laws.

  509. I think the said subject has made a male slave which after marriage can be treated like bakra( Hegoat) and if marriage does not run s*** money as much a woman can;so that survival of life of male is impossible.
    The National Crime for Woman consist of thosw woman who never had got down from air conditioned car and they understand themself as the protector of woman.To run there livelyhood they are making other women and respondent male life a hell.These organisation have already shaken the base of relationships and respect in a family.Further to more it is giving encouragement to separation from Nuclear Family which teaches the selfrespect;con fidence;maturit y and discipline in everybodies life right from innocent childhood.
    Now a day time has come when marriage will be a contract and will be signed on stamp paper where there will be no consideration for love and affection.Addit ion to it whenever the woman wishes to break;she can even though she is at fault and living in adultry.

    Thanx & Rgds
    Navin Kumar

  510. Any such law which inflicts punishment or arrest without proof is Anti-Democratic .
    498a and DV bill are totally anti-democratic and gender biased. They will destroy indian values and Family system.
    It is responsible for harresment and not for anykind of protection as proved by the statistics that 98% cases filed under 498a are fake.

  511. Nithya CS
    Sridharan Nair
    Coimbatore PN PALAYAM
    THES E PEOPLE ARE TORTURING ME AGAINST THAT I AM DEMANDING THEM DOWRY WHEREAS I DONT WANT TO MARRY THEM

  512. 498a and DV act must be changed to be first investigated before any arrests are made otherwise its just a tool for EXTORTION.
    As many High Court Judges have said; 498a is a Terrorists weapon.

  513. Kindly stop this Legal Terrorism to protect the lives of family members who have spent their entire life time to bring up their son only to be left alone in pain forced to commit suicide by their daughter in laws through such acts like 498a; DV…

    Th ere is enough misuse than actual use for the needy..

  514. Please remove this rule or change it so that no one can misuse this act for their personal vengeance. Just because of someones non adjusting nature the whole family should not suffer; even old parents; sisters; children are suffering because of this act. The results of this act will be seen in very near future when no one will be willing to marry.

  515. I wish law makers use their common sense along with referring to the actual statistics related to dowry/domestic crime cases.

    – Dowry & domestic related laws should be gender neutral.
    -Investigat ion must be conducted before any arrests
    -Fal se allegations should be punished

  516. I do not oppose this law but if it is misuse than that women and all supporters should behind bars 3 years multiplied by number of members against whome she uses this law….
    Also police should invistige nabors and other relatives before macking arrest …
    Hope one day this law will be emended to STOP Misuse…

  517. THIS IS EVERYONE WHO’S FACING 498A — PLS READ CAREFULLY…

    1) THE MOMENT U RECEIVE SUMMON FROM CAW(WOMEN CELL) CONTACT UR LAWYER AND APPLY FOR PROTECTION ORDERS. THIS WILL GV U 3DAYS PROTECTION TIME FRM GETTING ARRESTED. N U N UR FAMILY WILL GET UR BAIL IN THIS TIME.

    2) IF U DONT WANT 2 RECONCILE THE MARRIAGE; DON’T LEAN IN FRONT OF HER ILLEGAL DEMANDS. SHE’LL ACCUSE U OF ALL THE BASELESS THINGS THAT’LL COME TO HER MIND. BE PREPARED!!
    < br>3)THERE’S NO LAW THAT CAN KEEP CHILDREN UNDER 15 INTO CUSTODY. IF SUCH THING HAPPENS MAKE A COMPLAINT IN COURT AGAINST THE GIRL; INSPECTOR CONCERNED N SUPRIDENT OR THE HEAD OF THAT CELL..

    4 )SIMILARLY SENIOR CITIZENS N BROTHERS/SISTER S ARE ALSO NOT SENT TO CUSTODY; AS COURT DOES NOT SEE THEM LIABLE TO CHARGE FOR THIS CASE.

    5) IF THE HUSBAND DOES NOT GET BAIL IN DISTRICT COURT MOVE TO HIGH COURT N THEN TO SUPREME COURT.

    < br>*NOTE:M NOT SUPPORTING UNREASONABLE DIVORCES OR WOMEN HARRESMENTS; BUT IF THE MAN IS FACING CRUELTY THEN DO READ MY POST CAREFULLY..

  518. I found to make my lawyer and relatives to believe that we have not taken a dowry. Even my in-laws had a doubt that i am capabable person when we did not demand dowry

  519. This draconian law is being highly misused by greedy; shameless; selfish and evil spirited people as instrument of blackmailing and tool of intimidation to trade relationships in pawn of alimony and thereby hiding their misdeeds; heartlessness and evil intentions.

  520. i think Most people like to misuse the law.Yes as many ppl suggest here Laws against men are being misused ever since C’mon ppl get together and join hands to make life for men and women easy.Wake up look where the world is going. If you cant get along move…. on why drag the poor family in it..Get a hold ppl!!

  521. I am being tortured by my wife and my in-laws.Whateve r mistakes she commits my in -laws say that it is all because of her childish behavior; there is nothing serious and they support her. since my marriage and i am not able to understand what should i do. Because of tension i feel heart pain. i do not have proper sleep. I have been dignosed for stomach ULCER. The doctor says you have taken a lot of pain killers due to which you have this problem.
    she says that she will get all of us murdered.
    I really do not know what should i do.

  522. I fully endorse that this completely one-sided law should go and more equal and better law should come. This is a tool in the hands of those women who want to harras the in-laws side for the various reasons.

    I am one of the sufferer who is rotting for 11 prime years of my life; struggling through this totally one sided law. Government has to wake up. Even media has to wake up.

    On the name of helping women; this law is only helping those women who always had some other; ulterior motive.

    Once my case is finished; whenever; I am going to dedicate my life fighting against this law.

  523. This is a violation of basic human rights!
    Prov e; then jail. I blame the idiots who framed the law and the stipids who passed the bill. Brainless idiots.

  524. We are living in the age which is worse than Mughal period with such laws. Trust me more than 99% cases are totally false and rest are partially. There should be a union of married men in India.

  525. Laws are very much necessary for a society to survive because all people are not of same physical/mental /financial status and the stronger one will always; by law of nature; will dominate the weaker section. This is something which is clearly visible in wild life.
    The basic motivation behind all IPCs are to protect the weaker section of the society. 498A is passed with a gross assumption that married women are the weakest one in a family and laws like this would help. Days were there (and still exists in some rural area) where women are practically helpless once in in-laws house.
    But such days are nearing to end – especially in urban societies.. and law such as 498A tend to be grossly misused. We need to come together and resolve and fill in the gaps to make sure the this law is not abused.

  526. i say not all men are bad. so many innocent and good men are being harassed and threatened to death by their wife’s family members. they too have male children and they will also get married to some girl. will they see that show; when their son is being tortured? removal of this section will get down the head weight of 498a fraudsters. arresting men without investigation and issuing non bailable warrant is devilish culture. even small children also getting stucked in this uncivilized act. i request honorable supreme court to abolish this barbaric and cruel 498a section from the pages of indian penal code and stop the games played by idiots in country

  527. 498a should be scraped immediately.
    life cannot be lived in constant threat that your parents ;sisters etc. can be put behind bars at one instance of wife’s complaint and that too without any real good reason.
    law makers should really rewrite the law which takes care of genuine cases .

  528. 1. DVA should be gender unbiased. Shuld be only for physical abuse not any other.
    2. It should not encourage livin relationships3. Alimony and maintainance should be gender unbiased.
    4.

  529. Section 498a is grossly misused by majority of money & power hunger daughter-in-law s. Over 98% of the cases filed for 498a r proven to be false. So just consider the pain and humiliation of the victims of this law.
    For each false complaint there are more than one women who are the victims of this law who maybe the mother-in-law or sisters or sister-in-law of the husband.
    I don’t know why they call it law to protect women. Women r using it as a weapon to terrorise the husband’s family into submission.
    I am not asking to scrap the whole 498a; what i am asking is to plug the loop holes in the law; and to ask for proof of harrasment; and also to make it bailable; and compoundable.

  530. This is a very bad law; which gives the women freedom to do anything they want. A 498A case has disturbed me and my parents completely.

  531. I support the scrapping of 498/DV/maintena nce laws. old laws and absurd and insulting to marriage institution and insult to marital relationship.

  532. Somebody has rightly said that this ACT is meant for SITAs; but grossly misused by SURPANAKHAs.

  533. I totally agree to what Shobha had stated. 498-A has been misused in totality.There are instances when recently at Kalyan (Dist.Thane) a two month old Baby has spent a night at Police Lock-Up.Husband ;Mother;Father; Husband’s Brother;his Wife & their Baby were arrested falsely under 498-A.The mother refused to leave her baby under someone’s care;as she was crying at the treatment meted out to them under the Draconian Law.Police officials were taken aback by such a event but were helpless as they are toothless under the Injustice being meted out by those who don’t care about the consequences.It eventually turned out that the estranged wife had an Illicit relation with her boyfriend before marriage and as she was not able to get along well with her Husband;she filed 498-A so that she would get herself free from her husband;as she felt that her husband would file for Divorce on such a ground.Naturall y she has asked for a hefty sum from her husband & said that she would withdraw the case against all the affected persons.What she forgot that 498-A is a non-compoundabl e one & she cannot withdraw the same.Now both are stuck up with the case.If 498-A is made Compoundable then there is possibility that the Trauma would be reduced a lot

    Haresh

  534. “Very good. Those people who are misusing this 498A they are Prostitute. Their parents are the “”Dalal&quo t; of their daughter. So 498B should come for the MAN. When we are saying MAN & Woman Are same.”

  535. All the Laws should be unbiased and there should be a mechanism where the investigation agencies should be made responsible for thier ommisions and commision .
    I do understand that women need to be protected but only those women who are really suffering but there are many black sheep who are misusing the laws made for women and these should be punished ( there should be provision for punishing the mischievious women and their supporters ) .
    Regards
    G Singh

  536. Biased Law; except in India no where inthe World.
    This PWDV Act& 498A should be ammended immediatly other wise Fatherless children will play in all the Indian streets.

  537. All men have to be togather & need to fight against 498a.Why there is a no any rules/laws for security of men??I am victim of it.I can’t describe the situation me & my family have faced.I am ready to give interview any time..I am ready to become voluntary of any NGO; organization; institute which fights against such misuse.

  538. My son NAVEEN;innocent of any crime;has been arrested at midnight on 27.5.08 by police on false dowry complaint.

  539. My wife after 14 years of marriage; wanted to go away from me and put the 498A against me and my brothers and parents. Really; we are innocent and we never herrased her for dowry. Wantedly for sqeeging money from my family she alongwith her family members involved us in this case.
    K.Srik anth

  540. Lie Detector test or Brain Mapping test should be introduced as a prerequisite for filing 498A;so as to separate From False case being filed on Husband and family

  541. Not only the person who misuses this law but also all those crooked lawyers should be punished and barred from practicing for suggesting wrong ideas to already crooked mind.
    Lets start sharing the crooked Lawyers name to boycot them

  542. 498A is the most draconican ; most absurd and illdrafted piece of legislation; it is actually striking at the very roots of the indian family system that it was drafted to protect. A thorough revision of this IPC is a must if the judiciary wishes to maintain any iota of respect and diginity for itself in the minds of indian people in the very near future.

  543. it is high time that the lawmakers took notice of the misuse of section 498a and made necessary amendments to the section. in the long run it would completely wreck the institution of marriage and only close all doors of reconciliation between husband and wife.

  544. It is shameful to see how India is advancing.I really feel disgraced being an Indian.My parents and younger sister had to go through all this because of misuse of the idiotic law of 498A.

  545. agar 498a ka misuse band nahi hoga tou aur Amit Buddhiraja paida honge.

    Take it as my gaurantee…..

  546. Firstly; I would like to take the time in thanking you all for your valuable time.
    I am also a victim of this law.This law has been passed to destroy the indian husbands & their families.We are always going to remain backwards.The western countries have always been ahead of us and they will always remain ahead.If you are the judges/lawyers/ mp’s and police; it won’t be long when you too will be a victim of this law.Everyday is not sunday.If God was here; he too would have been a victim of 498A and Domestic Violence.Every four minutes a case is filed against the innocent families.It is as easy as ordering pizza.If you think for a second; how could every family-in-laws be bad.Lastly; by calling someone a criminal; he/she doesn’t become one; if India says so.That’s a different story and no comments on that.Where corruption lasts forever.
    I feel sorry for the innocent families who are suffering from this 498A & Dv act.Many of them have committed suicide inside the jails and outside.How long can you live in luxury; if the money was earned falsely; for your kind information it won’t last forever; and you are not going to live forever.You can bribe the police but you can not buy life by bribing God.May God Bless these women with some sense. Those that try to fly too high in a false world; always fall head first to the ground. According to me; this law should be brought to an end.It has done enough damage to the innocent families.Lastly ; no more tulsi’s are left in India and nowadays you would find the new 498A and Dv act tulsi’s.Hey women you better change yourselves; it won’t be long when the time changes and God isn’t sleeping.I think people should marry the law instead of women.
    Nowad ays. women in India look at the mans’ pocket; rather than the qualities of the man himself. Is this what the world is coming to?Is this what India is all about?If this is the case; than I can say; that I am ashamed to be a part of India.The people of this country are a disgrace; because they are letting corruption; false cases; and lies eat away at the very people who are trying to help.Indian people in western countries look at India to get married; not because it’s easy to do so; but because they are under the wrong impression that girls in India are decent. Well; I feel sorry for these people; because; they are going to learn through experience; as most of us have done.I agree that most women have suffered in silence; and yes their husbands deserve to be punished; but the women who are using this Law to extort money out of innocent families; should be given the worst punishment in history!!!

  547. “i am fighting the case of 498A and maintenance case. before anything started i first files RCR but After filing RCR they are created the that i am not taking back her.if i tried to take back her wife put always new condition. orally i had each every condition of them but wife is not domming back so i filed RCR. in reply of that she go to police station and filed complaint.
    d ue to all tension i lost job. again i tried for job this time go to KSA i go there and offer her to come in wirtin before court but instead of that she filed again police station and register 498A.

    she had closed all my way to reconsile the matter
    i think violant people donot understand talking
    they donot understand talking. for such people looks phsycho. at one hand my father is near to die due to parkinson deciesee from 10 years. i am running behind court; loss of job;and paaying maintenance . i had three marriaed sister. out of that one sister and jijaji is blind; they always need my support in financial matter.
    stil l iam alive.
    my wife is MSC B ed. . but qualification doesnot relates to behaviour.
    i am thinking i am lossing everything in my life.

    sh ould i end of life with my existing family members. so that oppsite party will get great satisfaction of killing husband. and indian LAW can appriciate the lady for killing my family.

    please scrap all law for husband and make only one new law stating that”” shoot me and my family on the spot so that my story should end up as early as possible and give right to my wife to live longer like 100 years again. i will get satisfaction my family will come with me. i will live with my parents in heaven happily; because india is not safe place ;where boyes will live with there parents. wifeonl wants property ; readymade home; money from husband parents; after that next day if my parents die; she will be happy.
    my wife had made decision taht she and my baby will not see the face of my parents till they dieand i will remain alone after there death.

    a fter the death of my parents; why should i live; for who? why?
    ooha ; she will need earning slave so that she can eat my earnings arrengment is made my our great LAW.
    i will dhoose to die as early as possible; and pray to god donot send me back on any part of the earth as a human being; my wife teaches me by her cases.

    G anesh”

  548. “The Clause of “”Burden of Proof lies on the accused”” is against all known democratic laws of human kind. If the accused is treated guilty unless proven innocent and if it is assumed that all accusations are automatically true; then where is the need for the pretense of a trial? This clause stands contrary to all know basic tenets of logic and legality. Further; it encourages law enforcing agencies to indulge in non-investigati on of accusations.
    While it is true that the Supreme Court cannot interfere with the framing and passing of social policies into ACTS by the elected Parliament; the Supreme Court definitely has the power and the resposibility to ensure how the laws supporting the ACTS are applied. And as stated above; if the any clauses of the law are contradicting the basic tenents of jurisdiction and jurisprudence or fundamental logic; then the Supreme Court can revoke the section of the Law and order the Parliament to review the Act.
    No alleged wrong can be righted with another wrong.”

  549. Please stop breaking the families in the name of dowry harrasment. Please include the penalty for misuse of dowry which is used predominantly by urban women to extract money from their husband while the evil of dowry exists only at the rural uneducated society. Make punsihment for wrong complaints lodged against aged people and save the senior citizen women being humiliated in the hands of young saddist women

  550. A law is made to punish for a crime and to protect the innocent and the victim.
    What can one say for a law that is used to extort; terrorise; intimidate and break the social fabric.

  551. This law is taking the form of legal terrorism by women. I have been victimised and so have been so many other people. Women are using it to get thier husbands to do whatever they want.

  552. this is the worst possible law siting arrest when even the worng doing is not proved; how come even a law like this be given against anyone – without investigations done properly

  553. I completely agree and would like to participate in the initiative.

    For the problems of couples; they only have two options i.e.; to make adjustment willingly or to depart; and for the there are marriage courts.

    But unfortunately; women are using this law for legally extorting money from husbands and his family. Because for husband there is no option but to compromise on the demand made by wife; pay her and finish the criminal proceeding.

    The educated men (husbands) they would not have even had fight generally but they are made criminals and it is the biggest set back for their mind.
    And even after court finds that the court was false; there is no penalty for the petitioner…so woman enjoy even at the fault; enjoy money and then get married once again. And the husband with mark of 498(A) struggles to be in the society.

    I think..people who don’t have experience..the y read and pity but do not express their opinion for safeguarding.We need not thousands but millions of sinature on this PIL.

    Ple ase let me know..if you need any help.

  554. i think this law is the most misused law .first of all this should be made bail-able.and something should be done in order to prevent its misuse.

  555. “Lets fight together to stop this nonsense law from destroying more relationships and families. Either govt. provide “”No Dowry taken”” certificate mandatory while marriage and protect families from such misuse by daughter in law. Husbands should have complete protection from such laws. First and foremost such laws much be completely ABOLISHED and thrown out of window. Even when such complaints are filed; Police has to investigate(the ir prime job) and produce evidence before court. Courts must go thru all proofs from husband and Daughter in law sides and then give a fair judgement. Simply putting someone behind bars with no fault of his and his family is worst than Taliban rule. Stop this nonsense immediately. Also more education needs to be spread as to how one can protect himself and his family against such laws for those who have been successful.”

  556. I have viewed and agree with all who has sign this petition. IPC 498A has become a legal extortion tool for girls family; many innocent elderly persons have suffered and under sufferings due to this law. this law has been missued to the extent of getting RED CORNER NOTICES from INTERPOL against the GROOM if the boys lives overseas (NRI)hence relating the educated young peoples of this country with hardcore criminals and closing the doors for them or else they have to give in to the huge demand of money.
    The basic concept of INDIAN family life has been destroyed due to IPC 498A and if this is not stopped this is going to cause much damage to the families.

  557. “i have direct evidences tht haev not been looked upon
    my family is involved and most of the members were not even present at home i have direct evidcences that i have not asked for dowry

    he r own statements are contradictary
    but i am not heard

    am i secure here

    aft er my 498a i will leave india…i am from the creamy layer of india…pay taxes of which some part goes to funding to “”save girl child etc NGO”” …i am not alone paying but who all are paying are also facing wrath

    my own government is not listening to me

    mere apne ne hee dagaa kee jisko maine jeevan saathi chuna”

  558. This is ture it is harrasing than protection to the women. by using this law land grabbers and real estate are harrassing for lands too…
    some of the lawers are supporting by giving advice how launch complaint.

  559. All those women who do not want to adjust with the husband and or his family use this draconian law to terrorise them; extort money and permanently damage their peace of mind in which they are ably supported by their unscrupulous parents. No wonder why most of the settlements are done through huge transaction of money after having subjected the husband and his family to virtual hell.

  560. please stop misuse of this act; I am sure it started with a noble cause; does not mean it should effect the innocent.

  561. Stop Abuse of Sec.498-A. Save our Country from the draconian laws which is destroying our tradition & culture & institution which is called Marriage. Families after families are destroyed and harmony that is present in it is shattered. Husbands;Father s;Mothers;Siste rs;Brothers;Sma ll children are not spared and the trauma which they go through remains there throughout their life.

  562. I strongly oppose any gender biased laws like 498a! Man and woman should have equal rights. Criminals should be punished only AFTER the thorough investigation. 498a has become an easy tools for women to extort money; blackmail in-laws; child abduction and legal terrorism. Women who gives false complaints should be punished and the women of harassed husbands should be protected by the government. The NCW is only making more problems in the Indian society and misusing funds allocated by Indian government.

  563. I am right now living in my wife’s house. She made me empty in economically; giving troubles to my job and cornered in all direction. I left my parents; due to their safety. I am in the edge of my life. All due to misuse of these laws.

  564. Steps need to be taken to check the misuse of this draconian law and to our surprise and amazement the NWC has not taken any steps in this regard or forwarded a proposal to the Govt.WHY?
    Wh y does the Govt look at framing laws and not check the ways it can/may be abused to wreck havoc in our society?
    Can we also have the attention of the media which can play an instrumental role in awakening the so-called gaurdians of this feminist society?

  565. 498a is a ipc act but sometimes this act misused by women whose only vital interest is money and misuse their fundamental rights.
    sanj ib k das

  566. I Strongly feel the law should not have the non compounding and non bailable tag to it; as these tags are better suited for terrorists and brutall criminals.
    i also feel that there are severall injustice metted towards the wifes ; where the male should be punished accrding to the laws. but since the above tags ( non compounding and non bailable) make the police also look down for corruption and thus the real cases are not even registered due to their pree-occupation with senceless vendetta cases of rich and above average wifes who go to police for the initial thrill of getting the husband and relative arrested.

  567. I Strongly feel the law should not have the non compounding and non bailable tag to it; as these tags are better suited for terrorists and brutall criminals.
    i also feel that there are severall injustice metted towards the wifes ; where the male should be punished accrding to the laws. but since the above tags ( non compounding and non bailable) make the police also look down for corruption and thus the real cases are not even registered due to their pree-occupation with senceless vendetta cases of rich and above average wifes who go to police for the initial thrill of getting the husband and relative arrested.

  568. I Strongly feel the law should not have the non compounding and non bailable tag to it; as these tags are better suited for terrorists and brutall criminals.
    i also feel that there are severall injustice metted towards the wifes ; where the male should be punished accrding to the laws. but since the above tags ( non compounding and non bailable) make the police also look down for corruption and thus the real cases are not even registered due to their pree-occupation with senceless vendetta cases of rich and above average wifes who go to police for the initial thrill of getting the husband and relative arrested.

  569. She filed Sec.498-A against me & my parents to take revenge on us;as I had filed Divorce petition (We were poles apart)prior to her filing.All false charges against my Daddy & Mummy were narrated(My father used to hit her;pull her by hair daily-My mother never used to give her food & I used to thrash her every day)My father is 70 yrs.-is a Heart-patient who had undergone By-pass surgery-My mother is 67 yrs.-Both being senior citizens.We were not arrested as divorce was filed earlier & are on Bail.Would like to know that all the 3 witnesses filed in FIR by her have denied having seen such harassment being meted out by my family to the Police & have refused to give anything in writing.What will be status of the case as we are in a very bad shape of mind.I had earlier thought of committing suicide as literally I cry daily when alone;pondering what have I done that I & my parents had to go through such a traumatic experience in life.

  570. I am facing the threat of this legal terrorist; a lady (my wife) who came in my life after 28 yrs want me to erase my past 28 yrs and just become a servant to her. I wanted to help all my brothers and all families who are suffering the pains of this monster.

  571. My earnest request to the intelligentia of India to please come forward and save the honest & innocent people who are suffering without any fault; by misuse of laws (Dowry-DV Act). Please don’t be silent onlookers to our plight. It is an universal truth that the honest & truthful support honest people and liers and corrupted support their kind.
    So we hope to get the extended helping hand of honest people of India and the world.

  572. My Wife just for the sake of property under the pressure of Parents ( who are doing business on the life of daugthers my wife being third daughter – now became Corepathy with this business with his earlier two daughters) filed this section on me. But all are not same and one.

    So i thought to fight against this and undergoint right now the process of the fight against this false case.

    I would request all real perfect husband to react and fight against this law and see that only the real woman who are facing the issue use this law for the safe guard and is not used by the crimial parents for the sake of property to become rich in overnight.

  573. I agree that if Sec.498-A is made compoundable; it will help both the families to resolve the dispute. But what if False cases are filed under Sec.498-A without any convictions by the wives? They are just let off; unless the Husband files for defamation against his spouse at the higher courts. Why are not wives jailed or punished for the abuse of Sec. The trauma after such false cases on the boy; his parents; sister; brother and sometimes even small child who is not spared is horrifying. Senior Citizens are jailed without any proofs. Even in Murder cases proofs are required to convict the guilty. Wives just want to settle their scores by asking Hugh amounts from the In-Laws; so that she can withdraw the case. Isn’t such a demand of hers from his husband & In-Laws tantamount to a DOWRY? What a mockery of such a Section; which has been introduced for safeguarding her from the evils of dowry; is being used by her to extract money in such a way. I am also a victim of sec.498-A & fighting the evils of it. She filed Sec.498-A against me & my parents to take revenge on us; as I had filed Divorce petition (We were poles apart)prior to her filing. All false charges against my Daddy & Mummy were narrated(My father used to hit her; pull her by hair daily-My mother never used to give her food & I used to thrash her every day) My father is 70 yrs.-is a Heart-patient who had undergone By-pass surgery-My mother is 67 yrs.- Both being senior citizens. We were not arrested as divorce was filed earlier & are on Bail. Would like to know when would Law & Politicians wake up & see the modern; sophisticated crimes being committed on Husbands & their families? It should be scrapped totally or Wives should be jailed for the abuse of Sec.

  574. 498a is a good weapon for married woman to torture the groom’s family and members; even when they cannot get along. I am also one of the victims.

  575. Younger generations are not going to believe in Marriages if this is going to continue like this.Save Indian culture and Indian Marriages in the name of God.Somebody has to take the responsibility if anything worse happens to the innocent families.Who is responsible ?

  576. In my case; the girl that i got married to was a fraud and a cheat. She had done a cataract surgery and not informed me before marriage. One eye is almost blind.
    Its a 100% arranged marriage; and the motive of this is to illegally make money by putting stupid cases on me.
    I will fight till the end; irrespective of the law backing me. I have all the evidence; good lawyers; and enough support from friends; relatives; family.

  577. Amend or abolish the law. Women should not be allowed to use tax payer’s money for settling their personal score and extract money.

  578. This will goa long way in the agenda of girls to behave properly with the husbands family and lead a good mrried life

  579. Due to the misuse of the dowry law; the Indian Family System is collapsing and to avoid this; please add the punishement for the petitioner if it is proved beyond doubt that the case is a false case and suspend the Police officer who filed the wrong case without proper investigation.

  580. Stop these biased draconian Laws now; or India will be doomed to go back in time instead of advance. Family matters should never be a criminal offense; and should be settled in civil courts.

  581. Misuse of 498a is 100% a legal Terrorism. People should join hands to stop this evil.

  582. Gender Neutral laws should be encouraged. Laws specific to a specific gender is always helping some crooks in many ways. Hope the higher authorities takes some initiative to revise the law and make necessary changes.

  583. Horrible! Nowhere in the world except India such gender biased law exist. We; Men are fools to understand inner mind of the wive’s. Woman; let it be mother; sister;lover or wife; woman is woman and no doubt She will Cheat the man.

  584. There has to be an end to the torture of husband and his family by a criminal wife. This is a total misuse and it has to be stopped for a beautiful society. This is hardly being used by a really needy lady and I realise that most of the cases might be false.

  585. Misused act – equivalent to POTA! Needs amendments to protect vulnerable husbands and their family.

  586. I totally AGREE with Raja Durai’s comment.
    I hate this 498 law and DV law. they are probably made by some faaltu law maker. I STRONGLY OPPOSE the misue of marriage LAW

  587. I am an IT professional having passed out of an IIT. Today both my professional life and personal life is in jitters because of my wife and her family. Out of the 1 and half years of our marriage we spent almost 9 months in UK and I had given her all comforts that I could afford. Even before that when we were in India and just married I provided her all luxuries including a separate home away from my family. God knows how much I had loved and cared for her. Despite all this she and her family are today threatening of a divorce along with a sum of 60 Lakhs of Rupees. They are threatening of filing false cases against me if I do not meet their demands. They have not yet filed any case but I am afraid they are going to do this if I don’t meet their demand of 60 Lakhs. They have already used their contacts in the loal political party to defame me and my family.

  588. Misuse of 498A/406 should be stopped by giving legal protection to husband family. Is there any such legal protection exists? NO… then why… Marriage is not a crime … it is a institution..

  589. I didn’t knew before about all this ipc 498a.. but now after reading all the articles and I personally being victim can guess why people call it a leagal terrorism.. this law should be abolised or changed .. its not good for the humanity

  590. “The domestic violence law is breaking the families. The Law should help the safety and wellbeing of the citizens. If familes are broken; then the future generation is going to be seriously affected… what about the children.. the wives have find a good way to be immoral and lute the husband.

    There was a saying in Tamil; “”aagatha pondadi kai padda kuttram kaal padda kuttram”” means – an unwanted wife if her hand touched or leg touched it is a crime… Now the DV law and 498a has made it; “”aagatha purusan pesina DV thodda 498a””

    “”V allga vibacharam valarga indhia pen urimai””
    Let prostitution and immorality increase as the women get more rights…
    Congress is to be doomed… The chairman of congress is a woman; the president is a woman; Renuga chowdri a immoral law maker…

    Indian govt. is responsible… Remove all these women… support a party which keeps women in their rightful place.

    S oon Ration-cards will say; the wife is the head of the family… and men have to wear mangal-suthra and saree while women will wear jeans and run a prostitution centre where the whole word can come and be a customer… India will become the richest country over taking U.S.A and others…
    Congradulatio n Congress part; Congradulation Indian govt… for taking India forward… You are right; the pron industry is very rich… now India will become rich by women’s immorality…
    India will become rich; but remember that will be destruction of the great Indian civilization…

    Is there no sensible men in the Indian Govt. who could hear the voice of the inocent indian gentlemen…

    Men; kill your wives; the moment you suspect any immoral affair… Plan a accident; or send her on a trip and pay someone to rape and kill in a touriest place… don’t allow them to live; don’t show any mercy… you will be doomed… Finish them up if any hint of unfaithfulness is found in your wife… Do it inteligently so that you will get the compassion of the society and a good wife again.”

  591. “This is the biased law which listens nothing of the husband side but only favours the female. It gives excellent opportunity to the adulterated women to file a false case under this section and get extortion money in the name of compromise and mutual divorce from the husband. This is nothing but “”LEGAL TERRORISM”””

  592. these anti dowry laws are used by women upon advise from their lawyers to harrass and implicate the entire inlaw household . just to extort maintainence. it is high time some parity is restored. Once politicians start being implicated in these cases only then will they realise the gravity of the situatuion

  593. women are misusing this law against innocent men.this law must be amended immediately.thi s is a curse in indian society.

  594. Hi;

    I love my country and people; My father served his whole life in Army; I was born and brought up in a disciplined and streamlined society. I am a Software engineer in a top MNC. But unfortunately I and my parents were victimized by my wife and her parents with false allegations and were threatened by the dowry harassment law. we have limited social contacts as were are away from the native for long time. This site gave me lot of strength and confidence that we are not not alone.
    I will do my best to highlight this site to help other as well.

    Th anks;
    Surend ra

  595. I hail indaian constitution and laws;but strongly feel that some laws are severly biased and favour women;we seriously need to look into them and stop harrassing innocent men and their families mentally socially emotionaly and financially;i m saying this though i m a woman myself and am proud of being one i have seen many women takin undue advantage of certain laws to be one up;and destroy their husbands family to cover up their selfish motives.i would like to be part of this movement which is trying to be fair;justice minded and unbaised.

  596. I loved my country. I loved our constitution. I loved our Judiciary and law enforcement agencies. I liked men & women of our country. But when police came to arrest me and my mother on a false 498a complaint; I started to think as a rebel. I am afraid I may start hating everything. Why should I be proud of a nation where a women can dub me like a hardcore criminal just by making a false compalint and put me on remand with hardcore criminals; bootleggers; rapists; goondas? Why should I be proud of our judiciary and police if I were to see my beloved mother languishing in police custody with with bad types of women just because the women whom I married does not like her?

  597. Its high time that the law needs to be amended before men are extinct like Dodos.

  598. I have faced stress; and tension through this law. why there is a partiality between men and women?

  599. 498a and DV is a instrument for educated women and her family to blackmail in laws.

  600. i am victim of 498-A/406/34 I.P.C.

    i also blame law makers for not considering pros and cons of the law and judiciary is also to blame.

  601. My inlaws are trying to falsely implicate my parents into dowry case and demanding huge money for no dowry case.

    Lo t of tensions in home. We have some recordings which makes our claim true.

    Pl ease help

  602. Dear Sir/Madam;

    I am Raghavendra B Naik youngest son of B M Naik working and living in USA. Our family is in Hospet City; Bellary District; Karnataka; India.

    My family :
    Father : B M Naik –> 67 years retired
    Moth er: Vijayalaxmi –> 62 years Homemaker
    Si ster : Nivedita –> Lawyer in Hospet court; Bellary District; Karnataka from 13 years
    Elder Brother –> Nagaraj B Naik –> (Husband of Pavana who committed suicide) was working in Bahrain now after this case has to resign his job and sacrifice his house and all the items.
    Secon d brother -> Dr.Girish B Naik –> Living in UK
    Youngest Son (Myself) –> Raghavendra B Naik –> living in USA.

    I am bringing here to your notice that our family(Father; Mother; Sister and brother) has been filed against false dowry and harrasement case that is 498A. Due to this my father and brother has already been in jail from January 14th 2008 till Feb 14th 2008 and now they got regular bail but my sister and mother got anticipatory bail.

    This is actually the case of my elder brother who’s wife committed suicide at our house in Hospet; Bellary District. My brother who is an Mechanical engineer and works in Bahrain from past 2 years and before that he worked in Muscat for 3 years and has worked in many MNC companies domestic and internation. He along with his wife and daughter(4years old) stayed in Bahrain from 2005 but his wife came back to India in the month of Sept 2007 to her parents place and was staying there. My brother who came to India after 2 years in December 2007 went to her parents house directly from Airport and brought here to our parents house in Hospet for Vacation but she was not interested to come and also dont want to go with him to Bahrain. My brother has helped her family in all ways it was possible by him (financially and also helping her brother get a job in Bahrain and send money to her parents) We have all the bank statements he has sent money to them.

    This incident happened on 13th January 2008 when my parents and sister went to Bangalore to drop off our second brother’s wife to airport to join her husband in UK. My elder brother’s wife commited suicide and later her parents came directly to Hospet police station ( her father Janardhan Naik is a constable at Kumta; Karnataka) with all the papers ready to file the dowry and harrasement case against out family without even seeing thier daughter’s dead body at General Government Hospital; Hospet. By knowing this my father and brother went to police station why they did not come to see the dead body and even did not tell them why they were there in police station and were shocked to see that they filed an FIR against our family and police without any clarification arrested my father and brother on the spot and harrased them to sign on a paper where in the girls father worte somethings like a list of items given as dowry which is not true. When my father and brother asked what is in the letter written they harrased my father and brother and two of the constables including the sub-inspector present on duty raised to hit my father who is 68 years old and retired. They raised their hands and sticks(lathi) and presurrised to sign that paper where in the list of items which has no accounts.

    Now after my family got the bail the girls father Janardhana Naik is creating story every where saying that he just want the things and money from our family and this came from COD and lawyers who are asking our family to payoff immediately. COD is pressurising us very much saying that they will re-arrest my family again if the things not given to them immediately. We do not know whom to trust.

    COD has collected and has not given the reciept for any of these things but still asking our family to pay off saying that you are rich people and why cannot you guys pay some 2 to 3 lakhs as bribe to close the case by compromising and my father has said that we do not have that money even if my childrens are working in USA/UK/Bahrain.

    1)all the original bank statements of my brother sending money to her family; –> collected by COD; Bangalore
    2) all the original bills for the gold and ornaments my brother purchased for her. –> collected by COD ; Bangalore
    3) girls father has taken all the jewellery from her body when he came to Hospet to file the case against our family. –> Collected by Janardhan Naik; girls father.

    Now COD is asking us to payoff some 25 tholas of gold and some cash to them and they are saying this as compromise. Please help us. hope you do justice for our family.

    My brother’s wife who died never stayed in our house at Hospet with my parents; sister and any of us for more than 3 to 4 months in a span of 5 years of marriage.

    She stayed with her own parents house at kumta atleast 2.5 years even without living with her husband in Bahrain.

    I can give more details of the case as well girls family if needed.

    Thanks for all your time and listening to us.

    Thanks and Regards;
    Rag havendra B Naik
    Youngest son of B M Naik

  603. I Jaydeep A Tanna husband of Deepali J Tanna; she is staying seperate since 2.5years & last one year she had no communication with me ; she is misguide by their family member & 3yrs child which she has kept with her custody & very oftenly demand for Divorce; with my family member & with me.Iam not interest in giving divorce.
    Should i be cool or what should i do the best advice.

  604. i think this is the right time to take some strong steps against those daughter-in-law s and their parents who are misusing 498-A and DV act otherwise scared institution of marriage will remain no more.

  605. Hi; I am a newbie to this community and I am John from US by the way and
    looking forward to meeting everyone!

  606. 498A SHOULD BE BAILABLE. IT IS USED BY WICKED WIVES TO TROUBLE THEIR HUSBANDS AND IN-LAWS. GIRLS AND THEIR PARENTS DO NOT COMPLAIN AT THE TIME OF GIVING DOWRY(IF AT ALL DOWRY IS DEMANDED) AND THEN AFTER MARRIAGE WIVES AND THEIR FAMILY FILE 498A JUST FOR THE SAKE OF HARRASSING THE HUSBAND AND IN-LAWS. PERSONS ACCUSED IN 498A SHOULD NOT BE ARRESTED WITH OUT PROPER INVESTIGATION.

  607. THOUGH THE SECTION IS MEANT FOR THOSE WHO ARE ACTUALLY BEING HARRASSED; IT IS BEING MISUSED BY SO MANY INORDER TO HARRASS THE HUSBAND AND HIS FAMILY MEMBERS. HENCE I STRONGLY FEEL THAT THIS SECTION SHOULD BE ALTERED. THE POLICE SHOULD FIRST COMPLETE THE INVESTIGATION PART TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE WIFE IS REALLY SUBJECTED TO HARRASSMENT OR NOT.

  608. A politticaly sick government; with equaly sick women heading the women cause; and the judicery made helpless executers; are the cause of Indian Family Demolition and unilateral gender bias.

    Th e british rulers left enslaving laws as old as 200yrs; and the present govenment is supporting laws which will disintegrate this countrys family and open wide the doors to foreign yoke again.

  609. My wife has filed 498a against me and my parents; also she has doubted my charachter in her FIR on 28.01.2008 at sarkhej police station; Ahmedabad.
    I have been granted bail on 13.02.2008 by Mirzapur court-Ahmedabad .
    Please advise me futher.
    Than ks with best regards;
    Dee pak Shah
    9725771 654

  610. I have visited this webpage first time as I was seaching internet to know whether there is any one who can help us and other victims of DV Act and Divorce cases falsely put on us. It will be a great thing if this organsisation help me and my family and other people who are known to me and are victims of blind laws. I am waiting for their reply.

  611. THIS LAW WILL END MARRIAGES IN INDIAN SOCIETY. THE LAW IS NEITHER BASED ON JUSTICE; NOR EQUALITY. THIS LAW IS DEFINITELY A BRAIN CHILD OF SOMEBODY VERY SICK IN THE MIND AND WHO IS DEADLY AGAINST MARRIAGE.

  612. I myself am a victim of this draconian 498A which was used by a women whom I married

  613. Weird law is all I can say. All the cases piling up in courts because of denial of natural justice to people of India. Laws need to be made unbiased and more relationship friendly and ensure only the genuine are able to use it and fix the loopholes so that number of cases registered are less and people/society is overall happy and have respect for each other. Ultimately biased laws will most likely go away but in several years then why not now? India follows west in technology then why not in Laws that are human good. Politicians need to do in depth study and be more educated before making more laws. While the world looks at India for overall progress but it has still miles to go.

  614. This country will become a marriageless country or people will stop giving birth to boy child. Our country is worst. it should be removed from worlds map..dont know which frustrated j*** made this marriage law.

  615. Sir;

    We are one among the victims of 498a/ 506 /125 /138. We are harassed to the core by the woman i married unfortunately and her family. There has to be a law which counter these and anyone who files false cases should be penalised. God; pls save these man from the clutches of this law.

  616. This Act is not based on justice.

    Women are using it to threaten husband.

    It is killing marriages.

  617. What I say… Is it mocury of justice… I have 498A;406;406 CRPC pending against me and my parents… YES; 2 406 cases… The petitioner do not know that She has taken all her belogings with the help of police with two witnesses (That is on record in her witness under section 125) but she has bond at court. She don’t know she has filed 498A/406 cases againt me and my parents (In her witness under section 125).For that my father has been JC for 5 days and myself for 20 days. She cannot remember whether she filed another case under 406 CRPC against me and my family members.
    All my cases are pending at Barasat Court. What should I do?

  618. “It is really funny that “”Indian law under 498A and DV law came into effect and many innocent husbands especially NRIÆs become scapegoat for this law and surrendered to court without any options leaving their well respected job and aged parents suffering”” . Currently I am in UAE; they are (my inlaws) using all their influence to bring me back to India so that they can put me behind bars; they have already dragged my aged parents through women cell and left after one day. They are claiming Rs. 50 lakhs for ruemenaration !! they are very much aware that I am not in a position to spare Rs. 5 lakhs.
    I truly condemn the intention of my wife and her parents that monetary are the only factor beyond this. They know that I have some proof and it will be produced in court; now they informed police that I have fabricated everything. At any cost I am not going to compromise on this; I would like to fight till finish. I need justice. Hope all these innocent messages should not go in vain. Thanks to our lawmakers.”

  619. Gender equity; family harmony; unbiased legal provisions make a good society. I support the fight against gender-biased laws and gross misuse of draconian dowry harassement law; the 498A.

  620. india will become a marriage less country unless 498A is not removed or the court/police start doing justice to men. I hate this country

  621. My life is ruined.My daughter is taken away by my insane in-laws and my 498a woman.My aged mother;married sister;brother and sister in law is harrassed by 498a

  622. Sir;

    Tod ay men and women are equal. Maybe women are more equal because all law and sympathies are with them. They are stronger and they threaten men and ruin them; even if a small fight arises. Please scrap this.

  623. Your organization & other like minded organizationsmu st lobby aggressively to ensure that these misplaced laws are repealed & innocent Men & Their Families are saved from harassment under these laws which are nothing but means of legal extortion. I am sure you will find a lot of voices of support & the powers that be will be forced to take action to correct the sorry state of affairs. The government rather than blindly listening to feminist groups; individuals & quasi-governmen tal bodies should ensure that Men & Their families enjoy legal immunity;protec tion & safeguards; as well & equal laws be enacted with provisions for stringent punishment for women; their families & other individuals who encourage them to misuse these laws and also those laws be corrected which would punish a man for an act but if the woman were to do the same thing she is let off. women just because they are women & their partners in crime should not be allowed to get away with their criminal actions and the punishments should be so stringent that the unscrupulous think a zillion times before they act. Its a shame the world’s largest democracy; has such pseudo-regressi ve; absurd & misplaced laws which are the reason for some of the worst human rights abuses & violation of fundamental rights of Men & Their Families; guaranteed to them by law.

  624. As I am settled in Germany for the past 12 years; and even my wife/family was there with me. Seperations/div orces happen everywhere; and in most nations; mutually with consensous; and even after seperation/divo rce they continue to remain good friends. But in India the women misuse 498a and 406 in such a way so as to squeeze and extract the men to the maximum financially and mentally; instead of winning the heart and mind of the husband; wife want him physically as a showpiece with her. Disgusting and one sided law.

  625. I am in favour of modification of the 498 and DV Act. Senior people like us are being subjected to sever and regular harrassment torture and intemidataion by the daughter-in-law s and thwir crooked family members due to this law. Daughter-in-law s; staying at their matrimonial home insult us; abuse us and forbid our sons to perform their duties towards their old parents all the time; sometimes even beat us. We have nowhere to go. Old people also need a gender independant protection law very badly.

    Mrs. Bharati Pal

  626. I fully support this petition to review all laws which give undue advantage to a criminal.
    I have seen first hand some of the devastating consequences of these false cases on my own paternal cousin. He has been implicated in a false case for the last FIVE years and his life is completeley ruined and seems like the case has not even started. Indian justice systems spans a time period of 20 years and you have to keep running the courts while the person who filed false case sits at home.

    Ho pe government gets some sense and includes a clause to punish the party who has falsely filed the case and give compensation to victims of these false cases.

    T hanks;
    Srini vas Telukunta

  627. 498A is a draconian law which has been created without much thought; due diligence; research and survey analysis etc. i think this law has been created by some politicians who would have wanted women votes and also parents of girls. this law is absolutely against the basic tenets of judiciary system where the accused is to be proven guilty rather than accused requiring to prove innocent and this makes it equal to laws against terrorism which means anyone being accused under this law is supposedly equal to a terrorist which is so pathetic that normal common man is being equated with a terrorist by theory of association
    this law should be relooked at and made amenable to our society by putting some checks and balances to prevent any misuse of this law which is a common knowledge now that it is being misused with impunity.

  628. I fully support this PIL.

    It is high time we get rid of this Legal Terrorism called 498a or else it will be too late so save the fabric of Indian Family.

    Neither Women nor Men are gaining anything out of this law. It is just wasting years and years of productive time of Indian youth.

    S hame on the people who misuse this law.
    Shame on the people who support the miuse of this laws.

    Sh ame and many curses to the people who are throwing India back in time by labelling common people as criminals.

  629. Why our civil laws donÆt take great gender devide while drafting dowry law into notice?
    Why are they so women oriented? Why an innocent family has to bear the brunt of it?
    Why do they have to live in constant fear of the DIL who is hell bent to shatter family harmony? Is this the price male in India have to pay when they marry ?.

  630. This law needs to abolished with immediate effect as even the law makers are well aware that this has been misused by many and many innocent families are being victimised. This kind of terrorism should be stopped to safegaurd the future of indian society for harmony. For how long this 498A and DV acts has to be continued?? Atleast the lawmakers shall wake up now to stop the damage which has alrewady happend in society. The next generation will be carried over in this misuse of laws after knowing this illegal actions and i am sure the faith in indian judiaciary system will be collapsed soon if it continues.
    < br>There should be a law equal and applicable to all humanity but not on gender basis. Ladies are well aeare of this loophole of the law and tehy are playing with males and their families.My request is to abolish 498A or needs to be amended immediately so that ladies who trap the innocent families will think over before filing any criminal cases.

    T hanks
    Ramu

  631. I must admit that my battle has just begun and I do realize the sufferings of other fellow brothers who have faced the consequences of this modern living and also the bias Indian Law favoring the non deserving modern Indian women. I; unconditionally support this PIL in every respect & do expect all support and guidance from this noble movement initiated by all of you concerned.

  632. Now a day many foreigners are coming to India for getting wedlock (marriage); so that their marriage life may long live. But here; in India divorces are increasing because our govt. is giving the tools like 498A;D.V. act which is misused by the unscrupulous girls & their family members.
    No real victims are using 498A.This has become a sharp weapon for getting divorces; or blackmailing husbands for getting money only.
    The govt. & supporters of these type of biased laws can study the lives of these unscrupulous girls who has used (specially misused) 498A law. There lives could never be settled after using 498A. Secondly cases are increasing day by day after implementing this law.(ôMarz badhta gaya jyon jyon dava kiö). Because there are many drawbacks (specially biased for girls) in this law.

  633. I fully support this PIL. It is high time that 498a be changed suitably in order to serve better purposes than just to extort money from husband; break Indian families;and using famliy as ATM machine; and detiorating Indian culture.

  634. I want to join your association and expose the injustice happened in married life and the mental harrasement what I am going through with the gal I married.

  635. HATS OFFF!!!a big indeed heartly greetings to all the viewers and members..women are always given the last & least preference in indian society and here it comes another site to add in that mean list.u r bothered abt the guys sufered from this but u never realised the gals though highly educated and disciplined falling as a prey for it.pls come to the remote places in india where u see the dowry as a common ritual..first try to eradicate that and build a nation and start working for a better nation.i am personaly tortured cruelly by my inlaws and my husband just because of their pesimistic nature and greediness and was necked out of the house(wit just the pair of clothes on the body)within a few days of marriage just in the greed of money..my parents were severely abused in vulgur language for not able to satisfy thier wishlist…DO YOU ACCEPT THIS FOR UR SIS OR UR PARENTS?CAN YOU BEAR IT PERSONALY?my WHOLE life was spoiled just bcoz of a man’s greediness though i am equally qualified.if this is the situation to an educated woman lik me just imagine abt the gals in the remote place who never even exposed to out-of-thier town.so brothers and sisters just think once.even the greatest medicine has got its own side effects and nonusage of medicine is not at all the solution to that when compared to its advantages in using.FIRST TRY TO CONCENTRATE UR ENERGY;TIME AND MONEY ON A MORE COMPLICATED ISSUES IN THE NATION THAN CRYING ON THE WOMEN LAWS..sorry if i hurt anyone.even i love my nation alot but in a POSITIVE way.Jai Hind.

  636. This law is harassaing my family.My sister-in-law and her family have filed a case under this section.My mother who is old and can barely walk is also included. It has brought us a lot of ignomony.this law must be scraped.Allow proper investigation before arresting people.

  637. 498a is a biased law. Either it should be scraped or modify it so that innocent male should not get victimized.

    There are some scoundrel women who are misusing these laws for their selfish interest.

  638. Do away with the act since it only is being exploited by women with evil intentions to harrass and trouble their in laws and husbands.

  639. Before convicting the person/persons under 498a; a thorough investigation by the concerned Dept. viz. Police Dept. should be done. Greedy girls/women misuse this law for their own benefit and it is mostly the noble gentlemen who and his family suffer silently and patiently. Even the near relatives are sometimes not spared and their names are also gets registered.

  640. This 498A will not build the relationship it will collapse the relationship. Implement the act who misuses the law will get severe punishment then I will bet 90% of the cases wonÆt get register.

  641. My Point is that stringint ;prompt & fast action should also be taken ; similiar to that which is there for the boy & his family against those wives whose case or complaint is investigated as false; this is the only way to protect misuse.Currentl y this law is a one way traffic ; or such a law should be drafted where men can also take recourse of harrassment ; touture & extortion. The Law enforcment agencies should be sensitised that in this modern era men can also be victims

  642. getting the relief to this false case; is nothing but the fighting adout the law makers.

  643. If we say both are equal; where is equality? We are spoiling the indian culture and every husband thinking against marraige is going to be changed.
    We can not make both as equal by giving power to single person.
    Don’ t give any power to anybody; try to balance if you can.

  644. ONLY THOSE MEN CAN UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS SITE AND HELP; WHO HAVE SUFFERED HARRASEMENT
    IT IS VERY HARD TO CONVINCE OTHER PEPOLE THEY JUST LAUGH ON SITUATION.

  645. I was accussed of 498A only becoz my wife and her family wanted me to do whatever they told me.
    So they registered a false complain against me and my old parents.
    Not a single hearing has happened for the pas 6 months; but when it was registered I and my parents were forced to get a bail.And my Old parents who have never went to court were dragged to the police station and Court without having done anything.
    In contrast my wife had subjected them to physical/verbal abuse;and ill treatment and me the mute spectator.
    B ut since I am a boy hence; I think no justice for me.
    Is this the constitution of the Country which claims to be the largest Democratic Country in the World.Isn’t it a shame for the entire legal fratenity which claims equality in all ascpect??
    But promotes such discrimination.

  646. I was married in Feb 2006. My wife stayed for 5 months with me and then forced me to take separate house as she did not want to live in joint family.She could not adjust even a bit.I took a separate house; still she refuses to come. Then suddenly she files false 498A/406 case against whole family. She says she wants to see us all in jail.
    I think this 1 sided law needs to be repealed. Why is wife not required to prove anything? This way; the family system will break and who would marry? I; for certain will never marry again.
    You SIF people are doing a great job. Keep it up

  647. Me and my family are also a victim of this False Dowry case. My parents health is not that great especially my mother’s and the girl i married; i found out very soon was full of materlistic and green card aspirations and did not care about me in any way or my parents.

    So they filed criminal charges against my parents and my poor brother.

    I have lost all the respect for Modern Day Women; who is unfit in both professional and Domestic lives.

    A lso; I can use some help from someone that is residing in Bangalore; I am more than happy to offer them monetary compensation for their time or help providing some things i need to get done.

  648. Supreme Court has made the laws totally against MEN… i am not saying this is wrong to think about women welfare but not to forget about MEN Laws…atleast to save one dont compell other. This world canot survive without any one of two. So Please make changes in laws ( Rape/Dowry). this is really irony of our country that it is becoming womens rule over men. it should be parallel with co-ordination.

  649. “pls stop misusing the law and adopt a policy of ‘LET LIVE AND LET OTHERS LIVE”””

  650. Please stop it immediately otherwise there will be no stable family in the society.

  651. The law which was made to protect women which they are using to attack the innocent people.
    Plea se stop this and punish the missusers.

  652. This is legal terrorism in India and in this fast growing world things should be dealt with more caution and prosecute women who misuse this law.

  653. i whole heartedly agree to the removal of gender bias in this law as we live in the world where equality of sexes is accepted by all

  654. When a women is looked as a sister; then all the Acts made for the protection of Womens’s Right works against her. But once that same women is looked as a wife then all the Acts made for the protection of Women’s Right favors her. Then where is the parity of the Acts made for the Protecion of the Rights of Women.

  655. Their relatives are blackmailing me and my parents ;
    my relatives; friends and welwishers are able to just crack them i.e. mahila mukti sangh
    (her chachi – chacha who are human activist in Pune have planned this plot aginst me) but can’t do; even my daughter wrote me a letter contening she wants to come to me. but unable to even se her face for last 6 years.

  656. Wish you all the very good luck for taking up this noble cause further and make a difference for the husbands who are targeted by their wives and their in laws.

  657. Law a is a powerful tool; when in wrong hands; can do more harm than help. Undoubtedly; 498 is a tool that is being misused to the women.

    This was a law probably framed to help the lower classes; and people with unorganized incomes; but being misused by them as well as upper classes as well.

    Any law; when it is not reviwed for its effectiveness will be misused. Request the Judicial system to necessiate the required.

  658. Having personally enduring this cruelty; I totally support the PIL and sincerely hope the lawmakers act and bring about positive changes to this illogical and terribly abused section.

  659. Section 498a has become a tool of modern women terrorising tool. Every one including women would agree that using it falsely for personal gains is a crime but they cant resist the temptaion of torturing their husbands and her in-law’s just for pleasure of getting her vengence over trivial things. I am on the verge of becoming a victim my self. I got married on 18-11-05. We stayed together for 2 1/2 months. When she became pregnant she went to her parents house in Oct 06 and till date she has not come back. Reason she wants my parents thrown out even when we were not staying with my parents. My wife has deserted me. My daughter has completed her first birth day in her grandpas house a couple of days back. My parents are torn beyond recovery and they now have health problems due her constant irritating and abusive behavior even over phone.

    W hy don’t people understand that even men are human beings. Even we do feel the pain.

    Na me it and there is a law to protect a WOMAN but even if you use a lamp or use a magnifying glass you can not find a law to protect an animal known as HUSBAND.

    Women who cannot stay without men be it in any one of the forms like father; brother; son or husband forget that they had and were ready to compromise with the first three persons but not the fourth person HUSBAND. Marriage is said to be a bond arising out of compromises. Why this disparity this ill-treatment with the fourth person HUSBAND??.
    < br>It seams that we are building a society exclusively for Women only in future by eradicating the species known as Male. Like dinosaurs future generation will see man in text books only. May be when man becomes an endangered species Females will start a Male Restoration program or drive to have a future for their race[female].

  660. Well; 498 was introduced in order to prevent the persecution of women by their greedy in-law’s. But somehow; this freaking section is being grossly misused ! Those women who are suffering at the hands of their in-laws’s continue to do so. While those married ladies who don’t suffer any persecution at all; very conveniently use this law to extort money !

    This is tantamount to legal terrorism and extortion !!!

  661. No doubt; 498A & DV Act now misused by the Bharat naari to harass her husband. She can do anything in this country for which NWC & other women activists will support. Time is elapsed to ammend these ruthless Acts and rules.

  662. My Brother’s wife lodged formal complaint with police and an FIR is filed against me as 498a sec3; sec4. This is totally rediculous as I never even talked to her since my brother’s marriage 2 years before.

  663. IPC 498a needs some very serious revisions to stop it from being misused. One of such revision might be to give stringent punishment to the party who misuses it (after court establishes that the 498a compliant is false).

  664. When we dont have such laws even for terrorists; then why have a law which presumes you to be guilty without proving it. It goes against the natural law of justice. Natural justice must prevail – a person must be persumed to be innocent till PROVEN otherwise. Over half the MLAs & MPs from certain states have criminals charges against them & in certain cases proven by lower courst but they keep hanging on in the Legislature!! If this is justice then we definately are a BANANA republic.

  665. I totally support this drive against 498a. This law is used as a weapon towards NRI husbands to extort money $$$$ and wives and their famliy mis-use this law to extort money $$$#. This 498a law is making mockery of the whole judicial system; women have a right to do that and unfortunately no one can do anything about it. If the Indian law says that every human being should be treated equal irrespective of the race; gender; color; etc; then why there are so many confusion in the hindu marriage act; the cultural value; life style; education status and life is changed so much with respect to the defined hindu marriage but still the hindu marraige act is based on the old system; that has to reviewed. Here are some of the confusions about hindu marriage act:
    1: Hindu marriages are not contract. If so; how the women has the right to live separately and enjoy maintenance.
    2: Maintenance is married women right. They what is the duty of a married women? There is consideration of women’s responsibility; education; etc.
    3: Men can not seek divorce by women can. Why? there are plenty of reasons that women does not follow her responsibilty in the marraige; why men has to be the victim for women’s irresponsibilit y?
    I truly appreciate the efforts of organizations working to protect innocent families who have been falsely accused of this law.

  666. 498a law is a shameful act which is a dark patch on the democratic values of India where respectable ; aged and young persons are jailed without any investigations. I am a ilent spectator of such a false complaint by a clever woman who married a NRI to finance herself for her immigration to Canada; & then demanded divorce & has filed the case to extort more money from her innocent exhusband & very respectable ex parents in la

  667. I totally support this drive against 498a. I have seen and expirenced many innocent mens and their families being blackmailed; totured and broken due to IPC 498a. This is also used as a weapon towards NRI husbands to extort money $$$$. I truly appreciate the efforts of organisations working to safeguard innocent families who have been falsely accused of this law. PLEASE PROTECT the innocent families to be the victim of 498a. 498a has RUINED the basic family structure of INDIA.

    T ruly INDIAN.
    ANWA R

  668. This grossly unfair law violates the Indian constitution; and is an insult to everything that’s sane and reasonable. It exists only because lawyers; the police; the politicians; and all others involved think of it as the goose that’s laying golden eggs. Only in India.

  669. We the innocent parents of falsely alleged victim of 498a are loosing health and mental balance due to complaint pending in police station since last six months. We are in bail now but have a heavy feeling on our heart due to sad end of son’s marriage and this false 498a complaint/ Whom to ask for compensation ?Our BP has increased and look 20 years older in last six months.

  670. This law is ruining life of women instead of saving. Secondly men has became a toy for ladies.

  671. THIS LAW IS BREAKING FAMILIES. IT IS NOT PROVIDING JUSTICE. WIFES HIGH ON MISGUIDANCE WHO GO FOR IT THEMSELVES DONOT KNOW THE END CONSEQUENCE OF IT AND THIS LAW MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR AFFECTED FAMILY TO EVEN TRY FOR RECONCILIATION. IT PROVIDES NO U-TURN TO EITHER PARTY AND BOTH SIDES ARE THROWN INTO UNNATURAL BATTLE. LOTS OF LIVES ARE WASTED IN THIS UNFORTUNATE STEP.
    IF THIS LAW HAS TO BE KEPT AND CAN’T BE DONE AWAY WITH; THEN PROCESS TIME NEEDS TO BE SHORTENED FOR THE END RESULT…DIVORC E. A MECHANISM FOR THE SAME SHOULD BE PUT IN PLACE FOR ACHIEVING THIS RESULT.
    THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON ONE SHOULD WASTE THIS BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY CALLED L I F E.

  672. i am suffering from wrong eligations of 498a…
    gett ing harrashed by them. my whole family is alligated. govt should open their eyes iterwise wrong advantages wll b always taken by girls party

  673. Absolutely …. its like making mockery of the whole judicial system…. women have a right to do that and unfortunately no one can do anything about it…. Finally with this PIL in the pipe line i m sure things would change for good..n provide relief to a lot of people … Insha allah things would improve….

  674. Indian Lawmakers dont realize the non-sense of IPC 498A.This law is completely inhumane.

  675. The Constitution of India (As per 498a) says that a women whom boy marry’s is master of faith for all the family member. The way this evil is spreading i think in very near future the Marriage concept will erode from Indian Mens mind. Our Culture will be lost because we are loosing the human values. 1 women changes the concept of life for several memberss. Last but not least God is there to See the truth. HAVE FAITH IN GOD….Saccai Ki Jeet Hogi…. Deer se hi Sahi….

  676. I have seen misuse of this; Let civil courts /Faimly courts handle these cases.Make only husband responsible for this case. Even in todays world it has become a tool to monetary gains and harrase the parents in old age.
    K.D.Sharma

  677. “I AM AGAINST THE MISUSE OF IPC 498A BY A WIFE AGAINST HER HUSBAND & INLAWS IN ANY MANNER.

    “”T HE POWER THAT BE;”” WHO IS AUTHORISED TO SAFE GUARD THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN BEINGS; MUST COME FORWARD AND SAVE THESE HAPLESS MEN & WOMEN ROTTING UNDER SUCH DRACONIAN RULE OF LAW.”

  678. time its done. i am a victim. they are emotionally blackmailing me by not letting me speak to my son or see him.

  679. Have seen some victims because of misuse of 498a.
    Please make it perfect by including logical investigation before making any arrests.

  680. I did not take a single paise dowry(can prove with evidience) . but I was harrassed.My jewelery was taken away. luckily I was not arrested. I can prove everything with evidience. please go ahead

  681. Section 498A IPC is Gold-Mine for Corrupt Law
    enforcin g machinery and criminals.
    < br>This is a Racket in India suported by vested Interest and corrupt Judiciary.

  682. I being a indian citizen; deeply hurted by hindu marriage act and the way in which meaning of indian marriages are destroying by so called intellecturals; law system and political party’s.
    There are many confusions about hindu marriage act. some of them are given below;
    Point 1: Hindu marriages are not contract. If so; how the women has the right to live separately and enjoy maintenance.
    point 2: Maintenance is married women right. They what is the duty of a married women?
    point 3: Men can not seek divorce by women can. Why? there are plenty of reasons for women and not for men.

  683. ôHusbandö could be tormented by the ôWivesö

    That is a shock for you & also me. So has really a not small part of the world turned around with men being tormented by wives!

    Now TODAYs…

    The woman of 21st century who wants a boy as an ADARSH pati who will obey all the instructions of the wife and also he is expected to know cooking; knitting; singing and wait for her till she returned from the any where and then serve hot dinner to her.

    That of course is a hilarious take on the then prevalent practice in our society.All of you wondered how a ôpatiö could be tormented by the ôpatniö.

    On trying then; I could think of the following ôfewö ways in which a wife could
    ill-tr eat her hubby û

    1.
    S hopping the very second day when the hubbyÆs account gets credited with the salary of the month and making sure that its reduced to 50% by the third day but new demands arise by the 15th of the month.
    2.
    The most significant û ôwifeÆs momö. She is the tyrant ruler who is always on the lookout for the negatives in the ôjamai-rajaö and ensuring that her daughter is not in any sort of problem in the house and in her this assurance she will put the poor hubby to endless problems.
    — ———
    Wh at would be we doing for that…

    Please write your views and suggestions to my mail id..
    ssaurab hjain.backup@gm ail.com

    Thanks
    S aurabh Jain

    Not e: Me also under going on facing that type situation and find the way come out…. so any body could help me? 09868660240

  684. i agree that this gender biased rules should be changed and equal rights should be given to both the sexes without discrimination; times have changed and the women are misusing the laws to their advantage.

  685. It is really disgusting to know about this arbitrary law. The President of India has to take an immediate overall look to this particular Act; make certain concessions like bailable offence; and the same punishment to the complainant on filing a false complaint. Old parents; children and physically handicapped should not be jailed or harassed. It should only be applicable to husband; or a relative if domestic violence is proved beyond doubt after a thorough medical examination of the victim. This will deter the Women from filing false complaints and breaking families.

  686. Please getrid of this; due to this law indian family system is vanishing; if educated woman & working woman come to know about this law; she starts playing in every ones life.

  687. dear sir…
    i am NRI living in UK and working in one of the best bank of UK; i came here before 4 years; and my wife join me just after one year of my stay in UK; as we are having problem with each other and we were prepared that we cant leave together; and we decided to be seperate for good of us and she said when she will go to india she will talk to her parents and then we will finalise the matter…..

    but when i went to india after she went for her brother’s marriage in jan-06; i went in april-06; and went to her home to say that we want to seperate; but after that they didnt reply anything….and in november-2006; she and her family members logged a complaint in local police station for 498A; dowery and adultery….pol ice came to my home and asked my parents to go with thm as thy are of old age thy were scared and my mom got pain in her heart and she was not well…but lady constable didnt listened anything and she pressurise them; then my neighbour came and request thm to come in morning; so in morning my parents went to that police station with my advocate and thy stayed there for whole day; thy were innocent thy didnt do anythin and thy have to suffer in police staion for one day because of her wrong alegations on me and my family; thy need money from me and i am still fighting for my justice in court and spent lots of money for the same;;;;;;this is really shame for me and my parents…i was prouding myself being an indian but after this things when i met police; advocates been to court; i realise what is true india….we are still backward and very poor; our law is biased to woman and thy are mis using against innocent people of society….plea se do somethin for this and make some amendments in 498; otherwise dont know how many more people and parents have to suffer this injustice…..< br>
    thankskiran

  688. Sir; the 498A become the tool for harass men and his families. due to this 498A men rights are violated frequently.Ther e is no punishment for woman;that means if any woman do crime(misuse) there is no punishment.It surely encourage women do crimes(misuse). And it already proved.

  689. With a corrupt system in place; this section is being abused without shame. The police behave irresponsibly and harass an entire family merely on the basis of one person’s allegations. Surprising that neither the judiciary nor the media do anything to address the exploitation of this legal provision. I hope to see this change. Encouraging such exercises will certainly not help empowerment of women. On the contrary.

    If the woman doesn’t like the man or believes the relationship isn’t working; she has the option to initiate divorce. If she respects the relationship and intends to protect it; there are sensible ways to achieve the same without taking it to court. Running an intimate relationship with cops and lawyers in the backyard is certainly absurd. It amounts to unwarranted intrusion into a person’s space.

    Familie s and individuals will do better without such unreasonable and ridiculous laws. High time 498A is abolished.

  690. punishment should be given on equal footing if such section is misused by wife and their relatvie/s

  691. I totally support this drive against 498a. I appreciate the efforts of organisations working to safeguard innocent families who have been falsely accused of this law.

  692. A simple product like an electronics item or a car is tested rigorously before launching in a market. However; much to my disgust I found that in India laws like 498A and DV which play with a billion people life are passed without any discussion. Even there is no simplest check like punishing the abusers of such laws giving birth to legal terrorism.

  693. I absolutely agree with you. The law is highly misued and should be scrapped. I am a victim of this abuse. The law should be invoked only after thorough verification by a non political body and certainly not the police. The law should be amended to read that anybody who misuses the section should be punished with an equal amount of severity of punishment had the complaint been true.
    Though the law appears to benefit the women the most; actually they end up loosing much more in the end.

  694. view of today women

    if the husbands parent stay with him it is her mental torture if the husband asks for a cup of tea it is her physical torture

  695. This is a very terrorising law that will make people scared of marrying. I being harrassed by my wife in CAW Cell ; Nanak Pura where she made a complaint because I am not accepting her illegtimate demands.

  696. IPC 498A is highly illogial law in our system; i dont understand how this law is includend in our constitution; is this true that daughter in law always speak true; if a wife compains that she is a victim of dowry demand the whole family of the husband is put behind bar this is totaly unfair and due to this their is no scope of furter reconcilation in their relationship

  697. This law is being highly mis-used by the Girl & her family just to make money from boy’s family.

  698. I am the to be victim..i wanted a good life for my kid and my old parents but my wife did not like that…and she is now harressing my parents..police are calling them every day just for fake inquiry..I am really ashamed of me ..because of me my parents are suffering and I cannot go because of my bond with company which i took for better furture of my kid and family…

  699. IPC 498a is been misused against innocent husbands;if men and women are considered equal why such a law only for women. Does our law maker still think women are weeker section of this society…

  700. Please make the laws gender insenstive and also seperate force to handle matrimonial disputes.

  701. Now a days all girls are misusing 498A; to blackmiling husband and their family to earn money. after marrage girls family not suffering they are enjoying; husbands are spending money to safe their family from dowri harasement case.
    so do something to save husband

  702. This is the high time to do something because if one goes to jail then there is very little chance for any compromise or re-union which is ultimately going to effect their children.

  703. Central Govt. must revise the IPC 498a as; if 498a filed no compromise between husband and wife; should not send any one to jail; Condition Bail must be given case been inquired and judged in the court thro 2 family members and permanents records no other witness.If the complaint found false all the members must get imprisonment including wife evenif she had child unable separate. Monthly maintainence IPC 125 must be cancelled because women enjoyed in their equal rights and employment more oppurtunities.

  704. THIS EFFORTS OF U GUYS R REALLY APPRECIABLE;BUT THE THING IS THAT WE ALL WELL EDUCATED & SO RESOURSESFULL & CAPABLE INDIANS R SO HELPLESS;EVEN BY KNOWING HTE FACTS;OUR HONABLE COURTS R ALSO SUCH HELPLESS. MM QUESTION IS THAT;WETHER TRERE IS ANY SOLUTIONS TO THIS PROBLEM OR WE ARE JUST;GIVING FAKE DILASA TO EACH OTHER;KI EK DIN SAB THEEK HO JAYEGA!!!!!!!!! !

  705. Iv been surfing the net all i read is STOP THIS LAW STOP THIS LAW god knows how long this has been going on for its started to sound like a broken record now. What all of us men would like to know is WHEN IS THE INDIAN GOVERMENT GOING TO TAKE ACTION?.

  706. 498A should be dealt with extensive care; especially when there is a vast difference economically between the parties filing it as itself clearly identifies the reason for filing and so should be considered as a false 498A.

  707. I agree there are cases of women harassment; tortures but that does not mean that any innocent should be put behind bars for no fault of his. What I feel is the genuiness and credibility of the complaint filed under 498a IPC should be investigated before effecting any arrest or any penal action under IPC. No gender bias should be entertained because the liberty of any citizen should not be in jeopardy.

  708. Fire can cook food for us or it can burn the house;it depends whether it is on the gas burner or on the curtain.
    So it is difficult to say whether it is good or bad.The only thing is that it needs to be controlled.
    Same with 498A.It may have helped some women who were gennuinely in trouble but unfortunately it is breaking families instead of making them happier.I hope Indian men wont get extinct like Indian Tigers.
    Unfo rtunately there are more people interested in the welfare of cats and dogs in our country than the welfare of men.
    But God Bless this wonderful site !!! I deeply appreciate the efforts and hard work that is being taken by this committed team.

  709. i am the only son of my parents and i was living happily with my joint family but my wife said that she does not like the behaviour of my mother sister and father so we should leave seperate and then i will treat satisfactury with your famiy .then i decided to live seperarely in the hope that one day she will realise her mistake . at the time of seperation she said that we will go to family on holidays and festivals .first two week she goes with me to my family but there she treated them very rudely. the she said that she does not want to see my family members then i said that i m the only son of my parents and i can not leave them totally the she abused to my sisters and my mothers and said that if you will go your family then i will sucide .i also called to the parents of my wife to givi him correct advice but they said that leave our daughter to her home ; then i said that i will leave her as soon as possible .i am in a private sector job so i have to manage my leaves but she siad that leave me at once and when i leave her from bhiwadi to faizabad all the way she does not stop in making drama and when i went her home ; her father said that i dont to allow you to go i said that i was on the leave for one day but he said that i will sendyou and your family to jail ;i came from their home forcefully and he is going everywhere with my wife and saying that i was not treated her daughter well this is all the story pls tell me what to do . i can not leave my wife and family both because i love both of them with my heart.

  710. Please misuse of 498A by making provision of punisment for all witness if case not proved.

  711. It looks like the whole society has become one sided- We want all gender neutral laws.
    DV should be reconsidered and steps should be taken to ensure that husband /men dont have to pay for the emotional distress they are inflicted upon.
    The government has to decide if it owns up responsibility only for women or for men as well. If not men will never vote for you. A study should be conducted on the following:
    1 . The condition of men the stress they face and the pressures that they are in.
    2. Mens vulnerable health.
    3. Womans protection laws that dont even allow the men to report abuse or crime or offence against them due to strong countering options available to women by law.
    4. How many men feel secure with the laws your government has drafted.
    5. Sexual harrassment of men at workplace aided by the law.
    6. Areas where men are discriminated against.
    7. The impact of anti men statements given by feministsand governments.
    we demant a national commission for men.
    8. A code of conduct for the women if special laws are required to protect them.

    Eq uality is equality and when it is being served to women why are men not served the same.

    Ra jeev malik

  712. A humble appeal to the Govt of India ( The Ministry of Human Resource ) Even men are human beings. The person who designed this Act is also a man ; The period during which this act was initiated the woman extortion were at peak because of male dominance in work and earnings etc literacy rate in woman were also low . Now things have changed to greater extent woman are equally good in all fields they earn and learn more than men and paralley they have become greedier; self centered and cruel who can go to any extent.

    Men have become more cautious they are aware of IPC 498 they avoid all types of conflicts. When woman finds no chance they use Bhramaastra ôIPC498ö they think will get satisfied by this legal cruelty.

    Summary : ôIf you donÆt fulfill your WifeÆs wishes then ur behind bars ô.

    Hello !!! Men in white at Delhi wake up One day ur sons will be trapped ( any now u will be bribe get out. what about other innocent citizens )

  713. The 498a in current form only breaks families and makes females act irrationally.

  714. I am victim of false 498A. The case has been running since from 3 years. My wife came back after (about 2 months) filing the 498A. My father-in-law is in police; he;A. Bhoomi Reddy is DSP in APSP; Kondapur. He is behind filing 498A; I felt my wife is innocement; and accepted her back in my life; may be I am wrong.

    N othing greatly changed; after she came back; but life was okay; except few ups and downs. She stayed with me for 3 years after filing 498A; few months back she gave birth to child too. In June 2007; she argued and left. Now no communication in anyform; I stay in Bangalore; she stays in Hyderabad.
    < br>I have consulted lawyer; he advised me to file RCR and filed RCR Sept 29th; 2007.

    I am in a way confused due to law and my wife; unclear of what todo? When 498A law abolished; it unfair file false 498A.

    -S reedhar Reddy

  715. Fair enough; taking dowry should be a punishable crime; but with proper evidence and investigation.
    At present the laws are draconian in nature; and subject to abuse.
    If you build a dam and leave a small hole don’t you think water will pour out? 498A is that small hole and false cases is the water gushing out of the legal system; the dam. This absurd law needs its hole plugged; no one is saying to get rid of the law; but plug the damn holes or sooner or later people will suffer the consequences; like a dam breaking.

  716. Hi; you all men community sound so innocent. You do everything and put all the blame on women or your wife. And when the wife takes a strong stand againt harassement she had from her husband and her in-laws takes a legal support; you all talk nothing but just non-sense about her moral character to save yourself and to divert from the main topic. The only intention of husbands like this is to keep the women/wife still closed in those four walls of the house; to keep on completely dependent on her husband & in-laws; to take away her independence and keep her at your foot. But plz all you men remember this; in todays world you cannot expect a women to be at your foot. You don’t need to be jealous of her capabilities. Learn to look at things in a broader view and give equal importance to your wife in any decision you make. Women will go for a legal support only if she is insecured with her husband. No women is happy to go to a police station and file a 498a against her own husband. If a women is going to the court for this; it is very obvious that is given a third degree treatment by her husband and her in-laws. Get this very clear today; that you need to learn to respect a women today for her decisions and you need to be supportive to her. It is not only her responsibility to have to save Indian traditions and customs but also the husband’s.

  717. This abuse must be stopped. Else; the only option is to fight this evil by violent revolutionary means.

  718. Please ensure that this law is not misused. The girls parents misuse it to obtain their own selfish ends ruining our lives.

  719. The only effect of this draconian law is its misuse. In the long term it will only lead to chaos in the indian society and ensuring that the indian family system which has already degraded from a joint family to a nuclear family will finally and fully disintegrate. The long term scenario will be devastating for the indian society. I do believe in our strong judiciary but by the time judiciary acts i am afraid it would be too late and the damage would have been done (unless the action time is now) The people who came out with this law did in order to settle thier own selfish agenda and with those people gone in next 20-30 yrs they would have already planted the seed for the destruction of the indian society. A feat that the english could not achieve in their 200 yr indian history is taking shape today thanks to our own people. Mera bharat mahan will only remain a slogan then…

  720. The abuse of this law has become common in the middle class and upper middle class Indian society. With only 2% genuine cases; the motive behind the law to help a true victim of dowry is defeated and the practice still occurs in many rural areas. Causing undue sufferrings to many inncocents; this law has taken the shape of social panic; and represents a case of terrorirm in face of a Law.

  721. Me myself is a sufferer of this law. My in-laws filed compalint agianst me and my parents in just 2 months. Whereas; nothing of this sort at all happened; ours is a well educated family and we too are against evils like dowry but we were shocked to see when my own in-laws used it as a tool to extort money from me.

  722. I fully support this PIL. Plesae make all these law gendar neutral.

    Thanks;

    Gaurav

  723. 498a does not do good for anyone. It only helps Government sponsor terrorism legally. It breaks families and transfers the hard earned money of the husband and his family members into the account of few corrupt police officials; the terrorist wife and her terrorist family.

  724. “I don’t understand the logic behind “”gender biased”” laws?

    Th e only thing 498a and DV have achieved is “”breaking indian family system””. I dont know of any family where after filling 498a all have lived happily ever after?

    This law is mostly used by devil minded woman; who usually have support from their mom or family; and they kinda enjoy harassing the husband and in-laws.

    The above is story of my own brother; and soon could be story of many more Indian brothers.
    Best of Luck India.”

  725. My wife filed 498a cases against my parents and me and my parents went to jail and this 498a is took take personal vengence ..not to use it.
    there will be hardships in marriage; but they just dont want to deal with it and for them life must be beautifull..
    so they go on to make it worst.

  726. My sincere request is implement the law; but dont stop its misuse. Everyone incling Renuka has agreed that there is some misuse then why are you not making the required amendments to stop the misuse. Punish the ones who are misusing it and see how the misuse will be stopped.

    Hope the day will come very soon. Before many more innocent families suffer from these incomplete laws.

  727. I fully support this PIL. It is high time that 498a be changed suitably in order to serve better purposes than just to extort money from husband; break Indian families; and detiorating Indian culture.

  728. my parents; sister and grand mother and myself are all registered under IPC 498a even though we haven’t taken a penny from my wife or her relative. After I have applied for my divorce after 7 years of marriage she has registered this case against my family to indimidate and harass us. You know the way Indian police works they just want money and would do anything to get money and they don’t even think what is justice and what has happened. I think this law has given too much power to one side and don’t consider another view point at all. They simply assume you are guily if someone is booked using this section and they don’t even give you a benefit of doubt. Was very distressed and would only say that this law should be amened to give atleast a chance to stand for a fair trail.

  729. This law breaks down the indian family system.
    All laws shows have the presumption of innocense and the accuser needs to prove before someone should be punished.
    Th is law puts behind bars aged parents and children without any proof – are we living in medieval times or what ?

  730. I agree to the above petition. Being myself a victim of a false 498A case by my wife and in-laws; I do not the say the law should not exist. But yes; the law should definitely not exist in its present gender biased form; whether the husbands family is at the mercy of the police; judiciary and insensitive in laws.

  731. The law has ruined my wife’s family. Her brothers have been detained illegally and bail is not being granted by lower courts inspite of no evidence to prove false allegations. The crooked wife has filed two 498As; one attempt to murder and both are based on concoted statements and will be proved if trial is held. But government of india is not interested in hearing the evidence; just harassment and more harassment through police and judiciary alike. I want this law to be done away with.

  732. I support the above PIL. Today educated wives / women are misuing this law to settle personal issues. There should be punishment for misuse of 498 A. I am against crime.

  733. SC; Pls save innocent Indians from harrassment.
    SC; Pls Stop legalized terrorism and extortion.
    S C; Pls abolish gender biased laws and their absurd implementations .

  734. The only way to save humanity is to form a mens organization in the lines of NCS and fight for gender equality.

  735. This section was used to threaten my brother in 2003. who died of heart attack in 2004. This section along with another 11 sections filed against whole family in 2005 with the help of corrupt police under disguise of court order and resulted in judicial custody of three ladies of our family and also death of my father by heart attack by running from pillar to post of police hierarchy without any results.

    how many brothers and fathers we have to last and how many more women needed to go behind bars for this killer act to be stopped

  736. Forcing men to live like slaves for in laws and leaving his own parents aside. Are we not forging our society in the western mould slowly?

  737. 498a has become a joke and the feminine gender has started using it as a money recovery process for the all the nights spent. Her chastity is now equal to the value of amount spent on 498a cases. The government should find a middle path for non genuine cases and also a very heavy penalty and imprisonment on cases where woman is found lying

  738. My old parents are being threatened by my sister in law. Her sister is an advocate and hence they are threatening us with legal action even though we never demanded dowry or asked for monetary assistance of any kind. I have no idea what we should do ?

  739. my wife just sounded as she is going to file false 498A against me . i am wating for the police.

  740. I had a love marriage 16 years ago where the word dowry was not even mentioned. But now my wife has alleged dowry as one of the reasons i was cruel to her and she wants a divorce; child custody and maintenance after 16 yrs of marriage. LET US STOP THE MISUSE OF THE DOWRY EXCUSE

  741. I am very fed up with my wife ; as she don’t want to allow my father & mother to visit my parent as she don’t want to keep relationship with my parent & why she want to keep relationship with me? Actually her father & mother don’t want this marriage to be & they said it after noe year of our marriage & she is behaving very harrassing with me as per lessons given by her father & mother. I am very much tired & recently she start harassing me by making the action which will lose my concentration on my Job & my job is in software field. I had a liitle kid of two years old & I don’t know what will affect her with this incidences ; I want divorce from her ; please advise me

  742. one of my close friend have said me about this Website ; i have gone through this site and find quite helpful . even i m also suffering from same case .

  743. Its insane for a girl and her family to cheat with husband and his family by doing this
    This must be stopped

  744. WomenÆs are using 498A only for misuse. Women can change their decision after giving divorce; she does not need to prove anything if she files a case against a man but if a man files a case he needs to prove every sentence he speaks against woman. We are advertising that boys and girls are same not to make any difference between them but if you see every law is for girl not a single law is to protect man from woman; and this is why now a days women are harassing men.

    PIL is a good plateform.

  745. this ia a very difficult law of 498a is totally
    favu re of woman but husband is dead this pl safe nation of india

  746. For a healthy; vibrant & progressive society unbiased judicial system is fundamental. Draconian marriage laws developed by polaticians are bound to cripple our society. I am a serious sufferer of this system. My wife kept on threatening me of these laws; tortured me physically; mentally and financially for more than ten years even after separating me from my parents. I kept on surviving hard to save the future of my kids. I could take my plight to the court only when my children grew up to speak the truth to the people around and in the court. Now I am fighting my case in the sessions with paying her heavy maintainance. Don’t know I will ever get a relief. I am almost ruined. I want to be an active member of the organisation. Please tell me how? Because we can not lead a healthy life in unhealthy society.

  747. I am presently facing a similar 498A threat myself. I donno what to do. if this is what is law then its better to be a terrorist than to be social.

  748. “I got married 09 months ago on 23rd Jan 07. It was love-cum-arrang ed marriage. I met my wife 07 years ago during college. During those days (2001)I received a phone call from an unknown person who threatened me to stay away from her. Later I came to know that this guy was a doctor; aged around 40 with wife & 02 kids who is a neighbor and close family friend to my in-laws.

    During pre-marriage preparations this guy offered me to gift a car which i refused straight away. This incident occurred in presence of my in-laws. On the night of my marriage reception the same guy went to my home in intoxicated condition and abused my mother for not letting him to talk with my wife. After marriage; the same guy kept making phone calls late at night and demanded that he should be allowed to talk with my wife as he is as close as a family member. I was forced to shift my landline phone to my mother’s room and changed my own cellphone number. Being constantly harrassed;
    My wife got severely depressed. She told me not to take any action as this would provoke him to defame her as well as her family. She also told her family members about this entire episode and asked them to stop him from further harrasing us. She also called this doctor’s wife and told her to stop her husband from further calling us.
    We were trying to conceive when I came to know that my wife suffered from PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome). I was unaware about this situation before marriage. She told me that she was under treatment since 2004 and the gynecologist had advised her to plan for conception at earliest. We consulted the same doctor and she prescribed her medicines and advised to loose weight. My wife became obsessed about having a child so she joined aerobics classes and went on a strict diet. She often use to tell me that she may not be able to conceive. I was not so bothered as the gynoe had told that this is a fairly common case and she is perfectly healthy and fertile.
    On 11/08/2007; my wife committed suicide. It was around 07:30 in the evening. Myself and my mother were at home. I was in the drawing room and my mother was in the kitchen preparing a meal. My wife was in the pooja ghar. She suddenly came out yelling that ‘I have ingested poison. Take me to hospital’. She collapsed in my arms. I informed my brother-in-law about this and immediately rushed her to the hospital emergency room where she was pronounced dead. No suicide note has been found till date.
    Further during postmortem; it was reviled that death was due to sulphas overdose. There were no marks on the body and no signs of forceful ingestion. My father-in-law stated during panchnama that I quote “”My son-in-law is innocent and there was no demand for dowry of any kind. My daughter was mentally tortured by her mother-in-law and she has committed suicide for the same reasons””. My father-in-law told me that I must apologise to them and do not take any action against his family or the family friend. If I agree to do so he would spare me and only frame my mother otherwise both me and my mother would end up in jail for good. When I refused his offer; he launched an FIR on 03/09/07 accusing me and my mother for torturing my wife to demand a car from my in-laws. Case filed under IPC 498A and 304B.”

  749. Hi…..I got married in Dec of last year with a hope that the institution of marriage would bring happiness to my life; but at that time I was not aware that my un-scruplous wife was coming to my family with invisible gun which is as power full and as distructive as a nuclear bomb (and the name of the gun is Secs 498-A; 406 and 313) and that just around five munths after my marriage I would find my self sitting in Jail in a different City. I thing our constitution believes only the female part of the society to be human beings and us men to be mere peices of junk and toys which have been given in the hands of the fe males at their complete discretion and disposal. One of my ambitions now is to join hands with other brothers who have been preyed upon by their fraudulent in-laws for any malafied reason and to wage a war against this gended bias and completely illogical and blunder law.

  750. Waiting for a surprise!
    Wh ich morning will come our(all 498a victims)life with tensionless and lawless?
    Tha t morning will be a sunny letter day.
    Victims deep breathe may ends all evil souls.

  751. This is the Virus…. and what we are signing on is the medicine to kill it….

    a mitabh

  752. only harrased people by this law can understand what they go through.life is completely wasted and at thae disposal of the girl.what a law.abolish it immideately

  753. Hi

    I write on behalf of a very dear friend in Bombay; India who is also a victim of this very sickening law; and the vaste scale corruption that exists in India. This law has to be BANNED mainly due to its MIS-USE.

  754. I thank everybody who have taken this pain and there time in helping others who are victim of misuse of DV act and dowry act.

  755. I am a modern Indian woman but I empathize with all my aggrieved Indian brothers. The present generation of men is made to go through so much of social and economic inconvenience by their modern wives and wives’ families. Our age old Indian traditions need to be saved and am proud to see that my modern Indian brothers are taking it upon them to do so.
    In fact I think my modern Indian brothers first and foremost would do great service to our Indian society and age-old Indian traditions by filing a PIL to revoke the law banning SATI and female infanticide; what say???? .
    But; my poor innocent brothers; now it cannot be your fault that all you want is some HELP from your wives’ family and they term it as DOWRY. I feel the word DOWRY itself should be scraped from the dictionary so that all my innocent Indian brothers can freely ask for any kind of HELP from the brides’ family and not feel guilty or scared about the social and legal repercussions.
    I think most grooms and their families live with the assumption that there is nothing wrong for a man to expect financial assistance from the girl’s family when he is going to look after her for the rest of her life. Even though it is the girl who will cook; clean; look after his every whim and fancy all his life; she and her family should not expect to be treated with respect and dignity. That is our age-old Indian tradition and that is what my Indian brothers are so desperately trying to protect.
    It is the right of an Indian husband to doubt his wife’s fidelity – but I ask you my dear Indian brothers can even one of you prove your fidelity? And before you ask somebody else’s daughter to prove her fidelity why do you not take some time off (which I think you all have plenty) and ask you mothers and sisters to prove theirs?
    Now if we have to really speak about AGE OLD INDIAN TRADITION let us get some facts clear. Why don’t you’ll read the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961 where in it is clearly mentioned that during old times the girl’s parents or guardian used to give some Varadakshina during the ritual of Kanyadaan. That was not a coercive action and the Varadakshina given depended solely on the capability and interest of the girl’s family. IN NO WAY DID THE GROOM’S FAMILY HAVE A SAY IN THE MATTER. It was only later that some enlightened souls like you; decided to change that tiny but important matter of interest from the bride’s family to the groom’s family. That was why the law had to come into force.
    Now-a -days I see my innocent Indian brothers have stopped using the word DOWRY but sweetly ask for HELP; but when the help is not given they resort to tactics like this where-in they try to misuse the power and reach of the internet and try garnering support from like minded INNOCENTS.
    It is sad to see this pathetic display of brotherhood and double standards that you guys are so shamelessly trying to uphold. One might be forgiven if he/she were to think that the lawmakers were senseless fools when they made this law; The Dowry Protection Act IPC – 498A; after reading this piece of rubbish. It is sad that this write up implies that a woman needs to die for this law to be put into effect. It is very clear that the lunatic who can harbour such murderous thoughts will be capable of much worse if there was no such law to constrain him.
    Today due to India’s increased standard of living everybody wants a share of the juicy pie but there are many who do not have the will and aptitude to work towards respectfully earning his share. So the easiest and cheapest (as in an Indian marriage the entire marriage cost is normally borne by the bride’s family) way is to get married and then start harassing the girl emotionally; physically and economically to extort money from her parents.
    Tod ay’s women are self sufficient in every way and what they look for in a marriage is companionship which most of these so-called keepers of tradition conveniently choose not to understand. The current scenario is akin to that of the man with the goose who laid golden eggs but as he was impatient and cruel he killed it to get all the golden eggs at one go.
    Ultimately the purpose of this law is not to support murderous and inhuman barbaric customs; conveniently but wrongly termed as age-old Indian traditions by the writer but restore dignity and respect to the oldest and most beautiful institution of an Indian marriage.
    Bh arat Mata Ki Jai

  756. this law needs to be changed!
    inn ocent husbands /men are being harrased with such a law!

  757. I support this initiative wholeheartedly. We must oprevent innocent husbands and their family members from the misuse of this law.

    God bless us.

  758. Law relating to divorce; dowry; cuelty alimony should be amended to prevent abuse. My wife sought dovorce on accord of sweet will; and extract pound of flesh by way of interim maintenance; and permanent alimony & stidhan by making 6 times exagarated claims. The case runs where wife resides and person like me work in private sector; & lost job due to taking leave to attend case. My dependent parent & sister have to be supported by my; even in such case I have to pay heavy interim maintenance. IT is time that law is made fair and not one sided.

  759. Something needs to be done about such unfair laws. Innocent people are suffering and will continue to suffer unless these laws are changed.

  760. “498(a) is a legalized extortion blessed by the govt. of India. Hundreds of thousands of families are being destroyed by this one sided law. Its worse than POTA and no legislator or political party has the guts to speak against it and revoke it. What a shame that such gross human rights violations are taking place in the name of “”Dowry Prevention Act””. Its time the govt. immediatley revoked the law and dismiss all cases filed under this act.”

  761. My own wife is one such cruel female who’s abandoned house & famil for the sake of money – at the insistence of her parents

  762. May be cases are fraud but not all. No one can implement their own experiences on others and provoke other people to blindly follow this incorrect open forum.
    Your article might help those men who really harasses their wife. please reconsider your comments and take right; proper and appropriate actions.
    Request you not to misuse this media.
    Also to other people; please think several times before signing before signing this PIL.
    May be its your sister or mother or any of your very close friend tomorrow.

  763. “It’s is not right for any human to be treated badly; we do want to protect women but the type of women who should be protected under this law is still going throught same lifestlye; but todays so called “”educated women”” is make full missuse of this act and harrasing families & also this has created another good way for indian police to make money under the table some thing has to be done to stop this cause this is not going in right direction.”

  764. Most the laws are favoring women. They are misusing to a great extent. There should be amendment to balance between both. I am under deep mental agony and being harrased everyday. Where the old parents will go if they start disrespecting and abusing them.

  765. I am really fedup with the kind of process our country has while drafting a IPC; wherein rather than getting benefits to the people; the acts are misused and people are harrssed.

  766. Its such a pathetic law that doesn’t consider men as worth justice. What type of gender equality are they talking about here? Only women are entitled to get support from law whether their complaint is true or false (which is a majority). But if a man is harassed by wife and her family (which is a majority in urban India); there is no law to protect us!

    This must be changed. The laws should be made more SANE!

  767. My Dear Indian Brothers;
    I introduce myself as a victim of the monster of a law that 498 a is.So i think that is enough introduction for us to form a bond.All extremist views aside; this is a degrading and insulting law which causes pain ;pain and more pain.And curiously the government is spending so much on other things and simply turning a blind eye to ths problem. I dont market anything and iam as caught up as u are;but i still have some ideas which may help your -(our)cases.Thi s is organised extortion as all who have experienced it will vouch for; and others be warned; its all about money ;honey. So iam not going to sit on my b*** and take it .Iam going to take it as a man ive decided and if u have too ;lets get together. (please throw away the innocent idea that things will get better (nothing gets better in a gutter and thats where we victims are )and mind u another tip. 498 victims are most of the time at least..educated ;intelligent and more importantly emotional boys ..yes dears thats so true.
    so; just like u can avoid tax; but you shouldnt evade tax;there are tricks we can use if we are together .May be fooling the law (if therer is any such thing)will prompt the government to open its eyes in this regard.and tell me honestly; which boy would not like to take a shot ;one damn hard shot at the people who have caused him and his family so much misery;so boys lets get together and move something .you will relish it i promise. email me in short or at length ;as you wish and lets work this out together:
    dataiotics@ya hoo.com 939 63 63243

  768. To assume men is wrong all the time is wrong; To err is Human; then why such laws which can implicate men and their family for any false charges by women and their family without any reason or justification. Such laws need to be changed.

  769. This law violates the basic tenet of any civilized society – equality before the law . It assumes an accused as guilty . Laws like these are a shame for any civilization .Let us try to be better than the barbarian ;superstitious and ignorant races that have inhabited the planet . Laws like these certainly put us very close to those races ; technology being our only differentiator .

  770. 498A and more recent domestic violence act have been hugely abused against helpless husbands and his relatives. It is a weapon; a girl can use any time she wishes to. Police along with our judiciaries system arrests everybody who is named in the FIR without any proof or evidence. How in the world we have such laws in India. Needless to say this is unconstitutiona l and barbaric. Why doesn’t our President; PM and govt. do anything about it. We guys can’t sleep at night with this sward hanging on our neck.

    If we want to be progressive; open minded; equal and unbiased; we need to address issues with these laws and create a society where people can not take advantage of others. Innocent people donÆt get harassed and tormented by these laws.

  771. “Dear Sir:

    I have nobody today to help me. I am writing to you hoping that someone will understand my pain. Mine was a love marriage (registered). A year ago my wife filed a false dowry case against me and my family members. She had never seen or met my family members. After marriage;my wife’s attitude and behaviour towards me was very rude;sarcastic and characterised by anger and voilent behaviour. She was disappointed with me;since I did not help her realise her dream of a house and a car and a fat bank balance. Every time I came home she used to pick up a fight with me and start shouting and yelling at me. Her behaviour robbed peace from our marriage. She again picked up a fight with me and left me three months ago. Sitting at her mothers place she threatens me with conditions to come back home. Though she has given a final statement stating that; “”there was no such case of dowry in her marriage”” I feel insecure as to what she might do next.
    I am a muslim and my wife is a christain. After getting married to her I lost everyone and everything. I have nobody to help me today. Please help me.”

  772. Our constitution provide equality for both man and women. We are requesting please amend all place for women as spouse ( Consider for Man and Women)

    P lease protect mankind to live….

    Law is required with equility..

  773. This law must have some restrictions or atleast have some corner for the men’s harrasement. Women are using the Law at their will and also the Crime Against Women’s Cell makes adverse use of this law.

  774. Mis-use of Dowry Act is now known to all; be it a judiciary; home minitry or people and therefore;it should be banned without further delay to protect the constitutional rights of people of India.

  775. this country was having bold persons who faced so much humilations in fighting with britishers; today after independence ; we all are not man as every third man is having fear of wife. is this a country; is these law makers dont know freedom of man only creates development.

  776. Sir now its time to chage the law 498a . When women are given equal rights in every situation then why now men ?
    There are several womenn cells but they dont listen to mens they just say that whether you are right or wrong we are here to help women
    Why is it so?
    They not only harress mens but they haress their family members .

  777. Hi every body.
    This is totally a menace. Girls parents give voluntary gifts at the time of marriage but dont hesitate to call it dowry when their daughters cant cope to live with the boy’s family. This happens even when the boy’s family are totally against the gifts and all the items are in the name of the bride and kept in her room for her use only. The brides treat husbands and in-laws as virtual slaves.

  778. This law is horrible and worse than the anti-terrorist laws. Indian men need to wake up and stand for their rights. Pls form associations and vote banks. Otherwise; very soon we are going to be slaves of women

  779. NOT TO DO MARRY;
    IF DO ONLY ON AGREEMENT BASIS
    THAT WOMEN & MAN NOT
    USES THE COURTS LAW IF ANY PROBLEM EXIST IN
    MATRIMONT AL LIFE
    SOLVED IT IN SELF HOME ONLY NOT TO GO OUT OF HOME.

  780. a)There should be some protection or both men and elders for domestic violence
    b)4 98a should be bailable at least
    c)In case of domestic violence emphasis should be given to separate with severe financial penalty than to file criminal charges applicable to both men and women.

  781. I am fully AGAINST Misuse of 498A (biossed)law. It is disgrace to the nation that it did not even have any mention of proper punishment of people who misuse the Law.

  782. I and my family are being harrassed by my wife and her family… they have diven us out of our own flat… I have lost my job… she has filed a divorce case on grounds of cruelty… now she is taking time to sign because she does not want to leave my flat… she has applied for permanent maintenance in the form of a house.. which i cant do…and why will i ?? she is earning more than 25k; we do not have kids… she has not submitted her salary slips…. I have submitted… the court has ordered me still Rs7000 per month as interim till the divorce is signed… which i am challenging in Mumbai hig court.. She has been misguiding and misleading the court; she has even dishonoured the courts order to produce salaryslips…
    I dont know whether justice exists…
    She should be punished for submitting false affidavits and not following the court order.. but the court is keeping quiet.. giving date after date….
    Ple ase help !!!!

  783. 498a is just a senseless law ; even if it is the law ; the judge and the court should look into each matters individually instead of beating every one with the same stick .

  784. This is an anonymous identity but i am a victim of this act. I had an affair for around 7 years and marriage lasted for only 4-5 months. Very bad time in honeymoon. My inlaws is an Educated family and tunned the law so nicely that i got harassed and had to meet their unreliable demands. What ever i saved for last 4-5 years + loans i had to give them. She shouted so badly and changed without even discussing the things and immediately started claiming for money along with her family. They even didn’t discuss the problems with the senior family members. It looked that she only got married for money and some how convinced me for marriage by showing emotional conern and emotionally blackmail. now my eyes are opened but i cant do anything yet.
    Her most relatives are working with media and i scared of taking any action against them at that time. Rest believes in GOD and want that they should also realized that they have spoile my life.

  785. some educated women have made it a business to extract money through open misuse of 498a even to the extent of forcibly occupying the property of ex in-laws with open threats and harassment along with misuse of police and media – who just wait for a spicy news. So where does one get justice in these situations?

  786. I hope this increasing number of people signing the PIL make any impact of the law makers.

  787. I got married on 5th November’2006 and on 6th June’2007 a F.I.R was filed against me and my family by my wife from jabalpur (M.P) U/s. 498A; 294; 34 of I.P.C added with 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act. In past couple of months me and my family is being ruined like anything. I can’t understand such a law which not only tortures the males but it don’t even spares the old aged women’s (Mother-in-law) ; basically a law to protect women’s rights but to destry another women’s life.

  788. Our family is also facing the harrassments from my bro’s wife and in-laws. If one signature can help stop the harrassments of many such victims then I request everyone to sign the PIL.
    I also request govt to either abolish some of the dowry laws or make them more sensible so that the innocent (wife/husband n their families) do not suffer.

  789. I have been married with a govindpuri/Kalk aji based girl; whose father & borthers in transport line. She was very demanding from the very begining; asked me own a car; if not a big car atleast maruti or something. I am having my self & my widow mother in my family; whose also an acute diabitic patient as well. The I.O. (S.I. Dharm pal) even asked to me to keep my wife separate or I will have to face hard results. The woman stayed with me for about 13 months & run away; taking all her belongings.

  790. The law is a black death for married male. It is totaly one sided law and misused by females very often. It is used for making a pressure on Husband for illigal or unsocial demands. The law displays a very unbalanced nature of IPC. The law can be modified in such a way that it may not be an arm /wapon to be used by women for without any reason.

  791. please amend 498A such that;
    1. it is bailable and limit only to husband and exclude parents and brothers and sisters.
    2. Needed legal protection for husband who foresees that 498A is coming.
    3. Also stringent punishment for false cases.

  792. sir the 498a should be abloished i was married to a girl at sahand panjab . At time i was permanent immigrant in ITALY. I was trying to bring my spouse to ITALY but the law was such that i was late to do so . The parents of girl compell my parents to leave me ITALY SOON . They threaten me lot . So i have to come to india even then they try to black mail me by putting different application in the women cell; police station . My father was also permanenet immigrant in ITALY he was so upset he expired last year Now i m facing 498a act my passport is in court i cannot go to ITALY MY LIFE HAS BEEN SPOILED FOR ALL . Here my all family facing courts . I am ready to bring my spouse and my child also but they are not sending
    so i request GOVT to fix limit time in taking decision 498a . The court takes years to decide such cases.HONORABLE Supreme Court shoud fix limit time for lower court to decide such cases

  793. This is an excellent site. But is the Govt noticing it? Who will take some action and when?

  794. isi’nt the time to ammend the dowry laws and stop the misuse;numerous families are getting hurt and sufferings.will the ladies in the government awake and do something about it.

  795. women use to accuse relatives who r not connected with the case to create pressure on husband due to which alot of tension is created in family.relative s should b kept away

  796. Our culture is becoming worse than western. Further due to old laws which outlives there need or should changes; makes indian lives miserable. Now days girls want independence; which is fine. But end of the day they are GOD made women; with which comes lots of responsibilitie s. They have forgotton later; but in many unfortunate cases they have never ending demand in all aspect of family. If not met; then they are educated enough to misuse lethal 498a.
    Probab ly Govt too wants it; as it allows growth of corruption. Otherwise; they should make girl stay away from her husband family and allow law to takes it action.

  797. Dear like minded friends

    Wonder as to when TADA was revoked in this country; why 498A IPC is allowed to be misused. Wish this movement all success and waiting for the day when this section of IPC is revoked to help India grow with beautiful families and not broken ones.

  798. (For instance; X is the husband; Y is the wife) my question is if X & Y are married for more than 7 years (say December 1999) and suddenly Y recently developed a bad intention of raising quick money through IPC 498A with the idea of her parents and relatives; is it still possible for Y to sue X.

    The family consists of X (working abroad & supporting Y); Y taking care of children born through X (6 years son & 3 years daughter); XÆs mother is living in a different state from long time with out any contact with Y

    What are the chances that Y can sue X on the false pretext of Section 498A and pull X to India. What happens if Y is proved guilty of the offence. Getting jobs abroad and maintaining them for long is not so easy as in olden days when the competition is less.

    What are the possible remedies and preventive actions to be taken by X?

    Who will give X a job following the criminal felony after serving imprisonment. With what face should X go back into the normal world. What will happen to the children’s future being know about the parent type?

    If its money; its husband’s hard earned money. If its pleasures; the bride’s own family; what law is this? Why is it so much biased?

    Why should husbands whole family be arrested and what will happen if someone from husbands family dies in the jail? Will the wife or wife’s family return back the life & respect of those people who got affected with her misuse of the law???????????? ????

    The case would have been filed for fun from the wife’s side as well that they teach the husband a lesson. Or probably; if the wife has a sister to get married and need money; this is the best resort for making money and get the sister married.

    The law should arrest and punish the husband only after gathering enough proofs and evidences of physical or mental torture upon the wife. Only the concerned people who are involved should be punished.

    The law should not trouble other people for the reason of one person without knowing facts; what is true or what is false; ARREST THE WHOLE FAMILY JUST LIKE THAT WITHOUT EVIDENCE!!!!!!! !!!!

    RID ICULOUS

  799. Section 498A is grossly misused is a known thing. But nowhere I found that it has been criminalised also and has gone to the hands of underworld dons. I have been victimised recently and seen a very ugly side of its implementation in Kolkata. Now local goondas are given the entire package of filing the case; managing the police; getting the accused arrested to extorting a fat amount from them.

  800. Dear Sir;Whatever I am telling you is a horrible side of this law.

    I was married to the Daughter of then Additional SP of Jaipur in the month of January 2001. Soon after marriage; my in laws and wife started abusing me and my parents. She was always treating us like slaves. But this is one of the most important relation of this world so we kept bearing that . But how long? In October 2003; I left for higher studies to Germany. I returned on 31st Dec 2005. But my wife did not turned up. So finally in June 2006; I have filed a petition in Family court for Judicial Separation.Sinc e I do not want to marry again after that bad incidence; judicial separation was the only available option for me. But in responce to that they have filed a FIR(Sec 498; 438) in Mahila Thana South. During this period my Father in Law was posted in Jaipur as SP North. On his instructions; they had arrested my parents and brother within 2 hours of filing FIR.
    Can you believe that a common person will ask for Dowry from a Police Officer of IPS rank?
    My family was tortured for two weeks in jail as he has applied every bit to have a bail. Finally my father got bail from Rajasthan Highcourt after 21 days of prison. (See the justice of Judiciary) . And the main victim; I got the bail from Honorable Supreme Court. Now my Father in law is posted as SP(Rural) Jaipur. His name is Mahtab Singh. He is threatening us to kill every one. he is sending message through several persons. Now I am helpless and don’t know what to do. He is having influence in Session court; High court. My family needs your support. (Sandeep -9896551238)

  801. “My US cell/contact # is 201-486-8948.My wife and in-laws filed a false complaint agains tme and my parents. Compliant has been filed at the “”Mahila Thana”” (Women’s cell) in Jodhpur (Rajasthan) – thats where my in-laws live and my wife (with my 8 month old son) is living right now. My parents live in Jaipur and they had a police constable come to their house on Friday July 27th; saying that a complaint has been lodged in the women’s cell against me and my parents; saying that all three of us used to torture her for dowry and also that i forcefully sent her back to India. My parents have not even lived with her and the last time they actually met each other was 30 March; 2005. Also; I never sent her forcefully – i did not even want her to gpo to india because she had just had her operation (baby was born in Nov 2006) and since the baby was too young. then; after constant pressurizing from my wife and my mother in law; i allowed her to vist india nad arnaged for her tickets (return – Jan 24th to march 19th) and also arrnaged her US visa stamping interview for feb 26th. i also got my tickets – to fgo t oindia on march 6th and return with wife and baby on march 19th. but she did not attend the visa interview on feb 26th and then on march 5th; gave me a call saying that we (me + parents_ have tortured her for dowry and also that she doesnt want to continue the relationship. i have been trying very hard through emails; phone; relatives/frien ds to explain and trying to bring her back. but nothing helped and they were always very negative and always said that “”it is over”” and that they are goin to filea dowry harrassment case etc. but we were Ok and were waiting becuase eventhoughthey were saying all that; they did not do anything for like 6 months. but now; they have put in a compliant with the “”mahila thaana””. We really need to stand up to this and do something to stop this extremely illegit mis-use of law !!!”

  802. The law seems to be very unfair to one section of the society(MEN) and because of such laws the divorce cases are going up. Is there any human rights law in India? if so; then how do such laws gets passed. This law shouldnt be there at all. Even if it there for both men and women. I am sure the men would still not use it or there would be some men who would misues it. However it would very rarely used to get a posetive outcome of it.

  803. misuse of 498A has been common among ill eduacted woman and parents .laws are made for safegaurd of humanity and against real culprit. but.. we are agaist those who misuse it.

  804. Dear all;
    I am also a victim of this act. My brothers wife has registered the FIR against me ; My brother * Mother. The story is same. she just want to dominate & want everything she ask. I’m here ready to join hands with all of you to fight against this one sided law of 498a. The Police has registered the case without any investigation. And if they investigate they will easily come to know the actual story of the case.

  805. Dear all;
    I am also a victim of this act. My brothers wife has registered the FIR against me ; My brother * Mother. The story is same. she just want to dominate & want everything she ask. I’m here ready to join hands with all of you to fight against this one sided law of 498a. The Police has registered the case without any investigation. And if they investigate they will easily come to know the actual story of the case.

  806. Let us put a stop to the blatant misuseof this law that is causing misery to innocent victims.

  807. As I type this message; I curse the indian law makers for bringing in this law which makes indian husbands helpless and the only option they are left with is to be tortured by thier cruel wives or to die. Please stop this legal terrorism.

  808. These kind of biased laws against men must be put to an end immediately; otherwise; the consequences in society created by dirty and sadistic women mis-using these laws is going to be disastrous for this country in the long run. Wake up law-makers; else this country is going to be destroyed by a certain class of women; who pretend to be messiahs but are infact the greatest threat to society.

  809. 498A is a law written for protection of women against crimes.

    I have a simple question:
    Do the enlightened writers of this law; think that womanhood is granted only to that woman who walks to the police station to lodge a complaint?
    < br>Is the sister-in-law or mother-in-law or girl child of the house not entitled to similar protection? They are women too.

  810. i am suffering lot aginst 498a filled by nagercoil allwomen police and by my wife and her family

  811. I completely agree this is being misused a lot. This is being used as a weapon to harrass husband and his family. The real victims are rarely benifited.

  812. The Dowry Prevention Act is a tool for all the girls families who have access to the most important information to nail the boy’s family; they go out and out to make the lives of the boy’s family miserable.
    There are of course exceptions where the boy’s family might have done things which might have been right.
    By providing such laws; we are not only dissecting the very veins of the indian family system. why do people outside india opt for more easier ways to get married?; thats because of the fact that the indian system is so vulnerable and lop sided that it makes it impossible for the clueless husband to react. the police and the legal system will take him in without even him knowing it.

    i strongly oppose wrong use of the DPA and Sec 498a of IPC.

  813. We agree about mis-use of 498-A IPC; Dowery Prohibition Act; Domestic Violence Act and also Astrocity Act – in entire India.
    Recen tly one Mrs Pooja Chauhan had great drama in Rajkot city of Gujarat by moving on main road wearing bikiny & bra. Actually Pooja’s husband is innocent person. She is a beach; drinking wine daily; coming home late mid-night and punishing her mother in law; who is a disabled lady.

  814. Man poisoned by wife; in-laws
    Tribune News Service

    Mohali; July 13
    A 27-year-old resident of Sector 45; Chandigarh; today alleged that his wife and in-laws poisoned him.

    Balkar Singh; a State Bank of India employee; is admitted to the Fortis hospital; here. In a statement to the police; Balkar said he had gone to bring his wife from her parentsÆ house in Sector 71 when they gave him a glass of water with poison in it.

    The police has booked BalkarÆs father-in-law Gajjan Singh; his brother-in-law Harpreet Singh and wife Jaspal Kaur under Section 328 of the IPC.

    Moh ali SSP R.S. Khatra said Balkar had gotten married more than a year ago. His wife had gone to her parentsÆ place in Mohali for the delivery of their daughter. After the child was born; Balkar had brought his wife and child back to Chandigarh; but his in-laws had called them back.

    Balkar said he started feeling dizzy on drinking the water and managed to get out of the house and reach his car. He then called his friends who rushed him to the Government Medical College and Hospital in Sector 32. He was later referred to the Fortis Hospital in Mohali.

    The SSP said an FIR had been registered and investigations were being carried out. ôIt is a unique case as one does not usually come across such incidents;ö said the SSP. Sources in the police added that Balkar seemed to have been facing problems with his in-laws for some time now

  815. women protection is one thing but the laws protecting her should be not filled with so many loopholes that women actually start misusing it for their own benefit.

  816. Please Band the right ranga HIV aids advertisements or with draw the IPC498a for supporting all women. Some women going on adulating suffering husband donÆt question his wife; if he asks any question she take a weapon IPC 498a ; in the police station husbands statement are not heard

  817. Please scrap that dowry harassment and maintanence rules. It really dont save women. Arent the husband’s mother and sister are women too?

  818. æHarassedÆ by in-laws; man commits suicide
    Tribune News Service

    Sangrur ; July10
    Alleg edly harassed by in-laws; ex-serviceman Ranjit Singh; resident of Mehlan village; about 10 km from here; committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance on Sunday. The post-mortem of the body was conducted at the local Civil Hospital on Monday. Later; he was cremated at Mehlan village. He is survived by wife and three children.

    The chowki in charge of the Mehlan police post said on the complaint of Ran Singh; a brother of the deceased; the police had registered a case against the wife; father-in-law and two brothers-in-law of the deceased; residents of Bharur village (near Sunam).

    He said according to the brother of the deceased; the in-laws of his brother had been harassing his brother for the past about one year to get one acre land entered in the revenue records in the name of his (brotherÆs) wife and deposit of Rs 1 lakh in a bank in her name. Besides this; the in-laws of his brother had not been sending his wife to Mehlan village for the past several months. Due to this; his brother had taken the step.

  819. “It’s Stupid and unreasonable; it’s the only law; which not only empower the women to start extortion but even the judicial and enforcement agencies promote it. “”Just pay what she wants and get relieve for all the times”” is the buzz word from all; be it Judiciary or the Enforcement. So; if the Govt. so adamant on this extortion; then it would be much better they give to the tax department; so we educated and earning males; give the money to the Tax department before marraiage and keep on paying them every year. Atleast this way we can keep our loved ones away from the Jail.”

  820. I am a software professional trapped in this social stigma. I got married in 2002 and after 10-15 days I came to know that the other party has duped me. And I have a valid reason and they have admitted also on those facts due to this she went back to her parents in just a few days. Then after a year I filled divorce case against against her and in the counterblast she filed 498A and Dowry against me; my parents; my married sister and other family members. Now its going on and on with no ends due to which I have landed in jail also.

    Al so she donÆt have the interest in living with me but at the same time she donÆt want to give the divorce; sheÆs demanding 20 lakhs for this. I think its become a business in Indian society.

    This has ruined my life as well as my parents life from the last 5 yrs without having any reason.

    Regards
    Sati sh Shrivastava

  821. please do something so that man can live life happily after marriage.and moreover this act has given undue rights to woman and their families.family of girls has started to miss using these rights which is promoting violence against man.

  822. sir
    i want to bring to the notice of INDIAN GOVT that DOWRY ACT is misused by the parents andthe girl. we are also one of them . my brther married in India to a girl she was brought in 38 days to usa. After getting green card she wants divorce from my brother but my brother donot want . She and her parents planned in such away that she got divorce and property share in usa. she was in usa and her parents lodged DOWRY COMPLAINT in india. See the law my old parents were harrased mentally in india my name was also in the complaint though i lived in other state in usa and never meet her in usa .We have not taken any dowry so the govt should amend the law in such away innocent people are noe harrased

  823. I got married in 02nd may-05 ;was a love cum arrange marriege.Even both families agreed on this and we are in same community too.My wife is a Advocate(B.A. LLB) ;working in highcourt ;mumbai.Due to some misunderstandin g and communication gap with my wife;she was doing unnecesary Zagda.Actually my mother is widow and my elder brother helped me in studies till B.E. even mother helped me lot.
    she was know all this and even in that she was not supporting my family members and always fearing to me and my family members that if u people are doing this ;i will do 498..like torchring.
    Last one year she is at her parents home as their parents came and took her in first week of july-06.
    As was meeting and calling her till Mar-07 and even i told her father to come and resolve this issue..but they always in crazy mood.
    Finally she had sent me Notice through her Advocate and i replied by own handwriting and wrote to come with my wife and settle this matter.But she is telling now that i dont have believe on my husband and i dont want to stay with him anymore….and always fearing us 498A..

    we need help from you and request you to pls get some ideas on this.

    Th anking You;

    Ama r kalvikatte
    M umbai.
    +91-9 833557610

  824. SIR
    I read the news that there was hot discussion about the misuse of DOWRY ACT . I agree with this point as innocent people are being harassed in this act.
    I am also one of them . My son was married in INDIA and the girl was taken to USA in 2 month. After getting green card she divorce my son and got half property in USA
    Her parents regd a case under DOWRY ACT in INDIA.
    THE police investigated the case and found false and cancelled the FIR
    GOD know the mental suffering of our family in INDIA.
    So I suggest that this act should be amended by LOK SABHA in such a way that innocent people are not harassed and judges should accept the police report and punished the persons who made false report
    So in this way lot of thousands cases can be solved and burden will be less on judiciary
    harkanwal singh USA

  825. My wifw hase filed Section 498A IPC againt me and my parents againts wihch i we have got saty from High Court.Kindly help me to in this matter

  826. Me n my mother are the victim of IPC 498A.

    Th e law needs to be on equal platform; i fail to understand as in todays scenariao when woman are given equal platform at places; why not in the eyes of law. And the biggest fault in this law is that; when it is found / proved that the case is false; the female is left without punishment.
    Where as on just mere spoken / written complaint every one is treated as criminal.
    It had shattered me; my mum n my son.

  827. Putting even 5 year old children behind bars means that this law is flawed and needs to be changed to suit it’s actual purpose. Create a law against it that says if investigation finds that the case is false the complainant will have a criminal case of cheating registered against her and will be prosecuted.

  828. THE POLICE SHOULD INVESTIGATE FIRST AND TAKE WRITTEN WORDS FROM THE GIRL THAT IF CASE IS FOUND FALSE SHE WILL BE PUT BEHIND JAIL

  829. I become a victim of this law where i was being framed for not being their slave…
    This was a total false c*** frames against me and my family..

  830. The SC calls it the LEGAL TERRORISM.. please close this way of torturing the husbands and their parents for no reason of theirs.

  831. “Dear all;

    I am also one of the affected person being an NRI i have to fight extensively

    Thanks to almighty; i have managed to get Anticipatory Bail for all my family members and managed to get stay in high court for trial

    I am waiting for high court decision; thats the reason i am not revealing my self(as per law i should not publicise the issue while the matter is pending before the courts)

    But i have investigated seriously to find a solution to this legal terrorism(according to SC)

    As far as i researched; the PIL line of fighting is not easy and legally acceptable in India(few PIL has been dismissed in the past)

    I am exploring ways to get a legal remedy rather than a plea(as known to those who are going to courts; judiciary needs prima facie in a case not general intutuion)

    I am exploring many ways; so far the way which looks legally promising is “”Challenging the IPC 498A Article”” for amendments on personal grounds with public interest by filling a WRIT in high court under party in person category

    I want some legal help(though my lawyers are helping; i want to win this battle rather than to lose) so anyone interested in helping me can contact me on my email IPC498MRCS@YAHOO.CO.UK

    I understand the hard feelings of all the members who have undergone this torture; but this is the time where we need to pull our socks and fight back rather than grumping upon politicians

    Changes won’t happen until we change that; so interested persons drop me a line

    Hopefully we can end this sad episode from our indian constitution

    Nevertheless; we should not forget that still dowry haressment is happening in india; so we should ask for some amendment in this act rather than scrating(which is what SC is not willing)

    I am prepared to fight this legally; i am looking for helping hands(not financially)

    Satyamave jayathe”

  832. THIS IS GOOD ATTEMPT TO MAKE BALANCE IN THE SOCIETY. WOMEN SHOULD USE HER EDUCATION TO MAKE THE HEALTHY SOCIAL ENVIROMENT NOT BY BREAKING THEIR HOME.

  833. These days it become a business to increase bank balance by threatening against 498a and demanding money . If it remain continue in future it will bring more death cases for men after marriage. we are earning money and fulfilling family requirements and wifes are giving marriage rights to their boy friends and brothers friends .

  834. in these cases at least priliminary investigation should be done before aresting the accused.

  835. 498A is a good law in spirit;since it is aimed at providing protection to the married woman.However its consequences have been davastating for the very institution of marriage (that it was supposed to protect).This has been amply demonstrated by the widespread misuse of the law;the increasing rate of divorce(which it was supposed to reduce)and the drop in the rate of marriages.These series of events inevitably will result in an even more serious de-stabilization of the Indian marriage.
    Lets stop this cascade before it causes further misery and finally turns ‘marriage’ into a phobia.
    It already is one of the scariest words one can think of.

  836. The 498A is indeed a draconian law. Why the 498B is not implemented and take the anti measure against the women when they are found to be harrasing or on the wrong foot. Our politicians are to be largely blamed for this; who have been playing this card for their own benfit. PLEASE STOP MISUSING 498A INDIAN WOMEN; YOU TOO HAVE BROTHERS AND FATHERS AT HOME…

  837. I wanted a divorce from my psychiactric patient wife. I had to admit her to a psychiatrcic hospital in USA barely few months after my marriage. Having gone thru hell for the past 4 years; now i decided to go for separation. Here you go; now i’m threatened with all false allegations me including the one that i’m wholly responsible for her illness. My father passed away with heart attack; not being able to handle the hell lot of false blames. The moment i proceed with the divorce petition; my family and myself is expected to be booked under ipc498a by my in-laws and wife. I’ve records of her medical treatments. I’m sure the illnsess is concealed or undiagnosed by her parents before the marriage. Not sure how long the divorce proceedings takes in this case. Please advise.

  838. Dear Sir;

    My name is aman; my father expire 2 year back; I have 2 brother one is elder and one is younger; my elder brother is married and a kid. We live together but the problem is now after death of my father. My elder brother and his wife nothing contributes in family expense and now they start threatening us to sell our property and give them share. If we donÆt give them their share they will send all three to jail (my mother; younger brother and me) in false case. It may be dowry case or my sister in law kill my elder brother and send us to jail in his murder case. And capture all the property. This is become mess for us. As we are from reputed family and we donÆt want to spoil our family reputation; but they want to spoil it and planning against us.
    Please tell me what my family and I do as we are both unmarried and after the death of my father we struggle a lot to remain his reputation and continue our family business;

    I will very grateful if you can tell a way to come out of this problem and we feel unsafe as they give death treat to us
    Thanks
    Aman Papneja

  839. I am one of the latest victom
    My wife is Australian Permenant Resident; but she prefered to sort out issues in India because she has family members working high positions in Justice system and 498a presence in there ( we all know how fair is our Indian system is otherwise)

    Its Shame on all of us

  840. i fear misuse of 498a against me and my family.
    Please help me ;as i fear that as soon as i file my divorce application my in-laws will file false 498a against me and my parents.

    I beleive there should be some general awareness for all the people who are getting married about such laws.
    Also; before a person is given mariage certificate; there should be a similar certificate ; which give details of any dowry ; if involved.

  841. I wonder why it takes so long to realise the ill effects of the misuse of this law. Better now than late.

  842. i want want to join forces which are costantly fighting cases against domestic voilence & misuuse of the dowry act.

  843. 498A IPC is benign. It needs no change. Only implementation according to law is required;
    This will finish 100% FIRs created by libing woman that is to be stop such abuse of criminal process.
    JUSTICE FIXING in 498A IPC is being attempted to get large extorsions of wealth property mutual divorce in violation of section 23(1)(bb) of Hindua Marriage Act. JUSTICE Fixing for destroying matrimonial home – a national shame.

  844. i want this law is to be fair…..for both husband and wife…now it does talk only about wife..as if husband are not human…..they are behaved like animals…..stop this…

  845. I am A5 victim of Brother in Law 498A. His wife filed a case on March 26th;2007 against my in-laws; my wife and me.

    They got married in 21 years back (1986). She is psycho patient. My B-i-L filed divorce case in 2005.

  846. Hopefully this PIL can work but the politicians do not work on a PIL but only on the Vote Bank.

  847. We should fight against this legal terrorism & should plan to meet the relevant Minister in Central Govt.

  848. We all must fight for our right.And what is right and just.Victory will of truth.
    SatyemeyJayate!!!jai hind

  849. I am glad to become a part of this noble campaign.
    In my view; this section must be ammended in order to safe guard the dignity of innocent people. Before registering the case; the police must do a thorough enquiry and not merely depend upon the false witness of the complainant and her relatives.
    Further; in case of aged parents; no summon/ NBW shoild be issued. What respect do we have for senior citizens? What right do we have to arrest them even before a thorough enquiry.
    These issues must be addressed.

  850. 498A is not just a curse for innocent men but for kids too; who have to bear all the burns of the wrong deeds of opportunistic; selfish; irresponsible and coward mother and her family!

    I don’t understand who is worse; a mother trying to pursue her parents’ / elders’ / guardians’ selfish desires/needs at her child’s and family expense or a father trying to pursue his career/ambition promising besides good personal treatment; roof over head; clothes on body and food in stomach; not just for his wife but also to his parents!

  851. Agreed that dawry is crime. But misuse of it is worst part of it.. I will be anytime available for fight against 498A.

    Jai hind

  852. This is a ridiculous law; which might have been appropriate 20 years ago. The things have changed and so should the law.

  853. i want to save the indian family from this bogus law ;women totally mis use this;i have lost every thing in life due to this law;i want to help sufferers

  854. I hate the anti-dowry and Domestic violence laws. They have been misused to the core. Kindly repeal these two laws that goes against the fundamental rights enshrined in the constitution.

  855. something has to be done somewhere to stop this draconian law……
    in public if a woman slaps a man ; everyone thinks the man has done something wrong; but comon yaar its not that always men do mistakes ; women too do most of the times and its just that men are tolerant towards public humiliation…
    think the other way…….

  856. my family is a victim of this act. after 15yrs of seperation a distant uncles wife has made use of this act. although my family is not directly related they were arrested. undue pressures are put on my family for negotiation at a heavy sum by threatening. Two people are arrested and rest are threatened. i am a newly married person in this family who is a witness and tortured party

  857. 1.First of all section 498A IPC should be made a bailable offence.

    2.Upon confiramtion of a false report made by a woman or her realtives against her husband and in-laws be checked by adding a Proviso to section 498A IPC that in case a woman is proved to have filed a false complaint against her husband and her in-laws and her complaint is illegally motivated and vitiated then she should be prosecuted by the same Court and charged with imprionment and fine.

    3.Any complaint filed by a woman first MUST be investigated properly by the police and then only an FIR be registered and not otherwise on a mere filing of a police complaint; not knowing whether the same complaint is vitiated or illegally motivated; and an innocent woman’s husband and in-laws are put to harassment and humilaition at the hands of police and the law.

  858. This 498a is modern Indian wisdom at its best. The women like Renuka Chaudhary are representing the modern women. This lady has her personal axe to grind so we have 498a for us to tolerate. We can fight 498a in two ways-
    1. Gandhi way – Most indians will prefer this as you can fight this war from the comfort of you A/C rooms as Gandhi did.
    or
    2. Revolutionary way – Encourage daughter-in-law of these ministers especially renuka chaudahry to file 498a against these evil minsiter and let them face the music like common man do. We would like to see how our court handle cases against these first among equals minsiter and politicians.

    I hope we still have some honest people left in India (especially judges and army men) who together can topple political system in India and start afresh. Our system stinks.

  859. “498A is destroying the Indian families and the time is not far off when people will stop marrying.

    Government should seriously look into amending the law or there will be utter chaos in the country. “

  860. ours was a love marriage that to inter caste with both the family opposition n it was a regd marriage where no one cant even dream of the word dowry.she is simply adultry and promiscous which gone to this level of blackailing me with this false legal torture.

  861. Gender specific laws like 498a & DVA which put the burden of proof on the accused husband are violative of the right to equality.

    These encourage monetary exploitation by women; and are discriminatory by gender; therefore going against the basic fundamental right to equality before law.

    These laws are violative of the founding principles of the constitution that guarantee against discrimination by gender.

    In addition; 498a is a criminal complaint. In case of a murder; the burden of proof is on the complainant.

    However; in case of marital discord; the burden of proof is on the accused. Clearly; the government is biased on gender for vote bank politics; with active lobbying from NCW & other organizations which have wonderful objectives; but dubious motives.

    Worse; the judiciary; especially the SC; is clearly unwilling to recognize the double standards in the law.

    In spite of having the powers to repeal laws that violate the basic tenets of the constitution; the SC has failed to act.

    I am a man; and I stand falsely accused because my wife chooses to tell lies. It is left to me to prove my innocence.

    And then; there is the person falsely accused of murder; who does not have to lift a finger to prove his innocence; simply because the burden of proof is on the accuser.

    The courts conveniently assume that because someone in the past has harassed his wife; the future generations must do so too.

    My question to the courts is – what if that is not true? What; if the woman is the face of evil intent? Must a man go through the trauma; just because his path to justice is littered with thorns of prejudice against his innocence????

    No law can favour an individual; even in an oblique way. If it does; it must be repealed.

    The government is decidedly unwilling to bring in legislation for true gender equality; and understandably so!!

    Should we then place our faith in the judiciary to bring about sanity in society? Is it capable of setting the equation right? So far; there is no reason for hope on this count.

  862. All laws that are against men or for that matter any gender should be withdrawn or amended. All laws should be gender neutral. Section 498a should be withdrawn.

  863. ADVICE HOW TO FIGHT AGAINST MISUSE OF 498A? HOW I GET FREE FROM MY WIFE WITHOUT GIVING HER SINGLE RUPEE? 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁

  864. Dear Sir;

    Samething happened in my case as well.

    We got married on 13th November 2005 and vinodha(my wife) had an premarital affair with his collegemate cum colleague Mr. JohnPrakash; which continued as an extramarital relationship.

    By seeing the landline phone bill; on repeated calls to her lover from the first month after the marriage; then followed continously for the next 3-5 months; there created a suspicion on the illegal relationship.

    All this incidents came to light; after I got access to her mailbox and read all the old emails. Which are communication related to their marriage proposals and seeking permissions from both their parents.

    Since the girl was a hindu and her lover is a christian; this marriage proposal was refused by the girl’s parents side.

    When all this stories came to light; she was 55 days pregnant (as on August 29th 2006). Her parents came to my house and took her; until the things are getting settled. She told; she is not ready to live with.

    She says; herself as; I am a true christian. She visits church every Sunday; at Indiranagar Bangalore. She has registered herself in the church and there was a communication sent from church to her name mentioning the registration number.

    She reads bible everyday morning(once she wakes up) and night(before going for bed).

    There was an exchange of legal notice on the last week of November 2006.

    The baby was born on February 14th 2007. There is still a question whether the child is a legitimate child (or) illegitimate child; as the DNA test for the baby has not yet done.

    I have filed a divorce case in March 2007; mentioning all her cruelties done to me; becoz of her premarital relationship; which further continued as extramarital relationship. Her intention to be a true christian.

    Further to that; she has filed a false dowry case against me and my parents; mentioning that we demanded 2 lakhs of ruppees; to repay the home loans. She has made the false statement that; if she is ready to give Rs. 2 Lakhs as dowry; then the divorce case will be withdrawn by me.

    Homeloans; have been taken to avail benefits of the Income Tax and this started before my marriage. She is no way related to this.

    Based on the false dowry case; the police has registered the case against me and my old parents. My mother was arrested yesterday and sent to imprisonment in Jail in the central Prison at Trichy.

    My family life; is again typical scenario for filing the false dowry case and harrasment of elderly parents and the innocent husband.

    Suggestions:

    There should be a checkpoint; (checkpoint to be analysed indepth) before accepting the dowry case. There should be a law again to punish the women’s; if proved; it’s a false dowry case. Experienced officials; not below the rank of Inspector General of Police (or) the supreme court Judge has to frame the series of checkpoints; to filter out the false case against registration. There should be a law to claim the damages due to harassment due to false case.

    Various checkpoints has to be clearly defined by legal experts; to overcome all this in the future.

    Thanks for the opportunity to release all my feelings as on date.

    Thanks and Regards

    R.Thiyagarajan

  865. Even husband can be abused so the same right should be given to husband also. there should not be any manitenance at least untill guilt is proved. Other wise females will keep on using this weapon and harras their husband.

  866. IPC 498A should be abbolished as it is only being misused by Indian women.
    I am also threatened by my wife though i never got and never demanded and never expected any dowery.but still i am being threatened for some other reasons.

  867. I and my family have been suffering due to draconian Sec. 498A IPC. The case is completely fabricated to involve all my distant family members and has taken a lot on our financial; emotional and mental well being. Infact; we have been tortured by state just for being honest and innocent. My wife’s family have criminal links and I am facing multiple 6 cases at this point. They are asking for INR 50 Lakhs as settlement amount using Criminal/Police/Political pressure; where no dowry was asked for and not to mention what she has taken alongwith.

    I wish that state would take the necessary steps to ensure that Sec. 498A be amended to stop the misuse of the same.

    Thanks
    Masroor

  868. Sir/madam
    >
    > I want to here by inform you that myself deependra chauahan suffering from mental harrasment by my wife and my mother in law from last 6 months
    > Before going in detail want tell you about my past period. I have done diploma in mech engg from pusa New Delhi and my home town is Ghaziabad where my parents live. I got married on dec 4 2006; my father is working in upseb and my brother and bhabi are doing job in pvt sector.
    >
    >Sir when I got married I was in tata motors jamshedpur; I got married with priyanka saxena it was luv cum arrange marriage ; we were known to each other for last three yrs; it was also intercast marriage; my parents were against it; but ultimately they convinced; but now the days this relation has became worst for me.
    >
    >Just after marriage I took my wife to jamshedpur along with me; my wife got pregnant in feb 06 ; and I took care of my wife best for herthrough out pregnanacy period mentally and physically and gave her proper diet as per instruction of doctor; in the month of march her brother took her to their home as moradabad as she was not feeling well; but I take it very lightly ; but after reaching there my wife started comments on me ; this was not his language; some body has pushed her to do so and most probabaly it was her mother ; and I came to know after marriage there are not good relation of this lady with her family even with his mother and mom and dad; my wife was demanding for money dor day to day expenses but again I take it very lightly ; itook as my responsbility.
    >
    >I got back my wife back after one month. And again our life was running very smoothly; but the period she spend with her mother; I was very mentally harrased on various day to day matters; on phone from my mother in law; but I ignore it as I want to see my family happy as my wife was pregnant ; I did my best for her ;but my mother in law was interfaring in my life very much even rajai mein kitneee cotton dalni hai wo bhi unhi key unusar chalta tha; now you can understand to what extent she was interfaring in our married life.
    >
    >In the month of july 06 last I got a big change in my life ; I got a govt job with bhel power sector; noida so I shifted to ghaziabad to my home; now I was living with my parents but unfortunately my wife could not make understanding with my mother and father; she starts complaing daily to me in evening; she start fighting; getting violent daily; but even in these circum stances I support my wife as I know she was pregnant ; and stress can affect the health of her and baby; but in the period bheviour of mother was same as it was before; she was getting involve more and more in our perssonel issues.
    > Anyhow my wife gave birth a son on 27 oct 06; but again the nagative enviroment in hospital was created by her motherin nmh hospital ghaziabad; as they( her mother and brother) did not leave the hospital; came 4 days before the delivery date; actually she was in doubt if she will not be there then we will make delivery done by surgery; her brother and mother remain in hospital for 4 days with out bath;jabki my house was just 6-7 km from hospital but she did not leave the hospital ; it was very embrassing for me as his brother was badly injured in a accident; our relatives were asking why they are doing so; I was not having answer. It hurts deeply to me.
    >
    > In the mean I was transferre from noida to kullu in himachal nad I was on paternity leave during delivery period of my wife; and after the birth of child it was turning point of my life; I was already sad with the behaviour of my mother in law; itseems to be she waiting for this moment; bother mother and daughter start torturing me that I have not done any thing and she want to go her mother home; and her mother language was mujhey beti ek mahiney key liyey chaiye; but I was supposed to leave with family after one month then how it was possible; then she said I dunt no ; I just want my daughter for one month.
    >
    > Nyhow namkaran sanskar of baby was done on 06/11/06; we did not arrange any big function because of financial problem; so in this matter her mother got angry and refused to come in namkaran sanskar by saying she is not feelig well on that days; but she again repeat she want her daughter for a month; I said how it is possible because she is widow lives alone in a joint family in two room set; but having not goood relation with their other family members; then how she will take care of my son and wife and she said I do not know I just want my daugter for a month; and she came in namkaran sanskar with a very upset mood; but after namkaran sanskar; she and my wife created violence in home; my wife was also changed; actually I speak little bit loudly with her mother; then she became violent and said I want devorce if this is the way ur talking to my mother; I cool him down and told that we will send him after 10-11 daqys; I said let the
    > baby with his dada û dadi for at least 10 days. And I came back to manali and my parents went to her house Moradabad to leave her.
    >
    > But what I observed on my conversation with my wife and her mother that she is not in mood to come with me in manali; her mother and brother put the demand of some house items like heater; money;mattresses; shifting of house item from ghaziabad to kullu mnali; I assured them I will do it ; but it was my perssonnel matter and they were interfaring very much; on dec13 I went there to take here but she refused by saying I am not feeling well; I said I will do her treatment best; but she refused.
    >
    > During the month of dec 06 I wa son official tour to mandi for a month; on dec 25 I again went to ghaziabad and convinced her to take with me on some demand by his brother and mother; the day when she came ghaziabad along with her brother;his brother asked me jijaji bahar taxi khari hai uskey payment kar do; I made the pay ment but it was very you know what I want to say; then his brother asked jijaji aap apna saaman kab leakar ja rahey ho; I said not yet I am on tour leave; I have talked with transporter; when we will reached manali I will call him nd he will do the arrangement; but he said aisey thori hota hai aap abhi ley jao; in anger I said should I need to give stamp papaers for the the proof; in answer he said jijaji aaj to kachary band then how will u make it; it hurted so muched I slapped 5 to 6 timesto him; in between my wife called me kuta û kaminey; and also slapped me and my mother; but I took it lightly because all
    > this happen in anger.
    >
    > Next day her mother came as her nature she start fighting with my parents and with me; I sais mummy there is nothing in all these let us live the happy married life ; and I came back to manli with my son and wife and we lived happily fort three months; we went for outing and said her forget everything start a new life with a passion; but after three months she and her mother start making pressure on me to leave her at her home moradabad and as she she was having truble in stomache I leave her at her home;
    >
    >But as usual I observed a surprised changed in her mood; she said on phone u have tortured me in manali; you have not given me proper diet; nd she switched off his mobile permanaently from 30/04/07 to till today;
    > I am very worried about my child; I think that lady lives alone so she she want to keep her daughter with her along with my son; I am very depressed; I was already taking depression medicines for last few years and my wife has assured me she will take care of my depression but she has incrsed my depression 10 times.i hav not heard the voice of my son for last 2we
    eks; as mobile is switched of; plz help me I am helpless
    >
    > This time I am feeling very depress as there no such kind of law so that can I can retain my family back; I have been very much tortured by my mother inlaw; my wife is very innocent; but very much influenced with her mother.jini bar wife ko ghar chora hai mera ghar ujra hai.
    > I need help please-please; I will die with out my son.
    >
    >
    >
    >Deependra chauhan
    >3rd floor; shiv shakti niwas
    >Near hotel lord regency
    >Aleo; new manali dist-kullu
    >Mob no. 09816379916
    >
    >Home add- h-248; sector-23; sanjay nagar; Ghaziabad
    >

  869. Sir/madam
    >
    > I want to here by inform you that myself deependra chauahan suffering from mental harrasment by my wife and my mother in law from last 6 months
    > Before going in detail want tell you about my past period. I have done diploma in mech engg from pusa New Delhi and my home town is Ghaziabad where my parents live. I got married on dec 4 2006; my father is working in upseb and my brother and bhabi are doing job in pvt sector.
    >
    >Sir when I got married I was in tata motors jamshedpur; I got married with priyanka saxena it was luv cum arrange marriage ; we were known to each other for last three yrs; it was also intercast marriage; my parents were against it; but ultimately they convinced; but now the days this relation has became worst for me.
    >
    >Just after marriage I took my wife to jamshedpur along with me; my wife got pregnant in feb 06 ; and I took care of my wife best for herthrough out pregnanacy period mentally and physically and gave her proper diet as per instruction of doctor; in the month of march her brother took her to their home as moradabad as she was not feeling well; but I take it very lightly ; but after reaching there my wife started comments on me ; this was not his language; some body has pushed her to do so and most probabaly it was her mother ; and I came to know after marriage there are not good relation of this lady with her family even with his mother and mom and dad; my wife was demanding for money dor day to day expenses but again I take it very lightly ; itook as my responsbility.
    >
    >I got back my wife back after one month. And again our life was running very smoothly; but the period she spend with her mother; I was very mentally harrased on various day to day matters; on phone from my mother in law; but I ignore it as I want to see my family happy as my wife was pregnant ; I did my best for her ;but my mother in law was interfaring in my life very much even rajai mein kitneee cotton dalni hai wo bhi unhi key unusar chalta tha; now you can understand to what extent she was interfaring in our married life.
    >
    >In the month of july 06 last I got a big change in my life ; I got a govt job with bhel power sector; noida so I shifted to ghaziabad to my home; now I was living with my parents but unfortunately my wife could not make understanding with my mother and father; she starts complaing daily to me in evening; she start fighting; getting violent daily; but even in these circum stances I support my wife as I know she was pregnant ; and stress can affect the health of her and baby; but in the period bheviour of mother was same as it was before; she was getting involve more and more in our perssonel issues.
    > Anyhow my wife gave birth a son on 27 oct 06; but again the nagative enviroment in hospital was created by her motherin nmh hospital ghaziabad; as they( her mother and brother) did not leave the hospital; came 4 days before the delivery date; actually she was in doubt if she will not be there then we will make delivery done by surgery; her brother and mother remain in hospital for 4 days with out bath;jabki my house was just 6-7 km from hospital but she did not leave the hospital ; it was very embrassing for me as his brother was badly injured in a accident; our relatives were asking why they are doing so; I was not having answer. It hurts deeply to me.
    >
    > In the mean I was transferre from noida to kullu in himachal nad I was on paternity leave during delivery period of my wife; and after the birth of child it was turning point of my life; I was already sad with the behaviour of my mother in law; itseems to be she waiting for this moment; bother mother and daughter start torturing me that I have not done any thing and she want to go her mother home; and her mother language was mujhey beti ek mahiney key liyey chaiye; but I was supposed to leave with family after one month then how it was possible; then she said I dunt no ; I just want my daughter for one month.
    >
    > Nyhow namkaran sanskar of baby was done on 06/11/06; we did not arrange any big function because of financial problem; so in this matter her mother got angry and refused to come in namkaran sanskar by saying she is not feelig well on that days; but she again repeat she want her daughter for a month; I said how it is possible because she is widow lives alone in a joint family in two room set; but having not goood relation with their other family members; then how she will take care of my son and wife and she said I do not know I just want my daugter for a month; and she came in namkaran sanskar with a very upset mood; but after namkaran sanskar; she and my wife created violence in home; my wife was also changed; actually I speak little bit loudly with her mother; then she became violent and said I want devorce if this is the way ur talking to my mother; I cool him down and told that we will send him after 10-11 daqys; I said let the
    > baby with his dada û dadi for at least 10 days. And I came back to manali and my parents went to her house Moradabad to leave her.
    >
    > But what I observed on my conversation with my wife and her mother that she is not in mood to come with me in manali; her mother and brother put the demand of some house items like heater; money;mattresses; shifting of house item from ghaziabad to kullu mnali; I assured them I will do it ; but it was my perssonnel matter and they were interfaring very much; on dec13 I went there to take here but she refused by saying I am not feeling well; I said I will do her treatment best; but she refused.
    >
    > During the month of dec 06 I wa son official tour to mandi for a month; on dec 25 I again went to ghaziabad and convinced her to take with me on some demand by his brother and mother; the day when she came ghaziabad along with her brother;his brother asked me jijaji bahar taxi khari hai uskey payment kar do; I made the pay ment but it was very you know what I want to say; then his brother asked jijaji aap apna saaman kab leakar ja rahey ho; I said not yet I am on tour leave; I have talked with transporter; when we will reached manali I will call him nd he will do the arrangement; but he said aisey thori hota hai aap abhi ley jao; in anger I said should I need to give stamp papaers for the the proof; in answer he said jijaji aaj to kachary band then how will u make it; it hurted so muched I slapped 5 to 6 timesto him; in between my wife called me kuta û kaminey; and also slapped me and my mother; but I took it lightly because all
    > this happen in anger.
    >
    > Next day her mother came as her nature she start fighting with my parents and with me; I sais mummy there is nothing in all these let us live the happy married life ; and I came back to manli with my son and wife and we lived happily fort three months; we went for outing and said her forget everything start a new life with a passion; but after three months she and her mother start making pressure on me to leave her at her home moradabad and as she she was having truble in stomache I leave her at her home;
    >
    >But as usual I observed a surprised changed in her mood; she said on phone u have tortured me in manali; you have not given me proper diet; nd she switched off his mobile permanaently from 30/04/07 to till today;
    > I am very worried about my child; I think that lady lives alone so she she want to keep her daughter with her along with my son; I am very depressed; I was already taking depression medicines for last few years and my wife has assured me she will take care of my depression but she has incrsed my depression 10 times.i hav not heard the voice of my son for last 2we
    eks; as mobile is switched of; plz help me I am helpless
    >
    > This time I am feeling very depress as there no such kind of law so that can I can retain my family back; I have been very much tortured by my mother inlaw; my wife is very innocent; but very much influenced with her mother.jini bar wife ko ghar chora hai mera ghar ujra hai.
    > I need help please-please; I will die with out my son.
    >
    >
    >
    >Deependra chauhan
    >3rd floor; shiv shakti niwas
    >Near hotel lord regency
    >Aleo; new manali dist-kullu
    >Mob no. 09816379916
    >
    >Home add- h-248; sector-23; sanjay nagar; Ghaziabad

  870. What could I say to this & another great law ‘Domestic Violence Act’. I’m sure a Man is in worsen condition today than anybody was during ‘British Raj’. Our society has already been divided into different casts; religions by these politician and now they are targetting the families; the basic root of the whole society. Please; please; please help stop this from happening!!!

  871. “I am in 100% support of this PIL. I spent 11 days in jail due to this. My 21 yrs old younger brother who was studing was also put into jail. I believe that NCW is the biggest terrorist group in this world. “

  872. Hi;

    This section (498A) indeed is being misused. I have beeen the latest victim of this. My elder brother’s in-laws are now trying to frame a completely false case against my brother; sister and parents. Everybody in our home was caught by surprise when we came to know about such case being filed against us.

    I am amazed that how can there be laws of this kind. These kind of laws should be immediately ammended to make them more fairer for both the parties.

    I support abolishment or amendment of such law.

  873. Keep 498a as it is without amending it if u like
    or if u r under pressure from ladies forums.

    Just make it mandatory that the case be closed
    within a stipulated period of 3 months and make
    use of fast track courts to expedite the process.

    This way; u’ll also keep the feminists happy as
    well as keep good people out of harm’s way.

    Jai Hind.

  874. This law is against any norm of dignified human living. Our constitution says it guarantees equality before law and justice. 498A and DV act violate constitution (though constitution also says that special laws can be made for women and children as long as it is just) specifically and all natural and common laws.
    It is pathetic that our law makers for vote bank; enforcers for brownie points and judiciary have been taking such an one sided view for so long.
    If a man had harassed his wife does not mean that a wives will be given freedom to harass their husbands and in laws. Two wrongs cannot make one thing right.
    If the investigators are incompetent to find the truth; take action against them rather than hiding behind such draconian laws and convicting the men and their parents / siblings even before the trial begins. Judicial system has equal responsibility in this.
    Please go to any family court.Court would blindly award maintenance or divorce if a woman asks for even though she could be working; earning much more than a guy and proved beyond doubt with woman’s salary certificate. Some courts tell the man to pay even when he is unemployed whereas the woman is employed. I have proof of such a case; but even Karnataka High court refuses to see that simply saying that they would not like interfere in lower court’s order. In fact Hindu marriage act is categorical in saying that when the spouse has no independent access income; alimony comes into picture.

    Their silliest reason is that husband is supposed to maintain his wife and she is not bound by such a rule. where is it said? If women are equal to men; why men need to pay? Women should have equal responsibility to take care of children financially.

    Once a 498A is filed; is there a possibility of any rapproachment or reconciliation? The trust is already gone. Even if the case goes in favour of either party; can they ever live together as there is always a fear?

    Just because a woman becomes one’s wife; why should have throw out his aged parents and why should idiotic police suggest such a solution? Could they not advise the woman to rather mend her ways? When a person is said to be innocent unless proved guilty; why is it a marital discord is used to call one a guilty before trial?
    Why do a husband need to share the property that he earned on his own or might have inherited? Then let him inherit what the wife inherited from her parents as well.

    Nowadays; most urban women are so money minded; they would not bother about family relationships. Read every matrimonial ad. It clearly states their affluence and what they are looking in the guy – his job; his nri status; his property; his money. There are ads where the girls say that they would not entertain proposals if a guy earns less than a lac or must be in the US only or more specifically must be in BAY area; etc. etc. Who is money minded?

    These two laws are fit cases to be challenged as part of review of 9th schedule. but please also look at the rider in the constitution that any non-sensical laws could be passed to help women and children. here the definition of women has been twisted by our corrupt politicians to include only wives. Best thing is to instigate the wives of all MPs and MLA to get some money out of them. Then they will realize the gravity.

  875. Another victim of this law.
    Now been slapped with DV as well.
    Kudos to the people who made this law.
    May they live long. Very very long.

  876. There should be a law for men to file the case against the ôHusband Killersö. 498 killing the guys without any reason.

  877. Dear Sir;

    Iam tired of fighting all alone;a woman(wife) who as made life a living hell.

    Sincrely…..I need help!!!

    Warm Regards-

    Pradeep Gour.

  878. It is the saas-bahu serials on TV;the politicians and the activists who have destroyed the harmony and peace in the household. A few of these idiots are hell bent upon completely ruining the families. These people will wake up one day when their near or dear falls prey to this act. And that time is not far away. May God’s curse fall upon them.

  879. Till recently I used to be very much sympathetic to woman who have filled a dowry case. But when My own brother and my mother were booked under a FALSE 498A. My view against dowry cases has changed now.

    Hope even our LEGAL system would soon recognize that 498a is LUCRATIVE money minting business for Woman; her Parents; Lawyers and Police.

  880. IPC 498a is draconian. The system has a loop hole; and unscrupulous persons are taking undue advantage of it by victimizing innocent persons; just by making false accusations. And there is no penalty for unfounded allegations. Hope; some day the code will be amended to patch the loop holes.

  881. GOOD ATTEMPTS TO SAVE INNOCEBT HUSBANDS AND ALSO TO REMOVE MENTAL BLOCK THAT ONLY FEMALES ATE VIVTIMISED

  882. It’s a shame that India one of the biggest countries in the world and one of the sky-rocket economically developing countries in the world has law of 19 century where rumors; gossips and fairy tales are taken as valid legal evidence. Indian jurisdiction protects not people who get hurt and suffered; but those who are good in manipulating and destroying other people’s lives. Wake up government; we can’t live like savages. The rest of the world makes fun of us.

  883. There should be equal legal protection for both men and women. Law makers should keep in mind the natural tendency of women to misuse the law.

  884. My wife has been fabricated into a false 498A by her sister-in-law. All the allegations are false and we had to run from bangalore to bihar to get anticipatory and final bail. I wonder how without any kind of initial investigations; arrest warrant can be issued to even a relative staying away from their home ???

  885. The woman who deserve protection and justice are still helpless and this law has empowerd more corruption against innoscent men and their families and a way to fullfill pockets and greed of corrupt society and system.

  886. Though; this law explains to help women; but it doesnt does though. It affects all the family members of the husband mostly mother; sister and their kids. The law is very-straight forward in blindly harassing a family for no reasons (98 % of 498a cases are false). In other words; its a weapon used by rogue women; their lawyers and family members to shoot down a soft target.

  887. “the kind of laws these 498a and dva are husbands and their relatives are already held at ransom by some mischievious females. the law being framed for females is abused by them to satisfy their ego. what kind of a law is this. no enquiry no proof. put all the people named in fir behind bar and decide later if the complaint is true or false. and we say we live in a country of principles ; of ram; of gandhi; of tagore. do punish the guilty but not innocent. do not play will lives of people who have not done any harm. “

  888. Surely; the gender biased law needs to be relooked and re-worked. This is a good initiative and begining.

  889. Your site is great. let us help each other in our bad time created by other people.

  890. This is a law which requires a lot of correction else one day will come when boys will preffer not to marry.

  891. This is really a law which is preading crime and this law is only responsible for so many marriges got disturbed and the people who show themselves the custodian of judiciary they have made this as the only source of their livlihood and this is not because they are bad but this law has made lot of people bad and criminals.I am proud to sign this PIL.

    Regards
    Pawan

  892. The Gender biased laws either to be removed at all or to be made gender neutral.
    These days woman are more in news concerned right from pick pocket to high end robbery; murders; drugs; cheating; terrorists etc.;
    Women are proud to be equal to men in ALL aspects. :clap:

  893. Hi;
    I am also a victim of a false 498A along with my entire family; I strongly voice my nod for this PIL and would like to see this law ammended one day; atlease it must be made compoundable; which will give a reason for the women who used this law under influence to take their complains back and also bailable which will save the innocent families from going through a rough patch of life which they do not deserve at all…

    Regards

    Jaspal

  894. This is law which use to the women but mostly use to blackmail to her materil family member. Police use to make money on both side. and full famliy was distory. Please make the chage in this law. anybody cant misuse this.

  895. 498A is being misused a lot. This law should definitely be amended so that its misuse is stopped completely.

  896. Law was supposed to be blind. So why is the law now making a distinction on the grounds of sex? Why are women always treated innocent and men always treated guilty? Doesn’t this go against the whole idea of having Law and Order? Wake up; nation.

  897. This blind law must be removed soon. And; some Actions should be taken to pressurise the Indian Govt. for justice.

  898. My family is suffering from false 498a case. Indian Government need to change this law (498a). Innocent people are being punished by mis-using the law. In my case; the in-laws are even threatening that Unless I accept their daughter; they will make all kinds of inconvenience to my parents.
    I prey to the GOD; that the crooked in-laws should be punished.

  899. I fully agree with the abolition of 498A to uphold the rule of equality of all people. Woman are harrrasing their husbands due to this law and family life is getting destroyed.

  900. My brother in law is avoiding me & not attending my phones; sister-in-law as well as mother in law is not allowing me to talk to my wife & threatening me on phone to take actions against me instead of going for an amicable solution to the abovesaid problem. I am currently keeping my kids and my widow mother alongwith me. I am under severe mental stress; which in a way is affecting my services & reputation in my present firm; but my in-laws are least bothered about it and not caring anything. I have no intentions to break my family; neglect or deprive my children; abandon my wife as well as my widow mother. Please advise appropriately regarding what they can do and what I am to do?

  901. My marriage with smt. Debjani Das took place in 2003 at Baranagar. In my one and four months married life I have toured three sites including travel Bombay and Goa with my wife when situation going out of control.At the begaining of my married when we come back from the honey-moon I noticed that she picked up quarrel on some pretext to force upon her misdirected idea like; not to provide any financial assistance to my mother and sister ;to transfer my all GPF and others official nominee in her names .I got the service on compassionate ground in department of Central Excise. She joined in a company of M/s Malhotra Ltd. Suddenly without my concerned. From that position she was going totally out of control by leading adamant life returning home after 9p.m.without show any cause.She and her father asked for her security in future from me and demanding to transferred all of my cash certificate and threatening me to filed 498A any time if demand not fulfilled .And threatening that they have a power by Judicial Magistrate Mr. Sidharta Roy chowdhury; CJM; Barasat Court well known by them.She demanded booked a flat in her name beside of her paternal house immediately. She filed 498A suddenly on 11.07.2004 against all of my others family members (3)from her paternal house ;and I was put behind the bar for 7 days. After that She demanded 5 lakhs for withdrawl of 498A; simontaniously she filed for divorce petition and 125 for maintenance under Siddharta Roy Chowdhury; CJM; Barasat .He personally did all legal assistance in favour of them.She also filed the petition for divorce onthe same court at Barasat.In reconciliation she denied to meet the legal procedure back;but make divorce immediately.All this has been continue for last 3 years.They admitted for 13B but divorce has been satailed first in condition.So I did not agreed.Please advice.

  902. This is the law which made the Indian family system to collapse and makes most of the proud Indian men to be behind bar for their mistake of marrying a Indian women

  903. Something must be done in this regard. I will actively participate if any activity is announced from the forum.

  904. My parents treated my wife more than a daughter as i am the only child and they themselves have ost their daughter; but this is how we get betrayed. More than her; it is the women activists who are responsible. It is because of them that one woman (bahu) is torturing an older woman (saas). To hell with these activists.

  905. This law; in its present form; will lead to degeneration of Indian culture. It will propagate the idea of illegal relationships rather than harmonious marriages. Moreover; the gender biased aspect of the law will inculcate gender biased tendencies in the minds of all generations of Indians.

  906. “It is a thought that there exist only womanizers; what about men like me who are be “”manized”” by women….my own wife now; girlfriend of over 9 years;who did nothing but exploit me just because she was beautiful and I was scared of losing her.Let Oxford and Websters include “”MANIZING””;””MANIZERS”” as new inclusions for 2007-2008.Men are being abused by the 498A too!!! Wake Up WORLD; Wake Up INDIA!!!”

  907. We will fight till death. I am sure even if and when my case is over i will still keep fighting for my friends.

  908. Don’t change the law;just add that if case is proven false; wife n her family would be jailed for 6 months.Even feminist organizations shouldn’t object;if they want truth 2 prevail.Then only the genuinely tortured wife would rightly use the law n our courts wouldn’t be queued up with bail applications 2 get relief from 498a.Fortunately;supreme court n high court have acknowledged the rampant misuse of this law by a small section of urban women;who use this as a tool 2 extort money from husband n his family.Aptly termed as LEGAL TERRORISM.

  909. This law 498a & 506 is grossly misused by the bride and her parents to settle personal scores. Mainly; the parents of the bride would like to live life in celibecy @ the cost of the groom.. can we stop this nonsense. I am slapped with 498a& 506 for no fault of mine. Is there anybody to listen there…. And the police just files any complaint given and chargesheet is made for a few bucks not analysing the truth and what goes ahead for the groom and his folks. I appreciate the step taken by you to stop this deliberate harassment by the girl and her parents.

    Regards

    Harish

  910. Hope that this movement gathers momentum and this evil is uprooted from our society.

  911. gender based law which is being grossely misused by wives. should be amended to save institute of marriage from being extinct.

  912. “These laws were made with just vote bank politics for appeasement of women.The women who really require protection will not even come to about the existence of such a law.What effort has been made by Ms Renuka Choudhary and her tribe to go and see the state of women who actually need a law to protect them.It is only the scheming woman reffered as “”TRIYA CHARITRA”” in Ramayana who because of the misguidance and manipulation of her own parents gets involved in such stupid acts and spoils life of her husband;children;her in-laws in addition to her own life.I am sure their is enough stastics to substantiate this.All logical thinking human beings must resist its implementation.A special invitation to women to join in their own interest because for every man who is going to suffer there will be more number of women in the form of husband’s mother and sisters who will suffer.”

  913. I am glad to see there is a itiatative to trash the monster 298A Law in India. I am also a victim of this Law. She took divorce in 2003 and now I am happily married and leading a lovely life. There are still good women out their? I found my second wife totally different from that first one. My advise to all victims is that don’t become victims in the hands of Lawyers. Choose a good lawyer and monitor him what he is doing; and also know little bit of Law. We all should know what Law says; then it is a lot eaiser to fight these kind of cases. We should aware the public about the Law.

    Presently I am in Saudi Arabia in Riyadh city and if some one in these part of world need my help or advise please feel free to call me on this mobile number. +(966) 0557070762 or email me on makhaderwgl@hotmail.com. I will be happy to share my experience and advise.

    Thanks and bye.

  914. I don’t see India shining any more with this bloody laws which in turn has spoilt the lives of many people.

  915. Its truly tragic how the educated; schematic women are misusing the laws to exploit innocent men & their families. I have sufferred at the hand of my second wife who cam to save me & my two innocent children after the death of my first wife. But what she has done is shameful.

  916. As I am also a victim of 498A; it really made me glad to see that initiative is being taken. And it will be my priviledge to join this cruisade.

  917. I am under intense distress to even write a meaningful post here. Most of my time is being spent in reading about this draconian law.I cannot even imagine the emotional trauma and humiliation that such a case can bring to me and my family members who are very respected members of the society. I am very rapidly loosing all faith in humanity; life; happiness ; joy; the integrity of this institution called marriage(especially a hindu marriage).Little did i know that i was getting married to an alpha-woman of the 22nd century who has soul attached to her profession; social status;her jewelly and designer saree collection; a need to be pampered constantly and lavishness that she has very little time to ponder about the larger meaning of life with regards to developing an understanding with her husband instead of being adamant and demanding; child birth; spirituality; harmony in the family and mingling in the society. She is power hungry ;pleasure hungry; does not understand the meaning of a frugal yet comfortable lifestyle; craves for constant attention; is constantly suspecting and insecure. have times changed so much that a man’s role in a mmarriage is being downgraded to that of being a bodyguard?

  918. I would appreciate if you could check grammar of the PIL.

    I strongly support the abolishing of the monstrous act; even while educating the police that arrest should not be made on mere accusations by the ‘aggrieved’; as this is being used more often than not; as a tool of black-mail by the mad female.

  919. As everyone makes hue and cry about the system and making our(victims) life miserable; we have to do something that should me our life enjoyable . we are all educated and good earning. Still there are good women who are ready to marry . Cant we found a good girl and marry and settle somewhere else in this BIG India. The police harassment and courts are all common (they never end) just our life comes to end.
    What harassment they can made to our parents.
    The solution what i put looks some odd.but Ladies know that MEN can enjoy life if they want.
    Aim is to enjoy the life by coming out of the case or escaping the case. coming out is a years long process.

  920. After 15 years of marriage she walks out with her lover all in public and then misuses the process of court to file cases under Sec. 125 Cr. Pc despite having multiple sources of income and then further files for divorce & alimony and then suddenly 6 weeks after filing divorce & alimony she files pleading case under Sec. 498a & 406. The Judicial System should beware from such pranksters.

  921. An innocent person; irrespective of gender; becomes an anti social element when harassed / tortured unfairly. Sec 498A misused by an evil woman on an innocent man would ultimately result in an evil woman and an evil man. Do we need such a law?

  922. An Independent legal regulatory body urgently needed Or a similar sort of expert independent Law oversight body to prevent the crooked politicians to enact any new biased amendment or any controversial law pandering to their electoral vote bank . All new laws have to pass through expert independent Legal oversight body on constitutional validity and not biased against any groups or individuals. All new laws cannot be too broad or vague…have to be unequivocallly defined I fought same situation in USA for five years my two chidlren are the real victims in it is a big sacm

  923. “I am with you fellas and pretty concerned.
    IPC-498a plus DV act atleast should be made Gender Neutral by using “”SPOUSE”” instead; besides non-cognizable; compoundable and bailable.”

  924. It is shameful to see educated independent women concorct stories such as to absolve herself of all blame in a failed marriage. Using regressive laws to shield herself. Does it ever strike them that this is definitely not the path to happiness that they wanted so desperately.

  925. 498a is genderbisaed law and being heavily misused. Time has come to amend this law.

  926. My wife is threatening me to use article 498a against myself and my family unless I cut all relationship with my mother and brother.
    Both my brother and mother are financially dependent on me. So if I have to cut relationship with them they will die out of starvation. If I do not cut relationship; She will get me booked under 498a and in that case I will loose job and money.
    Please Abolish Such A f****** Law

  927. misuse of 498a should be carefully monitored and necessary amendment is immediately needed.actual victim use this law rarely but so called educated
    family taking wrong benefits.this only breaks the family and never restore the conjugal life. atleast one competent inqu. officer must be thete; who will first investigate ;then only register the case. blindly registerering the case is only the problem.

  928. I am as it is having a rough time serving in field area. My wife is creating more problems.She does’nt think about the future of our child.This law should be made bailable.

  929. woman := wo(e) + man are by default greedy; selfish and have ever hunger for money/property/car which never ends weather it is her spouse’s or spouse’s father/mother. 498a is a lethal weapon unleashed inappropiately to their greedy/abusive hands to fetch/extort their true inner … money/property just as easily.

    Marriage is (becoming) a curse

  930. I and my family members are a recent victim of the same abuse of the Anti-dowry act Sec 498A. I have lot of legal evidence to prove against such harassment posed to me. It will be only a matter of time before such malicious attitude of women towards their husbands in the form of tacit harassment during the married times; and as Sec 498 harassment during and after the divorce times will become known to the public. We should all join together and teach a lesson to such women in the right way that brings a positive change in the society.

  931. Why is Hon’ble Supreme Court of India seeing this misuse and not executing Renuka minded lady? Does legal professional want to earn more money by this dispute.

  932. “article 498a is a F/D for woman. with the help of that by one merry she can earn laks of rupees. and this is a killing article for man. by working hard one man is earning money full of the life but by one wrong decision of merriage that money will transfer in his wife”” account.”

  933. our aim should be that we will not stop fight untill our inlaws get punishment. i will do the same. there are another articles also.

  934. these lawsare a must for women but their needs to b a understanding tht it is not always the boys side which is at fault the girls who really need to use these laws do not get to use them and the ones who want to extort money frm their in-laws misuse them.

  935. A law meant to protect women in the rural areas is being grossly misused by the women in the urban areas to suit their whims and fancies. The CAW Cell is nothing but a torture chamber for men who have to face humilation and degradation heaped on them by the so-called police officers.

  936. My wife filed false 498A against my family and she is harassing my family in India. Please advice.

  937. I strongly feel that the laws like 498A; Women Protection Act; are giving more powers to the Indian Ladies to Harass Men. My Wife living an life of Adultery; has taken all my assets (worth crores); my children with her and has now has filed various suits against me and my parents to sell the only property my father owns now; just to satisfy her lust for money.

  938. It gives strength to be a part of such group…I strongly feel that we should come out in masses and protest for a change in biased 498A law.

  939. Stop sending our aged parents and sisters behind the bars. No arrest should be made without enquiry.
    Make harsh punishment for the liers.

  940. * Bring harmony in life and not chaos.
    * Give justice and not punishment to innocent.
    * On one hand ;aw talks of coming up means to rehabilitate the criminals and terrorist and killers in jail by giving them opportunity to get back in society and on other hand law are being implemented which is making more innocent people and their family outcasted in society. Is it necessory one has to be a criminal to be rehabilitate? First fill the Jail and then show to world that rehabilitation programme is working wonder!!!
    * Better counselling to victims. No threats please. Do not increase their pain and sufferings.
    * One can go on and on. Who is listening to us??

  941. we need to fight against misuse of 498a.

    most of the genuine cases will not come to light only wives who target the inlaws and husband will misuse. Legislation should consider revising the law.

  942. These greedy and selfish women use this as threatening weapon to make things in their way.

    Introducing this law is a unsensible & cruel feminist act.

    If found this law is misused; those who misused to be jailed double the amount of term ie.; 6 years.

  943. This 498 should be changed; there should be minor investigation before any action as due to this lots of families are suffering… due to false allegation from girl side.

  944. this law has to be ammended drastically as this is totally onesided to women . there being enough awareness and economic independence with women ; such a law is bound to be misused. especially it dangerous in case of government employeed husbands who will be suspended immidately from their jobs in any such kind of eventuality for no cause which is highly traumatic to the person and dependents in his family. it is hypocritical to mention womens equality with men on oneside and frame these kind of gender biased laws on the other. due to these laws entire family system is being lost.

  945. Some changes in this law should be implemented IMMEDIATELY; such as –
    1. Any arrest shall be a house arrest only
    2. Senior citizens to be excluded from the ambit of the law; unless proven guilty
    3. If allegation proved false; petitioner must mandatorily pay costs
    4. For all registered marriages; bride’s guardian must give written confirmation that no dowry has been sought by/given to groom’s family

  946. I have come across many cases where Educated earning wifes say the husband has to improve; since he is not doing hard enough work to improve himself she filed Dowry ; mental cruality; physical violence etc. etc.

    The enprovement desired form husband varies from wife to wife. Some say he takes long time to understand some type of topics; so she can not live with him; but later starts saying dowry; cruality etc. Then starts saying will never give him divorce; etc..

    Courts; CAW cells are helpless in these casees as no one can dare to give divorce to husbands. They have no power to make a wife see the truth and be sencible. The press for marriage related news is handled by young women brainwashed by feminist organizations by one sided unequal false picture; and not by men or grandparents age persons who have been successful in family life. Most press related to family is seperated ; divorced type of women.

  947. I think this is very good thing happening for the innocent husbands who are harrassed by thier wives.

  948. 498a is the best weapon for a egoistic girl.
    It has to be reviewed immediately for the
    betterment of the entire family.

    Any narrow minded girl just needs to talk to
    a lawyer for 5 minutes and she can ruin an
    entire family and their reputation.

  949. This law mentalls kills evrybody in the boys family as this law is the worst law and is biased totally towards women only. 498A is Crime Against Humanity

  950. In need of divorce and child(will complete 5 years on 5th February 2007) custody

  951. This a law made not to protect women;but to harass unmarried women and old aged women of the husband side whether they are two in number or five. And nail in the coffin is Domestic violence Bill. If these should not be amended very soon then they will deter the traditional Hindu families.And soon marriages will be decided along with Horoscope and Pre-condition that the Girl side will give an undertaking that they will not register Dowry suit in future.

  952. It was great to know about an NGO which is working for men against the atrocities of women who have become ruthless;murderous.Literally bitches who drink blood of Husband and in laws.I think all the men should unite and come to one platform and fight against these bitches.

  953. “Offcourse this won’t help until men resort to violence against the two malacious; parasitic organisms called Feminists and Govt.

    My suggestion is IF THE CASE IS FALSE PLEASE MAKE MS RENUKA CHAUDHARY; THE CORPORATE PIMPS F THE PRESS AND OTHER FEMINISTS PARTY TO THE CRIME

    IF SOMEBODY IS FORCED TO COMMIT SUICIDE MAKE THE CONCERNED POLITICAL FOOLS AND FEMINIST ANIMALS PARTY TO MURDER; INCLUDING THE LIARS; RUMOUR MONGERING SOLD OF JOURNOS (CALLED IDIOTS ALSO)

    FIGHT FOR A LAW THAT A MP OR MINISTER OR MLA IF EVEN NAMED BY SOMEBODY IN A REPORT “”SHOULD BE TREATED GUILTY WITH HIS FAMILY INCLUDING TODDLERS”” AND SHOULD BE FORCED TO FORGO ALL TRAPINGS OF POWER AND THE ONUS OF PROVING THE INNOCENCE SHOULD BE ON THE POLITICAL BEAST AND THE FEMINIST ANIMALS

    FINALLY ONLY ARMS WOULD SOLVE THE ISSUE. PROMISE THAT FEMINISM WOULD FALL IN A DAY AND THESE FEMINIST BASTSRDS AND THEIR POLITICAL ANIMALS WOULD LICK THE DIRT IF 1% MEN IN THE WORLD COMBINE FOR 24 HRS AND RUN HAYWIRE”

  954. I have been harrased by my wife mentaly & physicaly since last 5 years & I am in fear that in coming future they can misuse this law against me Once she already sent me & my elder brother in police station for whole night

  955. Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) is more often than not misused by unscrupulous women; their lawyers and police as a tool to blackmail and torment the husband and his relatives and/or friends. It is supposed to protect women; but ends up harassing women related to the husband; who may be innocent.It is used mostly by such women who are bent upon harrassing their husband and his family members; and not women who are actually battered.

  956. 498a or any law to the female protection is ok; But it should be rectified and implemented only after investigations.
    Otherwise Husbands or men will no more exist and so would be the case of marriages as there would be no marriages or there would be gay marriages

  957. Being a woman married for 10 yrs with a woderful husband and a daughter my request to our nation is to stop misusing this law as a threatening weapon. I really feel sorry for my brother who is a victim of this. Please do something agaist this

  958. THIS IS THE MOST HORRENDOUS LAW. THE KEY TO QUICK JUSTICE IS ESTABLISH KEY CONTACTS WITH MEDIA – NDTV; TIMES ETC AND FACILATATE REPORTING OUR FATE.RENUKA RANDI MADE THE DV LAW TO PROMOTE HER OWN INTEREST – NEXT 2 DAYS OF THE LAW ; SHE USED IT AGAINST HER UNFORTUNATE SON IN LAW. STOP THIS FEMINIST BASTARDS !!!!!

  959. I DO NOT KNOW WHEN THIS FEMINIST APPROACH OF THIS GOVERENMENTS OF INDIA WOULD CHANGE . GOD FEARING NATION IN THE COMING FUTURE BECOME WOMEN FEARING NATION .

  960. It is really very unfortunate that a law which has been enacted to protect the women and their relatives;is being misused by them itself against the women and other innocent people for petty gains.The logical concequeces will be the mistrust in the society ;which one can not afford it.So it should be the top most agenda for the society to scrap the short commings of such law without any loss further.

  961. Please modify the section 498A law to give a figting chance to innocent people to protect themselves.

  962. IT IS NOT MISTAKE OF LAW BUT MISTAKE OF FACTS
    OPPERTUNITY OF BEING HEARD SHOULD BE GIVEN
    MISUSERS SHELL BE PUNISHED

  963. “People supporting this law (you know who i mean)also have brothers ; sons ; nephews against who this law will be used sometime in the future. Then “”they”” will know the pain and sorrow we felt ; when we were harassed.”

  964. I wish if this law (498 A) can be amended where both men and women have equal rights or a separate law should be made for men where in they can file their complaint against women harassment and then women should be treated in the same manner as men are being harassed under 498 A

  965. Feminists have brothers; sons; and nephews too. One day they will be at the receiving end of this law . Then they will know our pain and suffering.

  966. Iam a victim of this discriminating gender biased law. All I did was to get in to a relationship with out getting to know the person Iam going to share the rest of my life with.
    She used this tool to hide all her pre and post marital affairs and harass me and my family for money. We need to get rid of this sickness from the society which allows people to misuse legal system to their whims.

  967. Please remove this law as instead of making marriages ;this law is breaking marriage.

  968. It is a good site for us and I heartily congratute for this site;
    Know we r thinking there is some one who listen us and give us good advice
    Thanx

  969. A very good; informtive and helpful site. Let us continue our crusade against this gender biased law.

  970. A very useful website with lots of information. In addition to that I would request the organizer to show common innocent people; the preventive measures that can/may safeguard them from such misuse.

    Sincerely

  971. WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA DO SOLEMENLY RESOLVE TO….. RIGHT OF EQUALITY; FREEDOM; SPEECH.

    THIS LAW HAS THE POWER TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION / PREAMBLE OF INDIA.

    THE LAW WAS MADE TO AVOID HARRASSMENT OF WOMEN. THE JUSTICE IS NOT DONE; THE LAW IS WIDELY USED TO HARRASS MEN BY FAKE CASES. WHERE ARE THE LAW MAKERS – SLEEPING OR AFRAID OF THEIR OWNS WIVES TO AMEND THE LAW. TIME HAS COME TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION PREAMBLE.

    WE THE WOMEN OF INDIA DO SOLEMENLY RESOLVE TO RID MEN OF….. RIGHT OF EQUALITY; FREEDOM; SPEECH.

  972. “The current dowry related law is a legal terrorism; it become even more brutel when the clever women shake hands with implemenation agencies especially police.
    “”I never even seen any law anywhere in the world except India; which put three women in jail to protect one bloody female with clever mind”””

  973. Husbands getting harrased by Women using this law for false cases is something which we should protest about & do something for this law to be used justly

  974. This is black mail tool for women.Even women who are at fault for failure of marriage use it.It is used as face saving act to cover up for extra marital affair carried out by women.

  975. I totally agree that this lop sided and skewed law can only be enforced in an under developed society as ours.

    Its like jumping from the frying pan to the fire…….its consequences could be devastating in as much as affecting and even systematically ruining the family bondage and social system.

    If at all these law is to be enforced then it should have ubiquitous status i.e. it should be such that both men and women can equally exercise it.

    But then again……the parameters on which the law is to be enforced are so subjective in nature that chances of it being misused are very high.

  976. I got married about two years back.We always fight from the first day itself.They are rich and
    we are from simple family.Her father is retired ACP delhi.She has two sisters and two brothers.She
    is the yongest one.We dont have good sexual relation from the start.She dont coperate and I also
    also have premature ejaculation.So she remains to be physically unsatisfied.Now around
    two month back she left my home and scared me to file case against me for dowry and women crime cell
    Now Her family seems to be behind her.What should I do?

  977. This draconian law which gives the accused no re-course to law and assumes him to be guilty without any need for evidence or proof to be presented is a step back and leads to abuse of innocent families. This does irreparable damage to the institution of marriage in Indian context.

  978. I appreciate the efforts taken by your organization and having suffered understand the gravity of the situation.We have to help ourselves to fight against women evil.

  979. The write-up rightly concludes that the legal provisions are abused for extracting grossly unreasonable benefits including pecuniary – and it mars any chances of reconciliation – who can live with life long threat?

  980. THE DOWRY CELL CASE 498A IS BEEN USED WRONGLY AND IT MAKES ME TO THINK OF SUICIDE. PLS HELP

  981. “Its very strange thing when the apex court (as per your site) has considered the Dowry law & Misuse of 498a “”Legal Terrorism””.Then why don’t executive & Legislative bring Laws and ammendments to rectify this? ;No doubt the upliftment of women is required. But is this necessary to get it by sacrificing the innocents?.There are lot of thing which needs to be required
    1 498a needs to be bailable and there must be magestrial enquiry
    2There must be severe punishments on other side if one files false case as it not only damages the reputation of individual. But it causes social stigma on individual also and other party needs to compensate it
    3-Old persons;sick persons; Women & children should get immunity from this act.
    4-Inlaws should not be come with in the perview .
    5-Arrests needs to made made only after proper investigations and its should not violates the natural principle of justice
    6-There should be definately punishment for individuals(including lawyers)who instigate women to file friviolous complaint with malign intention against innocents
    7-There needs to be inclusion of 498b for men
    8-Laws need not to biased against men and it should not violate the Article 14 of our constitution. So there needs to be provision for punishment against women too who files frivolous & fictitious complaints”

  982. “mum and she and her aids are facing extorsions;forgery;theft;immigration frauds and breach of confidence charges apart from she and 2 of her aids are likely to face internal invetigations by a professsional body.
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  983. i needs u r help very badly in urgently

    i hope u will help urgently

    thanking you

  984. Dear sir
    On belalf of my brother ; i
    My brother is a government servant and is repeatedly harrased
    by his wife that she will ruin our family by this act; and yes its true
    many families have gone through the heat of 498.
    Many women have taken advantage of this and shattered peace of descent families .

  985. This ia a brutal murder of the LAW; no investigation; no enqury…… i feel if any one found guilty of misusing IPC 498a or any other such act(harresment;voilence) they should be punished as mercilessly as possiable including the parents of the girl & all others involved be friends or relatives; when they ask for equal rights & status then they should also get this

  986. The Judiciary of this country is here to protect humankind not just women. This law should be implemented with a condition that proof of harassment has to be given before arrests are made. If the woman is found guilty of lying; she should be put behind bars. If this law is to protect women – are’nt mothers and sisters women; what is the law doing to protect mother’s and sisters of harassed husbands? This law has to be amended. It is not a fair law. This is making us distrust the Judiciary of our country.

  987. it is a very hasty law only in india.
    y because now a days men and women are all same then y all these laws to favourable to women only ?

  988. “Dowry law is not being used by the persons for whom it is made rather if is misused by the womens of cilised society to blakmail the husband so called as “” Legal Dakoity”””

  989. The intention behind the law is good but the misuse by unscrupulous women is horrible for the institution of marriage and Indian family.

  990. I am no longer in the abusive marriage. But I strongl oppose this law in its present form as its open to be misused. I support women’s right and their right to legall defend themselves when wronged; but not when a law is abused to victimise a male spouse to further thier need.

  991. Hi! This is on behalf of my brother who is a victim of a selfish and evil womanis trying to make our family lose its sense of peace and is torturing us even though she has seperated from our family -on her own accord for the past 2.5yrs.

  992. even after first motion divorce and after taking 5 lac of rupes in first motion she has registered a false case of 498-A; against me and my family members. defamatory letters to officials and there are many other criminal complainsts and false cases to extort more and more money. even judiciary cannot see her faults. heavy abuse of the law. I have 2000 pages of her purjury; false effidavit etc…. but alas! even god cannot help

  993. I am 100000% against this 498a. This is a very powerful wepon to kill husband and their respected parents. who is in favour of this 498a is not respecting their parents and they have no ethics in their own life.

  994. Women should be stopped from using this act. My wife has slapped a dowry case against me; my parents and sister for no fault of ours and now are demanded a hefty sum for a mutually agreed divorce. We have been subject to mental torture and threats for a long time now.
    Pleae help..
    Thanks and Regards;
    Puneet

  995. good i came across this site at least i would be able to share my feelings with people like me who are unecessarily suffering due to the misuse of 498A

  996. There are womens rights but no one talks about human rights we have forgotten that we are humans first than a man or woman.I’am not at all surprised such laws have been enacted because there are laws to protect even animals but not men ;in this situation the time is not far when we men will denounce marrige as institution and patronize the oldest profession in the world.Then you can make any number of biased laws we couldnt care less and the modern woman is welcome to use them.

  997. we should all work to make our lawa people friendly and should make sure that elderly citizens are not harrassed

  998. Please stop the misuse of this law. This law is not saving families but is meant for breaking the families.

  999. THIS LAW IS HIGHLY MISUSING BY GREEDY WOMAN.IT SHOULD BE CHECKED.IT SHOULD BE MAKE BAIABLE AND GROUND FOR DIVORSE.FEMALE SHOUD BE PUNISHED HEAVENLY IF REPORT SHOUD FOUND FALSE.

  1000. THIS LAW IS HIGHLY MISUSING BY GREEDY WOMAN.IT SHOULD BE CHECKED.IT SHOULD BE MAKE BAIABLE AND GROUND FOR DIVORSE.FEMALE SHOUD BE PUNISHED HEAVENLY IF REPORT SHOUD FOUND FALSE.

  1001. Major change should be made to the law. The wife should be severly punished and put to jail for the cumulative number of days; the husband and his family have suffered; in case the complaint is found to be false. And the law should be bailable and compundable i.e if the wife understsnds her mistake; she should be in a position to take back her complaint and return to her husband; which is not the case presently

  1002. No civiliased society can have such draconian laws that gives such unbounded powers to one section of society and does not poses harsh penalties for using this to harras innocent pepole and drive them to suicide.
    I feel shame to live in such a society.

  1003. A LEGISLATION IS NECESSARY TO AMEND THE INDIAN ACT FOR DOWRY AND CRUELITY TO WOMEN AS WELL AS CHILD CUSTODY AND SEC 498(a) TO PREVENT 1000% MASS MIS-USE OF THIS PRIVILEGE PROVIDED FOR REAL SAFETY OF THE WOMEN FOLK. THE PERIOD OF VALIDITY FROM THE DATE OF MARRIAGE IS A MUST AS THIS OCCURS EFFECTED WHEN THE WOMAN FOLK TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE ACTS IN THE MEN’S MIDDLEAGE 35-40 WHERE CHILD IS ALSO THERE. IT HAS TO BE SERIOUSLY VIEWED AND DISCOURAGED AND REJECTED PERMENENTLY BY THE FAMILY OR ANY HIGHER COURT.

  1004. “This is a very serious issue. A serious wake-up call is necessary in the legislature. I hope some serious action is taken to stop this “”abuse”” of the law. When a person is put in these circumstances; he loses faith in the judicial system which is saddening.
    Let the truth always prevail; and justice be served for righteousness.”

  1005. “The law needs to be changed IMMEDIATELY to prevent any abuse of it. Both the 498A and the DV Act are the most assininely drafted bills that offer no guarantee that they wouldn’t be abused. It’s too clear that most of the cases filed are actually false cases; and the law is just used as a weapon for blackmail and harassment.

    Each time a 498A or DV is filed; there are only two possibilities:
    – The accuser has a genuine complaint; in which case; the accused is convicted and the accuser is protected from domestic violence. But the marriage is OVER; even if legitimately so!
    – The accuser has a fake complaint; in which case; not only the accused is terrorized; but the TRUST FACTOR so essential for a happy marriage is GONE FOREVER. Once the trust is gone; there’s no point staying married to the person anymore.

    Hence; the bottom line is this: 498A/DV only DESTROYS marriages. No wonder the divorce rate has gone up 10 times!!!!

    We can NEVER stand for any law that holds the accused “”Guilty until proven innocent””. This is also a gross violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the UN Charter; which CLEARLY states that the accused shall ALWAYS be presumed “”innocent until proven guilty”” at any trial.

    Perhaps we need to take recourse to some form of International Law to put a stop to this nonsense if the corrupt UPA government doesn’t do anything.”

  1006. “This is the MOST INJUST AND BLATENT VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW. MEN MUST UNITE FROM COLLEGE LEVEL TO FATHERS AND GRANDFATHERS. IF OUR DEMANDS ARE NOT MET DUE TO FEMINIST POLITIKING WE MUST F-I-N-A-N-C-E AND IMPLEMENT A VIOLENT TERRORISING ORGANIZATION THAT WILL DRAW INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION TO THIS LAW. E.G. IS SUCCESSFUL OR ATTEMPTED ASSASINATION OF MS RENUKA RANDI / b**** CHOUDARY. BE FIRECE AND PROTEST. PASSIVE PROTEST DOES NOT WORK.
    FINANCE A MASS HIT FILM THAT REVOLVES AROUND THIS ISSUE . PUT PRESSURE ON NRI CELLS IN USA NOT TO NEGOTIATE WITH INDIAN GOVT IT IT CONSIDERS OUR DEMAND.
    WE WILL N-E-V-E-R SUCCEED PASSIVELY.IF YOU HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED. USE GOONDA TECHNIQES ON YOUR INLAWS TO BEAT THEM UP. THIS IS OUTSIDE 498A AND UNPROVEN . TAKE REVENGE. DONT GIVE IN.
    BEING AN “”indian women””is not being a parasite.”

  1007. This is a shitty Law ; where the whole system is corrupted by the corrupt politicians to their advantage.
    Sometimes it becomes shameful top hear when the foreigners tell us about the shameful things that exist in our country …including a Biased Law structure…that says someting else on paper (equality irrespect of sex) & does something else..(Only husband to be punished in DV; only husband to pay maintainance & alimony; Only a husband is termed cruel & never a wife; Only the Husband’s parents had to suffer)..
    SIMPLY SHAMEFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  1008. This law should be amended and severe punishment should be given to those who misuse it.

  1009. I have given all hopes to fight and just begun to loose my sight. My sight of hope; my feel of optimism. In this world where truth holds no meaning; in this society of female chauvinism.

  1010. I have friends who have given their wives every happiness that they can ask for but the women and their parents in turn have misused the 498 A and harassed the husband brutually; cops; jail; lakhs of money as alimoney; share in property. It is a earth shattering experience to watch the men go thru this. Lose their jobs; get a bad reputation; old heart patient parents in jail. This law is a shame in today day and age where the women are no longer deprived of any rights.
    Change the LAW

  1011. As long as this unconstitutional & prejudiced system exists it shall be used as a weapon of blackmail and greed by all its creators; practitioners; protectors and unscrupulous opportunists. This is a system that thrives on the fear it creates. If you are innocent and wrongfully charged; fight it openly. DO NOT COMPROMISE; do not accept out-of-court settlements. Load the courts with paperwork; make them work hard for their salaries. Eventually this hypocrisy will have to crumble in its own weight.

  1012. “am afraid of getting married now.
    How can anyone make such a nonsense one sided law.

    Its been misused so heavily. and these are used against those innocent guys who believe in gender equality.

    Shame on people who passed this law.
    feminists are damaging the basis of civilized world. we don’t need feminists any more; we need “”familists””..”

  1013. “RESPECTED SIR;
    I am an Indian and one of the sufferer of woman biased matrimonial laws of india. I want to provide some hard fact to you.The current rate of resolving 498A is two lakh to seven lakh.Greedy women are making a lot of money. We all condemn dowry but this type of “”husband Looting”” is openly allowed by government and law.It sounds great.
    My wife left my house becasuse she wants to stay with me in her paternal home in condition that I should not keep contact with my old parent. I have black & white proof. Till court will not hear to me.In law I am the culprit. I have to pay alimony.My wife is working in TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICE as a software engineer and she is consealing the fact.i earn less than her. Still she demanded alimony and I have to pay it. Out of court she demanded seven (7) lakh for divorse and threatening to file 498A. I refused to pay 7 lakh because I do not have so much money and I have done nothing wrong. My case is still going on for last four years and I witness that crime is paying with the help of government.
    I am a regular visitor of alipore court for last four years and I have found a rush of 498A in recent days. Lawyears; police and greedy wives are looting husbands and members of the Husband’s family are weeping outside the court.99.99% of the 498A cases; I have witnessed; are being bargained outside the court and allegations are totally false& fabricated.
    Sir; I oath that I ahve not received any dowry during my marriage and still my wife framing this false charge againt me.Only God knows how I feel.
    Sir; I request you; please initiate some action to stop implementing domestic violence Bill. Otherwise our future generation will be full of drug addicts; educated criminals and depressed one; emerging out from these broken families.
    Sir; there are a lot of laws to protect women. Sir please do something before it is too late.
    Sir;As per record; domestic violence case( 498A) are on the rise in west bengal but the hidden fact is women are using these laws to ern more money and quick way of vengeance.Conviction rate of these laws( less than 0.5% percent) points out to the fact.

    regards”

  1014. I was married on 15th Feb 2004; myself and wife both belong to
    Agra. I am working in Alcatel; Gurgaon(a software development job). My
    wife gave birth to daughter on 28th April; since then she and her family
    are insisting me to get separated from my parents. I refused to budge to
    their tactics. My wife stayed at her parents home for 1 month after
    giving birth to baby. After she came back i came to know that she had
    taken some contraceptive injection without my knowledge. She was ill after taking the injection; after asking
    repeatedly she did not divulged the details. Finally i had to write to
    her father appraising him of the situation. Few days after receiving the
    letter; he took her away from my house in gurgaon ie on 3rd July 2006.
    Since then till now she has not come back. Now; her brother and father
    are harassing my family in Agra; threatening of filing FIR under 498a.
    So; last week we tried to go for some settlement; but again they had a
    fight with us. They are attcking my brother; my mother. It is imp. to know that they have good approach in
    administration. Finally after tussle i have agreed to bring her to
    gurgaon. But she was asking that my whole salary should be tranferred to
    her account and then she will do the expenses; also give my pocket money.
    She is not going to go my parents home; she is using abusive lagnguage
    against my parents and brother.
    What i fear is that she will harass me here in gurgaon; once she come
    here. Also; her family will harass my family in Agra. I want to discuss
    this. I am very upset with the situation.

  1015. In the educated society; I’ve seen more than five cases in my short lifetime; and in ALL of those; women were misusing the law and harassing men. We don’t need more laws to protect women; we need to rectify existing laws so that the accused has a fair chance to defend himself.

    When I hear of these cases; I feel ashamed of being a woman.

  1016. I called Delhi police on 100 to help me from my wife and laws. After it my lawyer in law came Delhi to us; made me slapped by Delhi Police; next stole belongigs from my room and went Darbhanga; Bihar but Delhi police didn’t register FIR. In Bihar they register case against us framing total nine person.
    This pertains to Distt.-Darbhanga; S. Div. Sadar; P.S.-Raiyam; Year-2004; FIR No.25/04 dated 9.10.04 under sections 323/347/342/379/498(A) of IPC Act 314 dowry harassmen and at the court Chief Judicial Magistrate; Darbhanga; CR No. 1139/04.

  1017. Dear all;
    Any law can not ensure justice if it has no scope for the ‘accused’ to defend himself in a fair manner. Many of the arguements given in the petiotion; I am agree with. The so called accused should not be victimised by imprisoining him before he found guilty. A safe guard against false complain is also a basic componen t of any fair law. The dowary and now the domestic violence acts must have measure against false complains or planned ones; as they can be misused by various parties who want to create disturbance with in the family.
    regards
    Rudra

  1018. The new DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT and 498A are draconian laws. Men and his parents have been victimised & harrassed by wives. Remembering my friends who have been blackmailed by their wives brings tears to my eyes. President Kalam; please wake up and scrap this law. This is my humble request.

  1019. Let us initiate action and prevent the miuse of law by unscrouplous women and save innocent husbands and the family members.

  1020. This case no one is protesting because most of these chases are happing with good and respectable famali as result they do not want to come out and protest aganist. most of the 498a cases are girl side pople are un-cultured; un social; norrow minded; laier; eghoistic; selfist; or a girl is having a love with some one; finally they are un civilion. Govt. of india allway realise once it is out of hands. govt. of india playing around with women life india. one day most of the women are going to be prostitution.

    thanks
    regards

  1021. This law has become an excellent tool in the hands of women who; whenever she likes; can use this to her maximum advantage and go scot free even if all the allegations are proven wrong.This law needs to be repealed as this is causing more distrust and harm to the society than even the practice of dowry.More and more young men are forced to criminal behaviour just to avenge the excesses committed by there in-laws.One day this issue will blow out of proportions just due to indifference of the State.

  1022. After reading adequately abt the new domestic violence act it is very clear
    that
    – every man is born criminal (and rapist)
    – every woman however violent and hysterical is saint
    – every act of a man if objected by woman is punishable
    – every act of woman however destructive is to be pardoned

  1023. I have sent this email to the Editor; Times of India just now; as there is an interview with Renuka Chowdhury there and the Editor says that they will send feedback directly to Renuka Chowdhury. I urge you all to send direct feedback to Renuka Chowdhury
    as she says “Men should Speak Up” if something wrong is happening; as though she doesn’t even understand what wrong is happening.


    I have been a victim of domestic abuse by my wife and her parents.
    I was an NRI working in the USA when I got married.
    Soon after marriage; my wife’s parents started demanding that
    I take full financial responsibility for their other two children;
    a mentally retarded son and an unmarried daughter. When I expressed
    helplessness at being able to financially support them;
    they started torturing me. The tortures ranged from being beaten
    up daily by my wife who weighed and still weighs almost 95 kilograms;
    while I am only 70 kgs; to her digging her teeth in my hands;
    legs and back while I was sleeping (her teeth are unusually sharp
    and crooked and she used them as weapons on me); to not being allowed
    to see my family; my old parents; my brother and his family etc.
    I was totally cut off from my family. Whenever I wanted to go to
    see my parents; my wife would create a scene in the neighborhood;
    shout; clap like a eunuch and shout that I am a Eunuch that
    even after marriage I want to see my mother. She used to shout all
    kinds of dirty filthy abuses for me; my parents; brother;
    sister-in-law; everyone in my family. Despite all these human
    rights violations that I suffered; I continued to stay
    with that woman for 6 years. Since 2001; I am in India.
    I work as an Assistant Professor at a top-level science
    institute in Bangalore. The harassment intensified by
    leaps and bounds after I came back to India with my wife.
    My wife also had problems in conceiving. She used to repeatedly
    torture me to have sex with her under the pretext that all she
    wants from me is a child. In the process she aborted four times.
    I took extremely good care of her showing her to the best
    doctors and in the best hospitals worldwide. As a result of
    all my efforts we got a child; a male child in 2003; june.
    However; the sbuse and torture from my wife and her parents
    intensified even more to the extent that I was always
    slapped by my wife; kicked in my stomach by my wife all
    the time and she would dig her sharp and crooked teeth in my
    hands; legs; back and other body parts whenever she wanted.
    I would try to resist her but because of her powerful biceps
    and 95 kgs weight; I would get overpowered in no time. After
    being completely fed up of all these human rights abuses; I
    decided to separate from her and sent her a divorce notice in
    Bangalore and went to Agra to see my parents whom as I mentioned
    I had not seen in 3 years time. Immediately on the day the notice
    was served on her; the wife’s father rushed to a police station in
    Agra and filed a bogus 498a case against me; my father; mother;
    brother; sister-in-law and even 2 year-old neice saying that we are
    harassing her for dowry; that we are beating her up when she is not
    meeting our demands etc. Luckily for us; within a few days time;
    I and my parents left for Bangalore and the Agra police did not arrest
    us on the basis of that 2 paragraph letter written and signed by the
    wife’s father (not even the wife who was in any case at Bangalore;
    enjoying the lifestyle of the millenium). I was forced to rush to
    Allahabad high court and get stay on arrest. Then they bribed police
    officers at Agra to get chargesheet filed against us. We were forced
    to rush again to Allahabad h.c. to get stay on proceedings at Agra.
    She filed for maintenance at both Agra and Bangalore and then took
    maintenance orders from both courts for the same amount. I am already
    paying her maintenance for herself and the child under Bangalore
    family court’s orders. And I am forced to fight the maintenance case
    at Agra. She took the Agra court order under section 125 CrPC and
    strangely also got arrest warrants issued against me from Agra for
    non-payment of maintenance as per Agra court’s orders.
    As I already said; I am a Ph.D
    in Engineering; I have been a Research Associate abroad; and now
    I am an Assistant Professor. The divorce case is ongoing for the
    last 2 years at Bangalore. I want to know whether now I can also
    be charged for domestic violence through a fabricated complaint
    given by my third rate criminal wife. Will the minister Renuka Chowdhury
    answer me as to what mode of redressal do I have in this country.
    She seems to suggest that very few people are misusing provisions of
    498a when in fact it is well reported thateven women organizations
    have statistics to suggest that 99 percent of the cases that come
    before them are false and fabricated by unscrupulous girls and
    their parents. Should an innocent man like me be forced to commit
    suicide because of such third rate laws in place?? And what is the
    mode of redressal for me?? I have not seen my child for 2 years.
    I don’t know in what condition he is in. I am only leading my life
    from one arrest warrant to the next against me that are taken by the
    third rate wife and her parents. The minister should answer whether
    a person like me who has been separated from his wife for 2 years;
    who is paying regular maintenance as per court orders; and who has
    filed a divorce case against his wife and the case is ongoing; is also
    liable to be prosecuted and put in jail and lose his job under the
    wonderful “Domestic Violence Act”

  1024. Please stop this act being misused by antisocial women. My brother is a victim of this act. Please stop this terrorisation. I want that there must be a formal investigation in order to verify the facts as complained before torturing the husband’s family. Thanks and Regards.

  1025. This is a draconian law where women can misuse it and walk away as an innocent woman who has been wronged after having multiple affairs by filing false cases against the husband & his family members. If this law is to be kept; then alterations have to be made to it wherein the state itself prosecutes the woman by giving her ten times imprisonment that the husband or his family member would have undergone after the husband has been proven innocent.

    Regards

  1026. “now a days innocent men are being punished simply because there are laws made to over proctect the women. as the saying goes excess in everything is bad .i am afemale myself but iam againt discrimination of any kind laws should be made to protect every innocent .in our legal system “”abusive”” means a husband which is not always true;a wife can be as abusive in fact more abusive than a husband. please keep an open mind do not be prejudised .”

  1027. There are misuse of this law and country needs to amend such laws. For those women who really are sufferers; i do support them. But for women whose intention is to make money and defame the social status of innocent families needs to be strictly dealt with.

  1028. misuse of this law should be controlled; or equal laws for protection of boy and his family should also be enacted. If girl is not ready to stay with boy’s family; boy must be allowed to stay at girl’s home and equal rights (as demanded by girls); should be provided to him for his protection.

  1029. Hi;
    Just like so many people in this group; I too have been a victim of this horrible and unjust law. My whole family has been suffering while the girl’s side is blackmailing my old parents with the help of corrupt police and lawyers.

    I curse them every second and hope that they will all rot in hell for ever.

  1030. I have been threatened by my wife that she will file an FIR and even go to Women’s commission if her demands are not met. I had shifted to Jaipur from Kolkata via Pune and Mumbai on my wife’s insistence. Of late her brother who is a Lt Col in the Army; and looking to retire as his promotion has been stopped is looking to start a business and had been demanding exorbitant sums from me to finance it. My mother in law had been staying in my house since Jan 2003 after I shifted to Jaipur and bought a house there. She left the house along with my brother in law claiming insult on the 12th of June and three day later my wife left the house and claimed that she had been harasses and tortured for last 16 yrs(duration of our marriage). She was running a successful beauty parlour in the basement of the house; which she had set up without my consent and approval. She even bought a car in Jan’06 without my knowledge while I was on the ship. An independent lady now clais that she has been harassed and tortured. The details as known to all our common friends and relatives of both sides are totaly different. Her three maternal Uncles and Aunts have supported me and know the accusations are flase but she is under the influence of her widowed mother and brother. I have two daughters aged 15 and 11 yrs and they have been traumatised after this incident though they were leading a happy carefree lives till then. I and my family have not been allowed to contact my children and all attempts to contact my wife directly have failed. She has been passing her messages though our neighbour and common friends.

  1031. Hi;

    I am a yet another person who has been implicated in a false 498a case against me and against my parents. I have been in IIT; IIM and have worked with top notch companies like Hindustan Lever Ltd. and Microsoft.

    I had ambitions of making a place for myself in this world. However; my aspirations and dreams lie shattered due to this unjust law; which was a very easy weapon handed to my wife; by which she has unleashed this legal terrorism on me and my family.

    I suffered torture and abuse by her for more than two years. She had violent rage and had a very destructive nature. She used to get enraged over minor things and used to hit herself and me and even attacked me with a knife. When my parents were visiting me in US; she called the police and got them kicked out of the house. She insulted my parents; bit my brother and attacked me with a knife. She then threatened to scratch and hurt herself and then call the police and put me behind bars under false charges of domestic violence.

    I was still tolerating all this hoping that she is just immature and will grow wiser with time.

    However; the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back; was when I discovered that she was being coached by her mother to do all this. Her elder sister had also employed these tactics to get her husband to cut off all contact from his family. She had even got to the extent of hurting her own 10 month old baby with a knife. She was jailed for this offense in US. When I discovered that she and her mother were conspiring against me and that they wanted me to cut off all my contact with my family and that they planned to divorce me anyways; after she gets a job in the US; I was heartbroken.

    I filed for diovrce as it was clear that she did not want to stay with me and that I was just being used for a US visa. She immediately went back to India and soon a false 498a was registered. They claim that I used to beat her and not give her food and used to torture her for dowry. Now; I would urge you to thikn about the character of a man; who has been in topmost institutes and companies in the world and did not even take take money from his own parents (not because they could not afford it) while coming to the US (worked for 2 years in India; saved enough money and then came on scholarship). Do you think that such a self made man can ever ask for money from his wife ?

    In any case; after a month of nerve racking tension; which left me drained – emotionally; physically and mentally; my parents finally got bail. I have not been able to get bail for me and my brother as I live in the US. Meanwhile; she has come back to the US on my visa and is happily preparing to join a job here; while the cases in India will linger on for years; destroying my mental peace and crippling me financially and otherwise.

    I have suffered immensely due to this law; but my pain is not even 10% of the pain of some other people that I have met. People have lost their near and dear ones due to the tension and social stigma of these false cases. People’s careers have been destroyed due to these false criminal cases.

    To top it all; the govt. has come up with the domestic violence act; which gives these greedy selfish women sweeping powers to destroy the family AND take over all their financial assets.

    We need to fight these horrible laws that are just made for oppression of men under the garb of women welfare.

    You have my complete support for this PIL and please let me know what I can do to help.

    Regards;

    Avinash

  1032. Women who throw false charges on their husbands; torture them; extort money; or run away with children need to be identified and punished severely. If the government cannot do it; people may have to take law into their hands and ensure justice.

    Any law that works without proof / witness is garbage and needs amendment.

  1033. I have seen divorce and dowry case only in cinemas and never dreamt this would happen to me. A law which was enacted to protect innocent wives has become a death trap for innocent husband/’s family at the hands of his arrogant wife and father-in-law. The humiliation alone could kill a man’s emotions and break his sprit.

  1034. the purpose of the law of 498a was to protect the really suffered women. initially i used to think about how the husband behaved with wife as if they are not humans but animals. but later on when the same incident happened with me; i found that more then its use the law is being used to harrass the husbands and womens from high class society and educated use this law to satisfy their ego and to make husband a pity fellow in the society. i whole heartedly would like to join ur organisation and become a member of SAVE INDIAN FAMILY.

  1035. I am new victim of this law; My wife is forcing me stay seperately and leave my parents. She does not take care of me and abuses me; my mother; father and brother; sister. Her mom abused all of us very badly and now they have filed horrbile big false complaints.

  1036. This is a good law for a good cause but only used by anti social elements
    plz do primary investigation before any action

  1037. It is a mockery to call this a law that gives justice.It only gives undue advantage to women which is used by urban women with crooked intentions of destroying families.If all men are villain;are all women saints?
    I am a suffering victim for the past 8 years and still harassed; victimised not only by the other party but also by the courts with unreasonable stand and favour to this woman. The system is corrupt and I don’t expect any justice to come. I would rather be hung with my family today even if I am not guilty. 10 years of my active life is gone and at 42+ I can’t live normal life.My father died expecting justice; that is just a mirage in this country where rich can buy what they want.My mother is not well; my brother has suffered mentally and I am not keeping well.We are only counting who is next in line to die.I would rather be happy if all of us die with a lethal injection rather than go through this ignominy in this court in Bangalore.If all of us die; there is no one prosecute and the court can pat themselves that justice is deliverd at last by god and this lady can take away whatever material wealth of ours that my remain and enjoy.
    I only pray and request that we be given death sentence now. I don’t want to remain on this land.

  1038. Unlawful Law! Pl amend it. Even tday’s law in the HT is against the plight of husbands who are being wronged. Incompatibility doesnt mean mental cruelty. I am a victim and am being harassed.

  1039. This law should be modified as soon as possible without loosing any time. BECAUSE IS THIS LAW OF 498A PERSIST THEN OUR MARRIAGE SYSTEM WILL BREAKDOWN AND IN THE COMMING FUTURE NO MAIL WILL MARRY JUST DUT TO THIS 4981 PROVISION. ALSO ONE PROVISION OF ARRESTING THE MEMBER AND SENDING THEM IN JAIL WITHOUT HAVING ANY PROOF WHEN WIFE FILES 498A CASE AGAINST HUSBAND AND HUSBAND’S FAMILY MEMBER SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY MODIFIED.

  1040. This Law has to modify. Otherwise no male can dare to marry on one fine morning.

  1041. My family is being harassed brutally for last two years by the gal’s family and being threatened to kill. I have been framed in fake case under 498A for doing nothing and being harassed infront of police by gal and her family. Police does nothing and the law is crippled. The government and the apex court should take the responsibility to amend the law and punish severely the one who misuses the law.

  1042. Mine was a neither a love mariage nor an arranged mariage. After seeing my marriage advertisement on TImes of India; she contacted me withher false CV. Carried away by her words and her false CV I married her without informing parents. Just after marriage she started torturing me for money; used to beat me; yelling at midnight etc.. life was hel with her and finally she left me on 24th JUly 2005. She also made compalin to women crime cell and sent police to my office; also got NOC issued aginst my passport and I had to return back from airport. Now she went to my native place and beaten my old parents. case has been registered against her but no action has been taken. On retaliation she has filed 498A against me and my all family members… I also came to SAHARA TV and AAJ TAK and put my words…. What to do now???????????????????????????

  1043. Punish those who misuse it. Make changes to the law such that only guilty will be punished. Develop punishments other than imprisonment.

    Saying is easier than done. I know! 🙁

    Signed!

    Chintan Zaveri

  1044. Even the judiciary in India knows this fact of misuse of art-498a by the bahus with the help of their parents to extract money.
    Take my case for example; We didnt accept any dowry at time of marriage and never demanded evev a single paisa after the marriage. Now my wife wants to live with her parents. When I refused this offer she started to threaten us to implicate in false case of demanding dowry. Now even she doesnt allow me to see my little son.
    I asked for divorce but her father demanded lacs of rupees.
    Women like her are making the mockery of this rule and people in judiciary are seeing it helplessly.
    LET US BE THE PART OF DERIVE AGAINST VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHT LIKE THIS.

  1045. “498A complete flawed one sided law. It ios totally against our constitutional guarentee “”Right to Equality”” and “”Right to Justice””. It is also aginst our judicial foundation Innocent should not be punished at any cost. It should be made bailable and twice the punishment should be given for false filing of the case.”

  1046. I am with the people who are thinking of removing this devil calld 498a from our IPC.

  1047. The principle of natural justice is denied having such a powerful tool in one party’s hand. The law should be amended to ensure justice prevails.

  1048. this law is biased.even if husband finds infedility cant dare to revolt becasue of threats being carried by his wife to make his parents arrested becasue of this law.

  1049. I would like to share the following to all .My name is Ashish Kumar Marwah and I reside in 315; DDA Flats New Ranjit Nagar; New Delhi-110008.My Father in lawÆs residence is in shahdra I got married on 8th December 2004.Last year on 4th of December 2005 my Wife left my house at night with her parents on minor quarrel. At that time she and her parents were demanding a separate house. She did not want me to stay with my mother and sister. She already had all the jewellery belonged to both the parties in her parentÆs locker just after the marriage. I visited my father in lawÆs place 6 to 7 times during the period to bring her back but they refused to send her back to me. ItÆs been more than Ten months. Now I am getting threats From their side that they will file false case u/s 498A; 406 against me and my family in order to harass Now I have a Fear that they may file false case against me and my Family. What can i do to escape this false allegations.

    Thanks
    Ashish Kumar Marwah
    9313988929

  1050. Indian Court gives filled licensed revolver (498) to bride on the day of marriage as gift to kill broom & his relatives. She can use that revolver to kill/blackmail her own husband & her in-laws in terms of physical; mental; career; emotions. Many times; men get so much tense & forced to suicide. Indian court ignores the career of innocent young men. If any person unable to perform job due to mental tension Govt also has to bear the loss of economy. I heard many stories where husband left the house due to culprit wife & settle down in abroad. I can say it is also part of 498 bullshit case because many young persons know that wasting time in court is again bullshit so they prefer to avoid such type of proceeding. Many young men fight against false complain of 498 like me and many others. GOD gives power to them to fight for true things in life. My suggestion; those who are really innocent young men should not give a single rupee to such type of lady who filed a false complain. Whoever filed a divorce case men/women 498 by default is there. But many times without divorce case 498 filed like in my case. Indian court must take action who filed a false complain; same punishment must be for women who filed a false complain like 3 to 7 years imprisonment.

  1051. I guess this law has been created by some dirty idiotic bastards who are ashamed to live as human being. This is a leagal terrorism by Government of india; harrashing thousands of families; keeping the peace away from the people.

    This got to be changed.

    – Ram

  1052. Today women have all the opportunity to earn and take care of themselves. So they dont need protection and dependency on the husband and they should learn to be responsible and do the work of the man in the household. If they are being abused by the husband; they can just walk out of marriage since they are qualified and can work and earn. There is no need for laws to protect only the women in marriage and it only results in women misusing it since they get opportunity without responsibility. Hence to treat men and women as equal; and to have equality in responsibility for women such laws should be dropped completely.

  1053. I understand exploited women need to be protected but that’s not happening with 498A around. It is clearly an instrument which is 99% misused. An investigation before arrest should be mandatory. Parents should be spared. Arrest should be approved by a senior officer e.g. an SP. The principle of innocence until proof of guilt is clearly violated from what I have seen at first hand.

  1054. This law is best used by the Wise Prostitutes and their Vampire Clan to extort money out of innocent and decent Guys by putting his whole family into the harshest Mental Trauma with India’s Legal Cover.

    Even if these Wolves are proved wrong; India’s Legal System does not have the spine to punish the Guilty. Or stop any further Victimisation!!

    As per the India’s so called Legal System being a party to any Crime is also a Crime – so the whole Legal Sytem needs to also be punished!! This includes the Police officials; Lawyers; Judges; Lawmakers; etcs. Only then would India’s Legal System be called JUST!!

    Until then what the Legal system of India claims to be just is only a Fairy Tale!!!

  1055. I was also victimised by this law for no mistake on my part. Girl was suffering from incurable eye disease 2 years before marriage and she knowingly married me to ruined my life. I have to give hefty amount of money to save myself and my present life is totally shattered.My younger unmarried sisters are still suffering at the hands of society bacuase of divorce stamp on me. For God sake please remove this draconian law.

  1056. If a man gets to know about these provisions in law which are used by Girls and their family to terrorise the Man; he would never marry. Soon we will have a nation where Marriages will not take place. Probably then this law will become reduntant.

  1057. Dengue is taking its toll in Delhi & killed nearly 50 people.The Govt has declared it a Epidemic.
    498A is killing 20000 families every year.WHEN WILL THE INDIAN GOVT. DECLARE IT THE WORST EVER EPIDEMIC OF THE COUNTRY.???

  1058. This is the Indian Government idea of a bad joke. Section 498 A without any proof should not be comsidered. Where no physical abuse is evident its a case on very thin ice. In the changing world today; people have become less tolerant and also women (in some cases; mine at least) have stopped binding with the man’s family. They are okay till its seperate living but no joint family interests lie in them. This is making us more divided than ever before. This law makes no sense. I spent 4 days in a lock up because I stood up for the humiliation on my parents done by my wife; this is ridiculous.

  1059. “I am very greatful to all of you that for initiating this CAMPAIGN “”Sign PIL Against 498A””. I also send my concent to this Campaign. it looks suprising that none of able personalities in India wish to interfare with the one sides laws prevailing like 498A. any law derogatory to the dignity; librty; of any innocent person in a so called civilized society and even that in 21st century is shame; curse and abuse for the unity integrity od nation. this type of laws should be universaly blamed and banned. if we still fail in this campaign and are unable to convince our learned judges or benevolent lagislators about the abuses of 498A; we will have to realize that we all live in RAVANA RAJ and DEVASUR SANGRAMA still Continues…….”

  1060. Guilty unless proved innocent is Barbaric; stone age rule.. This law is the outcome of populist; greedy; selfish mentality. Must be abolished to avoid further deterioration in Indian family.

  1061. I am one of the Victim. Pls put some break on the misuse of the Law. Law limitation should be done.

  1062. If India has a law like 498A which is used to suppress civil rights of its citizen without any investigation; then I am really not proud to be an Indian.

  1063. I am also one of the vicitim of 498a that forced me to stay here in Riyadh/Saudi Arabia for the past nearly 2 years without seeing my children and parents in Bangalore.

  1064. 498a law is the final nail in the coffin of culture being pushed on the younger generation. through forced arranged marriages; which the girl accepts and then uses 498a to get money & freedom that she wanted in the first palce and her parents support her.

    Right now the Indian police; Judges & lawyers support this for gains monetary (or in kind).
    I hope they face the same problems when their daughter in law sends them to jail.
    That is when they will realise the frankeinsten they have created and will pay the price.

    The good part is it will kill the institution of arranged marriages which parents force on their children and in the long run allow intercaste love marriages in India.

    I am glad to have joined the ‘Quit India movement’ in 1999 & move to UK and so was able to save my self from this ‘Legalized Terrorism’ conducted by Indian Police & Judiciary.

    After going through such an experience have no intentions to ever going to india and will take citizenship of UK next year.

    I will gladly renounce my citizen ship to the country where there is no such thing as Justice – they should remove ‘Satya Me Jayate’ as in India that is no longer as long as this law is valid

  1065. I would really ask someone to either get through and get all the laws related to Wife not women changed. Though I am a father of a daughter I would like this change and my daughter and son would also like this. But if things do not work out; I purely suggest that there should be a group of people who should get together and hang the person who promotes or tryies to frame this kind of law; infact they should be shot immediately; as they are terrorist who do not know what is law and how should it be framed. Today’s Women are more happy than man; Also they have the permanent pass to approach any one which is given by God. We men do not have then the favourable law should be for us not for them.

  1066. When will we start to think of men and women as equals and responsible for their own actions? I have seen so many similarities between USA and India but the biggest difference between India and US is visible in every aspect of law or lack thereof. Every law in US is made with ‘checks and balances’ in place so that no group gets an upper hand. The blind lady with scales is because she wants equality.

    I wholely support this PIL.

  1067. I feel this law was grafted more emotionally rather than wisely and with all view points in consideration.
    There are 1000 of cases with husbands harressed by their wives. It is a simple case now that females too are getting educated understanding laws that favors them and utilize them for their own filthy benifits.
    It’s time to change this law and earlier the better.

    Jai Hind.

  1068. I agree; the law needs to be more balanced to protect even innocent in-laws. I m not saying that dowry harassment do not happen at all. Harassment does happen; but blatant misuse of this law in the name of harassment also happens. Therefore this law needs to be amended to protect the innocent.

  1069. Due to pre knowledge; i have saved only 25% of myself from this deadly section of indian law. Still living with a GUN on POINT BLANK. I approached the law to save myself. But My wife along with her brother who is a lawyer; supported by the judge; in whoes court; i have filed the case for divorce; threatening me and blackmailing me. NOW ; TELL ME TO WHOM I APPROACHE TO SAVE MYSELF AND MY FAMILY MEMBERS.

  1070. “I sometimes feel which society are we satying in ? “”ARE LAWS MADE FOR MAN OR MAN IS MADE FOR LAWS”” ? I sometimes feel ashamed to call myself a part of this BIASED society where in one hand we are proclaiming that “”man & women are equal”” but when it comes to laws then “”women”” are described as “”weaker sects””…!!! surprising..!!! 498(a) is one such law which is being used used time & again by wives against the husbands as an INSTRUMENT TO BLACKMIAL THEM & ACCQUIRE WHATEVER THEY WANT…& the most surprising part is that very very few people are bothered to look into the matter with seriousness until one really faces the problem for himself. I TELL YOU ALL THAT THE CASES OF “”MURDERING WIVES””; FAMILY BREAKING UP; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; WILL INCREASE ABRUPTLY IN COMMING YEARS MORE & MORE; AS THERE IS NO LAWS FR HUSBANDS LEFT WHICH THEY CAN SEEK TO COUNTER LAWS LIKE 498(a). IT MUST BE IMMEDIATELY AT THE EARLIEST BE REMOVED & CHANGES BE DONE. or else; i see very very bads days to come. where there wont be anything called “”FAMILY””
    THERE IS NO LAW WHICH PUNISHES WIVES IF THEY FAIL TO DO DUTY TOWARDS THERE FAMILY.!!!!!!! MEANS…””I WILL HAVE ONLY “”RIGHTS”” BUT NO “”DUTIES””..ALAS…..!!!!!!! WHAT LAW OF THIS “”GREAT INDIA””…& WE ARE MERE SPECTATORS….!!! I FEEL ASHAMED TO CALL MYSELF AN INDIAN FOR SUCH LAWS…”

  1071. While dowry is a wide-spread social menace and it should be fought with the full force of the law; 498a is a very flawed law.
    The law should be amended to prevent the misuses.

  1072. Just a question for the Law Makers of the nation.

    If I trouble my wife & she commits suicide; I will be sentenced to jail alongwith my parents.
    But if I commit suicide after regular torture from my wife& in-laws;; from last 4 years & I commit suicide…what punishment will law give to her & her parents?????????????
    THANKS FOR YOUR BIASED REPLY…!!!!!
    MAY GOD FORGIVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  1073. There is no doubt about the fact that 498A is draconian as has been highlighted by the comments of the Supreme Court verdicts. The way the cases go on; even if the case is later proved to be malafide; there is hardly any way to undo the social damage a husband’s family suffers on account of misuse of this law. To assume that it is only the wife who is harassed and ill-itreated is the biggest oversight that the lawmakers can make. Even if it can be taken that wives as a rule are the sufferers; everybody knows there are exceptions to the rule. But; does 498A have anything for exceptions? The charges under this section need to substantiated to some extent before the legal saction can be given do the ‘irreversible’ damage to the reputation and standing of the defender. Nobody can justify the provisions of this law when the conviction rate is so low. The low conviction rate itself shows that a fair majority of so-called culprits are made to suffer becoz of the provisions of this draconian law. I appeal to the lawmakers to have a review of the law to ensure that those who misuse this law are not able to do so.

    Sanjay

  1074. my brother has been harassed ; he has had a nervous breakdown. my parents are in severe depression; my family has been destroyed.
    THIS LAW HAS TO CHANGE.

  1075. I want to say that; though this law is for really haresed womens but now this is being missused by womens and thier parents to settle their personal scores; I request president of india to save innocent people from such haressment.

  1076. The competent authorities should review the state of law u/s 498A of IPC which is creating havoc in the Indian families spreading across the world. It is unique form of India rooted global terrorism that is inspired by the handicapped legal and civil authorities in India.

  1077. FILING 498A AFTER ONE YEAR OF DIVORCE GIVEN AND ACCEPTANCE BY THE WIFE IS MAKING MOCKERY OF THIS LAW.

  1078. Was once proud of Being an Indian – Today I hate being an Indian; due to Laws like this. As an Innocent Victim there is nothing you can do to prove your Innocence due to the vested interests of the Spinless who run the Govt. of India; especially the Judicial and LAw and Order Machineries and the Greedy Money Sucking Vampires in the Form of Wives and their pack of Wolves (their families and the Womens Lib)!!

  1079. So happy to find people thinking and acting on the issues I am personally facing.

    – AK Sharma

  1080. I am 27; doing my postgraduation in Accident & Emergency Medicine.I am also the victim of this strange law which surely needs to be ammended at the earliest.
    Let us make our representation be heard by Supreme Court; Parliament; Home Ministry;President of India and Human Rights Commission.

  1081. I am a victim of this clause of IPC being used by my wife on the instructions of her mother. It is wierd that the women can file a complaint against the husband and the in laws under this law without having even give the proof. the unbailable warrant as well as the gravity of this tool has been well learnt by the todays women and are vehemetly using it to seek thier goals and desires. If soon nothing is done about it then I am afraid that we are heading for a stalemet situation on the so called institution of marriage. The burden of proof needs to be with the complainee and not the accused. Hope we are listened by the intellectuals in the field of law. God bless.

  1082. This law needs to be changed if the girl (bahu) filing this complaint is living and has no signs of torture on her.
    The girl’s parents should be accused too.
    This law is biased and one sided.

  1083. This should be made bailable and compondable. Plus; when the wife charges under this section; she needs to show credible evidence before getting registered this case.

  1084. This is misleading as most of the times women and their families betray the guy’s family

  1085. God made man and woman equal and complementary to each other. Why 498A & 304B are for one side. Either relax it or make applicable to bothe sides.

  1086. I do agree with the drawback and weakness of low as above. My brothers wife who is mother of one child doesn’t care about her husband. Even she doesnt take care of her child. still she threatens us to charge on us for demanding dowery.
    We can do nothing but afraid and depressed.

  1087. Hi; my name is PSN kumar. I hail from hyderabad. Mine is also a similar case. My wife never lived with my parents not even a single day as it was a love marriage. but she filed the case against parents; sister ; brother and maternal aunt. This law is very cruel. Her father works with police department to aggrevate my problems. Frankly friends I have no faith in indian police and indian judiciary. People may feel bad and question different things. I dont have any faith on indian judiciary; it just gives dates and judges who can be bribed or influenced to just give on the dates.
    I work with one of the worlds biggest MNC and this is my fate.

    Regards
    PSN Kumar

  1088. A lot of 498a cases are false/forged cases just to black mail; extort money or to put conditions. All the arrest and other legal proceedings should be done only after thoroughly investigating the matter & finding whether there is any truth in the complaint. The law currently has such easy loopholes that anyone can easily misue the law. This law is against humanity in the way that it doesn’t give the opportunity to the other party to represent themselves and give a fair chance.

    Changes should be made to the law to make it more human.

  1089. “498a is a shame on indian legal system and lawmakers. This is a gross violation of human rights. This is a well establish business of extortion where an unadjusting/unaccomodating/cruel/handfull/misbehaving/.etc wife is a small instrument to syphon huge amount of money from the pocket of husband.

    How to avoid 498a?
    1)As mentioned by Rahul; never marry an indian educated woman.
    2)Go for Move-in-relationship with some sort of agreement.
    Future:
    Guys; in fact 498a is providing men with an opportunity to have relationship without marriage because if this thing continues; most of the men will refrain from getting married. Women on otherhand wont turn to lesbians overnight; they need men for biological needs. As a result they will agree to the proposal of move-in-relationship.

    IN SHORT 498A is a STATE SPONSORED EXTORTION………. “

  1090. My brother’s wife filed a completely false and baseless complaint against my brother and my parents. She is an extremely controlling and dominating woman and she was always torturing my elderly parents. In order to make her bargaining position even stronger and to force me to sponsor her migration to America she filed completely false complaint under 498a. There was no dowry in this marriage and not only this marriage but in our whole community/caste there has never been any tradition of taking or giving dowry. Such women are extremely cruel and have no consideration for the torture they inflict on poor elderly parents and innocent relatives of their husband.
    This is an extremely stupid law because it just moves all of the state machinery without any evidence and just based on word of one woman. This law must be repealed.

  1091. 498a is a law that is not only against all notions of human rights; but has the potential to destroy faith in family life that Indians have had for thousands of years. It has made a decent human being a fugitive in 24 hours and damaged his faith in the Indian Legal System beyond recognition.

  1092. I am Sudeep Nema; IIT Delhi(MTech; 2001)passout.
    I have also undergone through such a bad experience where my wife filed false 498a case in December 2005 and soon after police came from Jabalpur and arrested me at my office in Bangalore
    .

  1093. 498a is challenging the roots of civilized society..please do not run blindly every time a western organization criticizes our culture..women need protection but the solution has to be unique and humane to indian circumstances…due to the joint family nature of our culture the abuse of law is widespread and devastating..498a brings us closer to countries like saudi arabia where the hand is cut off for stealing..

  1094. Wome alrad have the option of divorce .I tis just that they wan to tbe lazy at somebody’s Shrama dhan

  1095. Save indian culture; indian society…time is not far when we will have more divorces in our society and married couples less. So dont be shocked to know that Live-in relationship (opposite sex people staying together without any marriage commitment)is a trend.

    Are we looking for western culture influencing the Indian minds

  1096. “Only dictatorships can have a law like this; that can have citizens arrested and jailed without any due process. It’s a shame on the world’s largest democracy to have Draconian laws such as this. Not to mention our “”respectable”” law enforcement and legal system.”

  1097. On the mere complaint of a alleged victim; the entire family of old aged parent; sisters; brothers; nephews; nieces are dragged into Jail. Abused by society; left to the mercy of a potential blackmailer. What kind of system is this? What kind of justice?

  1098. This is a weapon in the hands of educated and affluent women than the destitutes who are benefitted more by social support rather than legal terrorism.

  1099. 498a is totally flawed and legal loophole is used by modern wifes to take revenge and extract money beacause their whims/egos are not satisfied. it is now a roaring business to extract money. Every one from women’s cell to police to courts agree that 99% of cases are false. the end of Indian society is very near; if this law is not changed quickly. We are the stupidest country in the world to have such laws pulling us back to the medival ages.

  1100. IPC 498A is a biased law which is loaded heavily in favour of girls and thus it violates fundamental rights provided under the constitution to all citizens of India. Even in parliament of India where there are number of so-called leaders who are facing not only charges but also chargesheeted in different scams/criminal cases; parliament has come to the rescue of these leaders saying that until or unless they are convicted and sentenced they are innocent. When such kind of criminal/scamster/tainted leaders are innocent after comitting so much crime then why these poor husbands are being hanged to the nearest pole for not fault of theirs without investigating the case under 498A.

    We should all join together and place demonstrations particularly in front of Mahila Ayog offices and in front of parliament so that this duff and dumb government could hear our voice.

    Sareen

  1101. 498a has become a extortion tool by women against there husbands and Inlaws. Its rampant misuse is runining careers and lives of many young men.

    I am not saying all cases are false but in times when the judiciary is reeling under so many pending cases under various sections and courts are working under pressure there should be a first level of screening before any case is entertained.

  1102. My whole family was affected by this 498A. Without doing any mistake we are all affected. My mom;dad;brother;uncle all are in prison due to the misuse of this law. My father’s retirement benefit is going to be affected. My family is also one of the family worstly affected by the misuse of this 498A.

    i am ready to do my part to stop the misuse of this law.

  1103. Please give enough authority to Police personnel to reject the 498a application if primary investigation is found to be suspicious by women.

  1104. Govt;plz wake up. You can not treat educated tax paying husbands as dogs…Wake up you jokers

  1105. This is draconian law. Either it is to be deleted or the justice to be given victims of the law. It is the legal terror; which is more dangerous from the family and society point of view. Those who are lodging the false complaints under this law; playing as a toy; should be punished; so that it will be lesson for the others.
    Due to the false allegation innocent families are destroyed from the society.

  1106. “Who tells its a Man’s World?? Its Men & their family who are the ones taking the beating.

    And who tells Indian Legal System is designed to give Justice? ooops Need to re-frame it to Indian Legal System is designed to the Benefit of Ladies and towards forcing injustice upon Men!!!

    God Save India!! Indian Legal System F!””@ Indian Men!!

    “”Behind the destruction of every Man there is a Woman”””

  1107. The law that was primarily introduced to save women from dowry harassment is being misused very blatantly.

    About 99% of 498A cases are false and this misuse has become very rampant.

    Please save thousands of lives by stopping this misuse of 498A.

    Not only does it affect the husbands; but all of their extended families which includes several women.

    Definitely it is not helping Women let alone the Men

  1108. please let us jointly make a format for hindu marriage which ;if agreed by parties; will help reducing disputes in future.
    Computer experts; please make a data base format in which victim can enter essential inputs. note ; parliament wants data. discrete fighting will be fruitless.
    regards

  1109. This demand(not request) is to repeal 498A as soon as possible as it has becone a breading ground for legal terrorist. These so called daughter-in-laws are killing three generations at a time – Elders; their husband;brother in-law; sister in-law and at last their own children.
    We had the metal strenght to sustain the trauma and we vow to fight not only the biased law but the biased mind sets too.

  1110. Article 498A is a failue and have less advantages and greater misuses. It has given powers to police to use the law for extracting money from accused. Even cases are being registered without investigating whether the case is bonafied. I have seen good gestures like buying property in the name of girl; she and her parents become more greedy; even judiciary is so blind and gender biased. Court favours girls; even after knowing the facts; and contracdiction in girls statements. Even valid proofs are sidelined. I have seen a lady judge telling a girl; what she should say in her statement. In such cases justice is surely being and will be denied.

  1111. 498A is a law against society and marriage. This way this law has been framed it does no good to anybody in long run. It only creates a fear and threat in society rather than removing any social malady that exists.
    This law is highly prone to misuse and is being grossly abused by a lot of women and her parents to settle their personal vendetta against husband and families. A major flaw is that this law blindly handles any woman to run legal havoc on any person remotely connected to husband.
    Instead of making it applicable to only certain needy section of women in society; it handles this power to every woman in India withour taking into account if it is really required by her.
    Another lacunae in this law is that it does not take into account atrocities commited by women and her relatives on husbands.
    It assumes that all husband atrocities on wives are a fun activity and always without any reason.
    This is utterly foolish assumption.
    Hence this law must be either modified or scrapped.

  1112. I wish this rule be amended so that women cannot misuse it to further terrorise old parents and family.

  1113. Sir; I was divorced after 6 years of marriage. Due to family compulsions I decided to go for 2nd marraige after 2 years of divorce. I had aspiration to marry an orphan girl who was under privileged. So; I married a girl named Jaina Thomas from Assemblies of God Church; Madras on 24th April 2005. I informed her before marriage that I was a divorcee and she agreed to marry. I did not take even a single penny as a dowry or gift of any kind. She told that she was adopted and living with her adopted father. We did not do any background check.

    Within a month of marriage she walked out of the house. Then only we realized she came with an intention of taking money from us. Immediately I filed a divorce petition in Madras High court.

    She lodged a police complaint against me on dowry harassment after 3 months of my filing the case. She used my earlier divorce to support her complaint. She lied that she was not aware that I was married before. She also came up with several false allegations against all my family members. By the grace of God we found favor in the eyes police officer and tried his best to unite us. She refused to live with me so we thought of financial settlement. Since she is aiming for 10lakh Rupees as against our proposal of 1lakh rupees; she lodged another complaint against me at another police station. In her second petition; she even complained the police officer of showing favoritism towards me.

    With our recent investigation we found that her adopted father did not adopt her at her childhood age. Her adopted father name is P.A.DAVID aged 50. She was working in his shop at Bombay. He was a married man living with his wife and two sons. Both P.A.DAVID and Jaina (my wife) ran away from Bombay and settled in Madras since 1997. I came to know all her darker side of life lately.

    Both father and daughter drama is to attract prospective grooms and squeeze huge sum of money on account of dowry harassment. I had genuine intention of marrying a God fearing girl without taking any dowry but turned out to be a disaster. They keep on coming up with one complaint after another because of political influence and some contacts in police network.

    Though case has already been proceeding in the court and I and my family members went thro’ enquiry; still we are harassed by the Police from Women cell. Girl keeps going from one police station after another to make me travel all the way from Saudi Arabia. Last three months I have travelled 4 times to Madras. I have now submitted petition to Chief Minister office; Tamilnadu.

    I have taped cassette of adopted father’s wife and son mentioning about illicit relationship between Jaina (my wife) and David (adopted father). They used me to extract money. Police are not at all investigating their relationship. He does not have a any legal document on adoption.

    Thanks for your time;

    Edwin Raja

  1114. I am resident of Panchkula(Haryana). Last year my wife on the instigation of her parents & brother who is from a criminal background registered a false case u/s 498A against me and my family to pressurize me to live separately from my family. Later on when she realized that I am not going to scumb to her pressure and divorce become inevitable she deposed in Court that she had made a false complaint.

  1115. “498a should either be repealed or be drastically modified. This law is being rampantly misused by educated women to extort money. If supreme court is reading my opinion; I would like to say that after seeing my friend and his old parents tortured by their daughter-in-law; I am now totally against the institution of marriage and I will spread the message…””NEVER marry an educated indian women.”” I have seen old people who are physically handicap accused of beating their daughter-in-law !!!! can you believe this!!!! Do you know after being arrested for dowry cases (90% of which are fake ones);the family of husband tend to lose their social status apart from heavy financial loses in law suits. I would like to add one comment more comment on supreme court. I have seen one such case held in supreme court where a wife had applied for transfer of divorce petition that was filed by husband. Honorable judges of supreme court immediately understood that girl was trying to harass her husband by transfering the case to her home town. Judges gave option to run the divorce petition in supreme court but unfortunately the husband was caught between two extreme feminist people ( one being his wife and another being his own lawyer who refused to run the case in SC). Another fact of the same case was that wife had filed maintenance petition under section 125 CrPC. This application is done to provide wife who has “”NO SOURCE OF INCOME”” with some money. But later it was found by the husband that his wife was actually an “”INCOME TAX PAYER””!!!!!!!! and still he was paying her maintenance. Guys; paying for maintenance is not an issue; but the husband was forced to attain court hearing in different city for 33 times. And most of the time; wife use to remain absent!!!!!!!! You know won’t imagine the mental status of husband. His wife use to come outside the court premises…..laugh at him….and in the court her lawyer use to present false sickness certificate for her absence!!!!!!!!!!!!!! O god…….can you imagine such torture………………………

    “”NEVER MARRY AN INDIAN WOMEN….NOT EVEN IN DREAM”””

  1116. We must fight against it need advice on what one can do to stop 498A. what one can do before 498A and after the complaint in CAW Cell?

  1117. 498a is a Bramha Sastra in the hands of women and they are making most of it by misusing it.

  1118. A law should help to save innocent people; but this law which is created by idiots who run india;increases voilence ; criminal mind in the women; corruption in police and lawyers and finally destroys family life…

  1119. The above section should altogether be deletyed or altered as this is in form of legal terrorism which is supported by law.without any proof or enquiry whole of the family is implicated and put behind bar which si just a shame on earth.

  1120. 498a must be made bailable; compoundable and non-cognisable where there is no death of girl. Where death has taken place within 7 years; already there is a law to view the death from dowry death point of view and investigate from that view point. Hence 498a need not be so harsh that arrest all family members merely on verbal complaint by girl without evidence and amendment in evidence act should be repealed so that complainant should prove her allegations.

  1121. This law literally kills the meaning of marriage and emotions. This law should be properly ammended such that it is not abused for any unjustifiable needs.
    GOD BLESS ALL

  1122. let us try to create a legally acceptable point of view on such section along with dowry death sections

  1123. Dear Sir;

    This law is made to harass husbands & extort money.There are special laws that provide for women ;who claim to be harassed but not for men. Men who seek to fight back against such harassment find that they have also to fight the systemic bias of the governments; the police and the courts against them. India has a long and ancient tradition of entrenched and dominant women perpetrating harassment of men.

    Marriage is a commitment towards sataying together not the process of trial & error and not the harassing the husbands in the form of super bastered Police ; lawyers and claiming maintenance by the wife.

    I am really surprise that how a female can sleep with another man after divorce ; I think there is no cheap activity like this.

    This is just ; because of laws like 498-a ; otherwise in the modern society just type of things never happened.

    This law were not very very prevalent in our fathers & mothers time ; we can very well see taht how strong were their marriage relationship bonding compare to these days ; these days females takes the undue advantage of law.

    Such type of things are creating a evel of Pimps in the society.

    What is the difference between a pimp & the girls who takes undue adavantage of law and tahn sleep with another man.

    Bhartiya naari sirf ak baar hi kisi aur ki bahoin main jaati hai;this is just because of such type of laws that she dreams to sleep with another man.

    I request you kindly make applicable this law to man too.;.

    Than no female will try to break marriage & sleeping with another man.

    N K SINGH

  1124. there should be similar law for womens or the law should be amended to protect the interst of innocent ; it is shield against dowry ; people should not use as a wepon

  1125. The potency of misuse in 498a is unfathomable and highly distructive since the police does not need any other supporting evidence or eyewitness other than just the wife statement.

  1126. Until proven guilty; everyone is innocent – this law is in violation of this basic legal tenet.

  1127. The law should be implementable only upto two years from the date of marriage.Only husband should be charged.False complaint should be penalised.Book the case only when some medical evidences are available. For booking the case atleast two witnesses which are not blood relative to the woman are available.

  1128. I think this law shoulde be amended in right way the law works that is to prove the person is guilty. I think police shoulw be given strict orders not to register case without verification. Secondly it should be bailable.
    People should be aware of this law. I say that marriage registration should be compulsary and during that it should be mentioned what all people had given and what had they taken.

  1129. This law is been misused to make abuse many innocent elders. If government didn’t listen ; just for vote politics india would become a society where
    divorce for convenience and to make money will increase . Too much consideration for female; is going increase crime in india.

    Lets have law which is not biased towards female and think female are always good.

  1130. This law is been misused to make abuse many innocent elders. If government didn’t listen ; just for vote politics india would become a society where
    divorce for convenience and to make money will increase . Too much consideration for female; is going increase crime in india.

  1131. Why only woman. Make it equal for both. Why only boy’s parents. Include girls parents too. Amend the law such that even excanging gifts are illegal. Show your concern about the dowry not interest for sorrow.

  1132. Even an accused in a murder case to be proved guilty by prosecution with the backing of evidences. But under this law it’s accused’s liability to prove they’re innocent. Since 95% or more complaints are false these law should be scrapped or amended shutting all the doors of misuse. Or provision should be there to punish false petitioners

  1133. my whole family is victim of this foolish 498A law. This law should be immediatly repealed in order to save the society oy\therwise there willbe a social unrest.

  1134. This law & order is really very much pathetic it should be certainly amended. Is there any one to tell Govt. Of India about the misuse of this law. Can govt. explain hoe far this is correct to harras 10 members of family for one lady who is completely wrong.

  1135. Dear Sir; I am vikas utekar residence of thane. I am engineering + MBA working as Manager. I was married to Ms. neelam sarfare on 10th-June-2006. Neelam stayed with my family for 7 days. During these days her behaviour was abnormal. She used to shout & threaten to the family member on police complaint. We have mentally harrassed and finally decided to send neelam back to her fathers day. after 7 days they have filed false case against me against IPC 498 A cause was case of dowry which was never happen. How can non bailable warrent can be issued against family members. Why such laws been created where there is no defend for the justice. I request to that there must be equl justice to both the partice. rgds; vikas

  1136. I’m one of those who have got tortured mentally with a false dowry harassment complaint. My life unimaginably turned blue just because of a misaggrement between me and my wife. I have not understood the reality when her sisters; mother and uncle taken a oath the previous day night that they would see me behind bars the next day. Fortunately; Sub Inspector identified it as a false complaint after initial enquiry and my wife and her family fell short of putting be behind bars and she ended up with a complaint of misunderstanding. Knowing her and her family’s tendency; however; I can’t believe that she would not make such a false dowry complaint again in the future.

  1137. Can section 498a can be charged after 5 years of marriage? That too arrest can be made by police after more than 2 years of filing the complaint? Is it bailable? What is the difference between POTA and 498a?

  1138. It seemed that I was not living in my own house but in custody; always in a fear of being arrested cand charged under false dowry law. Threats of arrest and alimony have forced me to become slave to my wife. Is anyone listening out there!!!!!!! are we really free after 50 yrs of independence or still living under the dominance and arrogance of wife at house. Does freedom means freedom to rule and overpower the husband at house ? I think I should spend some days in police custody rather than spending whole of my life in threat and apprehension of arrest. I could not undergo the daily humiliation and fear of losing respect in society. I deny being obedient servant to my wife. I denied the disrepect that was brought to my old mother by my wife. She abused my mother; called her by name and not to mention other disgusting words used for me too. I could no longer sleep at night and whenever door was knocked; I apprehended police.. Is it not a mental torture? Is anyone listening out there ? Does a man’s peace of mind; money; security and respect means something to law makers or is it only for women to claim cruelty; alimony; maintenance; right to live in husband’s house; stridhan? Are men meant to be robbed; torn into pieces; dragged and forced to be humilaited??????

  1139. I am severely hurted by my Lover cum husband. I was in love for 6 years and he married me in a temple without the knowledge of any body. And we lived seperately. But if he wants me he call me up(I think u can understand). Now my parents come to know the matter. They went to his home to get their parents permission. At last;We come to know his mother expecting much dowery.My lover supporting his mother. They played a good game to hate me. He is desperately avoiding me. He is an advacate(Krishna Kumar);woking as a junior to Mr.G.Ravi(Govt High Court). He is using all law terricks on me. I have no proof for my marriage. I havesome friends they know about us. But in this matter i don’t know how they will help me. Now only I understood he wants female boby without Fees.And anthor thing is I am still virgin.He is very carefull on this(Now too u can understand).How i punish them. They are illegally settelled family;i mean In their family two of them govt servents;But they have good wealth .They earned this by 4yrs;which is impossible to any body. Or they can do some malpractise then only they can get such wealth and property. Any of the way i want to take revange on them.Pls help me

  1140. The Irony is that the worst sufferer (Mentally) are the children. The children’s mother and her parents have the guts to make the children go through the agony of living without both parents – all for the sake of making quick bucks. The 498a/406 is grossly miused and the lawmakers know it. It’s a good tool for Police as well to threaten the groom’s side and make some money out of it. Our country men are always expecting our people to stay in the country and contribute towards the Nation and the Society and what do they get in return – false dowry cases; jail; suffering for innocent parents & family; trauma of living in fear. And Politicians (for their own vested interests); do not want to bringup the topic of amendments in 498a. This law should be applicable on both sides. How long can we see MEN and their families suffer at the behest of Greedy Wife and In-laws? How many more Suicides and Silent Killings would be enough to wake up our lawmakers to take a fresh look at amendments in the law? The girl’s side goes Scottfree even if it’s proven that dowry was not demanded by the boy’s side. In some cases; it takes years to get justice but by then; it becomes too late for some families who can’t take such pressure/tensions. Am a victim of both 498a/406 filed last year by my wife. The complaint in the women’s cell amounted to approx. Rs.10000000.00. When FIR was filed; it got reduced to approx. Rs.4000000.00 – all with the advise of police officers in women’s cell whose only job is to traumtize the boy’s side; then be polite to them and get as much information as possible about their job; income; property and help the girl file a case which looks reasonable enough and in the process police also tries to make some money threatening that a FIR will be filed. FIR is filed finally (no escape from this). Parents and brother now awaiting bail from court (they’re on anticipatory bail as of now). Trial yet to start – case was filed 1 yr ago. Now another summons have come for another 406 from another place. The girl’s side do not reside in Delhi but have to face this one also. Last yr; when FIR was filed; police took custody from court and came for recovery of articles. Our system allows filing the same case again… Kudos to Indian Law.

  1141. *498a has become a law for SEEKING REVENGE (not it’s original purpose). People try to threaten with 498a if the husband wants to divorce. This it totally WRONG. *498a should be BAILABLE and it should have a TIME LIMIT of 6 months after marriage. 6 months is enough time to ensure that if any dowry was taken; the girl or her parents can file for it.

  1142. I STRONGLY RECORD MY PROTEST AGAINST THIS LAW. IT IS BEING GROSSLY MISUSED. THE LAWMAKERS SHOULD CHECK THE BACKGROUND OF THE LADY WHO HAS LODGED THE COMPLAINT WHEN THEY GET A COMPLAINT. I CAME TO KNOW OF THIS CAMPAIGN ONLY TODAY. AND I WILL BE STARTING A GROUP TO STRENGTHEN THIS MOVEMENT.

  1143. “I think Indian women and arranged marriages in general are going to lose all credibility if IPC 498a is not amended from its resemblance to the Rowlatt act. A potent weapon like this can be misused by any woman who feels wronged”” to extract vengeance on her husband and innocent in-laws. Even rowdy sheeters and murderers are not treated as shamefully and high-handedly as provided by this law. And it gives a free hand to the corrupt law enforcement system to arm twist and extort vast sums of money from the accused families. Please stop the police from arresting people simply on the basis of a verbal or written FIR without due process. Arranged marriages have worked for thousands of years and are an integral part of Indian culture. If unscrupulous elements are allowed to exploit this myopic dowry harassment law to their monetary advantage; we will certainly see the demise of this practice. – CK”””

  1144. This web site is more useful to the innocent Husbands and I will strongly support this step to create awerness to the afffested people;wide publicity of this website is needed which may done by conducting seminar at leading social institution. Thanking U (R.SHIVASHANKAR)

  1145. We have been married for the last 7 months and our relation never got of to a start from the begining. There were serious difference of Opinion between us and this lead to a lot of difficulties for both of us. In the 7 months of marraige we have stayed together only for 2 months. She stayed with me for one month after marraige and then left for her home after that. It seemed clear from the start that our marraige was not going to work out. I meet her father and my family and informed him of the trouble between us. All my family members and her family members told us it was just a lot of misunderstanding and things would work out for the better as we had lived with each other only for a month. I was no not convinced and I came back to Mumbai. After a lot of pressure from both our family we again decided to try out for a few days. But even after staying together for another month; we have not been able to live happily. WE had a talk and decided to break it up. Her mother came t oMumbai and took her back to Blore. From there my wife and family is threatening to file a case of dowry haressment againest me and my family members. As husband and wife; we may have had difference of opinion; but by threatening to file a false case of Dowry haressment; my wife and her parents have destroyed whatever chances we may have had of reconcilation. Myself and my family members now live in a constant fear of the case and arrest. How do I counter this move by my wife and In-laws? Do I not have any rights to defend myself or my family members.

  1146. I would like to know what is the safeguard a husband can seek against the law hoping somebody might be knowing…

  1147. Hi Please investiagte before arresting & Punish severly if the compalint is prooved to be wrong. Pankaj

  1148. I am retried person from Defence services and at present running 71 years.I am staying with my wife and trying to maintain my old ill health. I have been a victim of this improper law of IPC Section 498A due to the false allegation Filed by my daughter-in-law. I was been jailed along with my wife for a period of 4 days which has been a big injustice done to me and my family inspite of doing no sins against humanity. I would like to spend the remaining days of my life in peace ad harmony and wish to Pray God and the Law makers of our Country to do changes in this Section of 498A. Please; do ammendments in this law of 498A which can save our Cultured society and the Constituton of Marriage and Family which will help us to do any injustice to the Victims of this law further on.

  1149. without any reason my wife left me on sep 9;2005 .we were living with my parents .i have a little baby she went to her parents with baby.till know i and my parents tried so hard for settlement but they refused and they are threatening for false dowry allegations if i will not leave my parents.but it is not possible for me to leave my parents as iam only son of my parents.10 months passed in seperation.No legal action has been taken so far either of us . what should we do now.Please guide me.

  1150. 498a ipc act not wright act . this act cut famlly position and harasment. cancle this act change rool.

  1151. Sec 498A is only for Police and Advocates to Earn nothing morethan that. Not even 5 to 10 % of the cases were prooved against this section and the real justice for women. This is not on dowry harrasment; it is a harrasment after getting married. The is a Organisation for against 498A called ‘RAKSHA’ pl. contact Mr.C.V.L.Narsimha Rao (High Court Advocate) no.040-27608730.

  1152. please if you want divorse i will give dont file a false complaint agian because one complaint killed my father

  1153. LAMPAT. KOi Bhi Kanun Ki BHi Ke sath a nahi hota . Kanun samaj ke hota hai. Koi bhi judge kisi ke baju mai nahi hota . Judge nyay ke baju mai hota hai. Lekin jab bhi nyay Purush ke baju mai ho hai aur faisala aurat ke baju mai hota hai to o judge apane LAMPATgiri ka dihkava karata hai. O LAMPAT hota hai.

  1154. One questions for those girls who do 498a for a quick buck : Will you be able to proudly tell your NEXT husband that u ruined the previous husband as well as his family (including being responsible for the possible death of one of husband’s aged parents) in order to satisfy your ego; anger and for some easy-money ? Law might make any stupid provisions; but dont u have the conscience to make a noble decision; as an literate and mature individual ?

  1155. I strongly appose section 498a as now days it has become habit by girls to harass and blackmail thier husband.

  1156. I AND MY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE VICTIMS OF THIS ACT;PLEASE GIVE ME SUJETIONS TO MY DEPARTMENT ALSO STARTING INVESTIGATIONS AGANIST ME .HOW PROCEDE IN THIS CASE ;ITIS ONE DIFFICULTY

  1157. My friend age about 60 years She married about 36 years before in Punjab. She have 3 childrens one boy and two girls but her husband tried to tourcher many way. She wants to live calmly and no claim against her husband. But her family wants she live with her husband and childrens also.

  1158. 1. There should be a deterrent clause to 498A – if the case is proved false; then the complainant wife should be handed down the same punishment prescribed in Sec 498A. 2. Women relatives of husband (mother & sisters) should not be arrested before thorough enquiry is made and prima-facie case is established. 3. As per Sec 3 of Dowry prohibition Act; 1961; giver of dowry is also an offender. So where a wife or her relatives commit and claim that they gave dowry; they too should be arrested and prosecuted against. These three points will help only genuine cases and deter blackmailers in the garb of wives and her relatives from launching false prosecutions which destroys whole families and wastes precious time of all courts including the Supreme Court.

  1159. My whole family are charged with this 498a because my wife was having affair with someone else. I refused to accept her ways & they are blackmailing me by using this foolish law. 498a is more of a weapon of harassment than a Shield provided for the needful women. Something needs to done to save the innocent families from being harassed & tortured.

  1160. I am penalised by my wife for loving her so much. She left my home with her parents on a small dispute; which was not even related to our life. She is four month pregnnt and I am very much worried about. Since last year or so my in-laws are threatening my family of 498A because my brother’s wife does not have good relationships with my brother. My wife and my brother’s wife are real sisters. I wish that this rediculous law should be abolished because it snatches away men’s basic right of freedom to protect themselves and their family by expressing their part of the story. Why there is a hearing only from the girl’s side. Does this law means that now men should be harrased.

  1161. Dear Friends; Presently I am in stress as my wife left along with my 2 1/2 year son. Blackmailing me to persuade her for returning and abide by her wishes and ways. I denounce heavily of this law and wish this should be abolished. Laws should be made to protect the jenuine person; wheather it is a man or a woman.

  1162. I myself a victim of this stupid law and fully support the cause. We all must come together and raise our voice against this one sided;exploitative law. Pls let me know how I can contribute to this noble cause. During my Judicial custody of 14days this year in Jan; I met various families who are suffering bcoz of this idiotic law. The Tihar Jail is full of such victims but our government is sleeping. They will wake up the day some MPs or some Judge’s family gets harrassed by their daughter-in-law under this section of law.

  1163. I totally agree with the missuse of 498A. I am a victim of same and presently doing all kinds of strokes to swim in this tsunami of intimidation;legal extortion and harrasment by our judiciary system and police and my wife .However there are few support groups who claim to be pro 498A victims; but that is not the case at times. Few groups who claim to help; are lawyers and other so called advisors who want to cash on this.My advise is to select your support very carefully. For raising this issue and our voice to be heard to initiate any amendements;we need to be pro active and take this issue up to the parliament with the help of media. I am all in support and would like to contribute.

  1164. 498A destroys a human being mentally – it is used as a blackmailing tactic for all wives who have no love; care and respect for her husband and his family. I would do anything to help influence the Government to realize the horrible curse this law is bringing on our society. Adjustment is a virtue of civilized people – and dissatisfied; ill-brought up wives are using the threat of 498A to refuse to adjust and coerce the husband. This is the most inhuman law I have ever known – it dwarfs the Rowlatt Act in its inhumanity; unrealistic formulation and myopic attitude in the part of the lawmakers

  1165. Graduate / Educated women who can stand on their own feet should not be allowed to do 498a. Just as being cruel is a crime; accepting cruelty/harrasment should also be considered as crime.

  1166. my family was involved in 498a; 323; 34 cases of ipc.we total five person been accused in this case . mom ; dad and my two brother and me husband. my wife left the home a year back when she filed the fir.in the fir she said that i demanded the 10 lakhs ruppee from my wife.in not getting the mony i mentally torture her and my familys too.but this r all false statement.they indulge the pollice and made false fir. my brother been arrest without any arrest warrent .after arresting my brother the made arrest memo and fir of next date. and in fir they said that at night my family and me had gone to the wife fathers home and beaten her .at this monemt my brother was in police station . please advice how we come with such a problem and defeat them.

  1167. I am an LL.M.;criminal lawyer; married to an LL.B. wife. Even then I and my family had to face false prosecution u/s 498A & 406 IPC only after 48 days of marriage.She relented only after getting extortion money and divorce.

  1168. I am; along with my brother and the rest of my family; the object of a completely false and distressing 498a case in Kerala; India – brought about by my ex-Indian sister-in-law. My brother is now unable to visit India; as there is this case hanging over him – (his children are in India; and residing with my parents; not their mother; as they are witnesses to her cruelty and abuse; and have refused to have anything to do with their mother). This draconian law must be done away with. The police have been of no use; as they themselves have stated that there is no evidence supporting the 498a case; but have still not referrred this complaint. Stop the nonsense. It is not fair or just. Justice should be just!

  1169. i got marreird in Nov-2004. i am living alone with my wife and my parents are living seprate with no interference. since day 1 of marriage i am being harrresed and tourtured by my wife and her parents. i had recently filed divorce on grounds of cruelity and after that i am getting constant threats from my wife and father in law that they will file false case of dowry 498a against me and my parents. they are also threating me that they will go to any extent to destroy me and my family like going to press ; nari niketan if i dont give them huge amount of money. i am in great tension regarding this. can u please suggest me what should be my course of action at this stage. thanks

  1170. I hv suffered 498A; 406 and all ancilliary act abuse in the hands of my wife who punished me for filing a divorce agnst her on grounds of mental torture. I am looking for a legal forum for battered husbands in kolkata in line to the Womens Commission; which also is a platform for verbal abuse towards the males.

  1171. This is a genderly biased law and should be revised. Not all the men are cruel and thus should per applied after peroper investigation. Unless found guily; no one should be Jailed. Also; in case of false use; there should be a proper action taken to prevent misuse of the law.

  1172. Sometimes I feel frustrated enough to leave this country as nothing is being done to curb this malpractice of 498A misuse. As this was not enough our government has passed the Domestic Violence bill which is sort of icing on the cake for women who intend to misuse the laws for their own selfish interests. The problem with our country is that although many people in the judiciary also recognise that the dowry laws are misued but do body does anything to curb this. The old proverb holds true – Who’ll bell the cat?

  1173. 498a related case should be bailable and non-cognizable – if no direct proof of torture is there – Finally; it never gives justice to the wife and never changes the way husbands behave. It definitely does not serve any good purpose except make elders pay lakhs of rupees thro their nose (if husband it not able to pay the huge sums asked) or face jail or both. People who have not even seen the wife are also put behind bars. This includes students staying in the same home / elders who cannot see and walk properly. India is a spiritual land and this is the time when people should be made aware of dangers involved in doing evil things. people must learn to be afraid of doing evil. Doing a wrong case against husband and his innocent parents is pure evil. And if court does not punish the wife ; God will. This is the rule of Karma. Now-a-days people have learnt to manupulate and stifle the voice of their Conscience.

  1174. I am very recent victim of the 498a; which is misused against my old mother in Chennai; India. Since I am here in USA; feel very much upset that I can’t help them in India. I want to make sure that if the false compliant is given; there must be punishment given to the person how have given false compliant with her family and relatives how support it. This punishment will help in reducing the cases.

  1175. All girls who are misusing this law; will have thier day and will go through the same torcher they did for thier in laws. I do not know where to go; who to ask; who is going to help men from this law. I think; if this continues; there will be no arraneg marraige in this country and people will just follow western culture.

  1176. How could court allow this open legal blackmail and bargaining tool.Men have clearly become not only 2nd class citizens in INDIA and who is going to change the law.It is really sad our law makers have not thought through while framing it.Only one correction needed that if its proven false girl and her family should go to jail equal to the punishment if found guilty under 498a that is 3 years and for gods sake make it 30 days; all false cases will fail to appear.

  1177. This is a mere tool used by women to get rid of their husbands even though they are not guilty.

  1178. Its trail by default. NO investigations no proof required. Only a strong tool harasse Husband and in-laws if they dont agree to unjustified and il-logical demands of the daughter-in-law and her parents. These sort of Girls are misusing this law repeatedly even after second marriage. It should be balanced properly.

  1179. This law is draconian; lets all get together and inform the International Human Rights Council.

  1180. It is a mere tool in the hands of women to harass the husband and his family. This law defeats the basic tenet of natural justice.

  1181. More power to bad people who burn theit Bahus(Daughter in laws) and jail their Jamais(son in Laws) All for money or property.

  1182. Police should not arrest husband & their relatives found guilty by court. As now a days; it become common tool for every wife & their parents to misuse this section.

  1183. Police should not have any right to arrest the husband and his relatives untill and unless he and his relatives are found guilty in the court of law.

  1184. Fully agree with the misuse of IPC Section 498 A. Such sections need serious amendments if cannot be fully abolished. This is gender biased; anti-men and in favour if cranky-womenfolk who want to harrass innocent husband and family.

  1185. Real is not coming to picture. Only unwanted things are active due to ego; heightweight; arrogance – which is unchecked. let me say after further.

  1186. Yes I completely agree with the last post. You do not have to repeal the legislation. You have to do nothing. Just make provisions for a 3 year jail term to all false complainants. Okay; even a year will do. Lets talk equality here. Equality in absoluteterms; not a decorative copybook equality. All the vindictive cases will automatically and instantly vaporize. The woman only dares and toys with the lives of innocent families; because she knows she will go unscratched even if the Sessions Courts and even the Supreme Court reprimands her in its judgments (which it has done many times). She just has to just sit through the pronouncement and then come out in the free world again instead of going to the jail and languish there as she made her husband and in-laws do. When will the government learn that 498A is destroying families irreversibly; and that is all that it doing. Nothing else !!! And when will NCW realise that in a vile effort to protect women’s rights; they are destroying the woman itself. They are leading her to a point of no-return; by inciting the impulsive urge of revenge (which is an animal instinct in both men and women; only women have been given an immoral advantage in the fulfillment of hers by our beloved lawmakers) !!! May truth prevail. Always…

  1187. It is a MAD (MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION)section 498a.u r report is helpful and excellent.I have learnt a lot about this and almost an expert myself.Only way to defend is bribe the corrupt police and make them right rubbish.Other way is filing or cooking up other cases elsewhere to make bride family run.If u have influence u can set it up.Write to all enforcement agencies about income or any fraud about brides family-counter attack is the only answer or just pay the ransom or just bide time and tolerate pain or lastly take law into u r hands and decide what fate u decide for them.Long term only way is change law to say that there need to be preliminary investigation before arrest and only husband can be named as well as if it turns out to be false bride should have 3 year jail.Then all false cases will dissapear overnight.

  1188. When will the government (read NCW appended) arise from its slumber to realise that the provisions under this section hardly helps the women in need (who seldom gets the support to speak) but too often irreversibly stigmatise innocent families and destroy a relationship that would have otherwise possibly survived with an alternate in mutual adjustments. Marriage is ALL about giving some and getting some in return? Haven’t we heard this all along? But alas; who will convince the metropolitan women of today that revenge (without a cause and just to flex the power vested on them) is a comforting feeling but only a short lived one! Ask me; some one who has gone through all these. And my wife who has done all these! Today she repents and repents; but nothing is there that I can do for her. Its a one way traffic. Its fast lane but it always has a mired ditch at the end!

  1189. This is a real humiliation to the citizens of our country. The Misuse of act 498A is actually a criminal act by women and their families which should have sticht implications on the girl and her family instead of the boy and his family. This is a means of totally harassement; fraud and cruelity towards innocent family adopted by rasculous girls to justify their oversmartness. My family is an example of the tremendous harrasement and the turmoil which has devasted the peace of my family. The act 498A should be changed right now and there should be an impossition of equal and opposite actions and penalties on the girl and her family. FOR THE FAMILIES IN DELHI. PLEASE BEWARE OF A PROFFESSIONAL CRIMINAL AND SUPPOSEDLY A PROSTITUTE- JASWINDER KAUR DHINGRA WHO HIDES HER AGE WHICH IS 33 YEARS AND TRAPS YOUNG BOYS OF AN AGE OF 22 YRS. My appeal please do something to stop this criminalism being done by JASWINDER KAUR DHINGRA.

  1190. I fully support to STOP Misuse of Dowry Law and i sign for PIL Against 498A

  1191. Section 498 a came into existence mainly for lower class downthrodden women but insted it is well used as an income source by educated urban women by blackmailing boy and his family. In this day and age; both men and women are treated equally and have equal opportunities and both should share success; responsibility and blame. The law should be the same for both genders.

  1192. I am a lawyer but still stuck with this foolish law as this is so much heavily loaded against us. all these women organisations and nari mukti morchas should be banned as they are the main culprits but they don’t realise that this law may catch up with them also when their brother or son get married. So nobody has to cheer about this useless law except some unscrupulos females. Don’t worry they will also some day or the other have to face this law as this spares none.

  1193. This is definitely a draconian law. With the provision for a non-bailable warrant based on a mere statement by the Girl’s family it becomes a tool in their hand to harass the entire family of the boy. This threat is being used against all the members of my family. Definitely causes immense mental agony for all parties concerned. This will also affect the institution of marriage in near foreseeable future as more and more it is exploited for misuse.

  1194. The president of india; please take uregent action aganist the misue of 498a. This law is misused by educated women in india and also kills Indian family system. The actual victim of dowry harassment does not get any benefit. Only smart and cunning women get the best deal out of this law. I reuest to you ; please take immidiate action and save Indian families.

  1195. Our son got married in India and we came back to USA after few days. They were staying different state and e she started fighting on small small issue. She wanted to isolate our son from us and all of the family members. They separated after 6 months after she came to US0. The Girl still in US. Fathers started putting harrassment case against us with the object of extoration of money from us. Her father was suspended four times . He retired from Electricity board . Her mother have big mouth. India Judiciary System Sucks. The Hyderabad police system big corrupt people.

  1196. “I agree and appreciate this very essential move in this regards. Definitely the Dowry laws are being misused by Girls on the behest of their family members. This is more evidently seen in families where there is an absence of sons; on the basis of which the new generation parents tend to secure their income source by misleading and wrongly educating their daughters; so as to either be an income provide to them or find a man who can dacne to her tunes and be the provider. Ugly and unfortunate this is and is also grotesque in utmost senses. This is primarily due to very participation of males alike in this deed. I have seen fathers; numerous; bargaining for extoriton of money from the families of men; on the grounds of paying for the services of the female who was kept for some time””. This hardcore and dirty reality has made me specially dislike and hate the very stereotype and ugly face of mutated womanhood in the country. We can beat drums about females getting harassed and beaten and tortured; that is a relaity i agree….but does someone understand that men and women are humans alike? They are both equal in the eye of the law? If they are; then why si it taken that this preassumption is made that only a man can torture a woman? I have been subjected to same trauma and ordeal; thrust upon me and my family by some money thirsty people; who were solely interested in using their daughters for making up for their loss of a son; and their coming future since the females father did not have a proper work pattern. Though rich; but the family background; sanskaras and basic values reflect clearly in this behavior. This shows that these kind of women want the man of the house; who would provide and love and care; to be a pariah of their whims and fancies. i am emntioning the populi of those who are sincere and devoted men; who love to love their family. they are forced to get rid of their parents and accept the females family; just because the fairer sex thrives upon the stupid and emotional nature of a breed of men who fall prey to their designs. I would say it very loud and clear; that their are 2 dominant reignas in a fmaily; either the man gets on top of the woman; and mistreats here and does all he does; or the women instead fills the gap and takes teh charge; tries to extort and tortue ont he pretext of being a harmless woman; begging to the same set of stupid men who fail to see the reality and goign by their basic nature try to help her against the victimised men. I am a much better write than this; and i can see this ordeal has left me a lot shaken and damaged a lot of thigns inside me those that are irrecoverable and irrepairable. I wish the judiciary stands up agianst this and rather than pass verdicts on demolitions and other softer issues than this; pass verdict on demolition of law at the hands of their new found patrons; teh modern age indian women. I re-iterate; not all women are the same; but then good meets bad; bad meets good; rarely its a perfect combination. My talks might reflect extremely bitter and hatred seeping; but these are voices of a truly torn hear and soul who has been extremely bittena dn bruised by this manifestation of the females here; the ones i thot were superior to men because of the numerous godesses in my religion or my mother. I am a god trusting man; and i hope he listens and does the divine justice; until then my heart won’t talk to him…. AMEN”””

  1197. Our son got married in India and left for Australia after few days with his wife. There she started fighting on small small issue. She wanted to isolate our son from us and all of the family members. They separated after 1 and half years of married life. Girl was there for 8 months after seperation. Fathers started putting harrassment case against us with the object of extoration of money from us. Now girl came here and file case against us in women cell. Fake dowry case agaist us by the girl. We spend all our life saving in our son for educating him and for his carrier. Now the FAKE dowry law by the Police and Advocate want to suck our last drop of blood. Please help us we are Innocent Senior citizen and we spend our life in a simple way.

  1198. India Judiciary System Sucks. Assholes they dont even know what is law and they are making laws and is law only for common man ? polticians and big people use law as they want. Bhartiya naari raho apni haad mein warna ek din aayega jab mard padenge tumpe bhaari

  1199. This laws needs a to be abolished. Once the marriage is thru it a between two individuals to get together and law has little role in it ; except seperation. law should stay out of it ;instead making it more complicated by laws like 498A . As we see this was more used by financially independent women who want to harrass thier in laws.

  1200. I am innocent victim of 498A; being in JC. Helpless; I believe in family harmony which will lead to building an intelligent nation. This law is working as a catalyst in making our young intelligent breed to stop marrying Indian bride that will definitely in turn marry outside India and have children of non-indian origin. One day will come when we will not be able overcome the shortfall of good intelligent people in our country.

  1201. we have to stand than only some one will be able to help us.thanks for this EXCELLENT effort

  1202. I never know that the section 498A is so unhuman and the victim might succumb becoz of harsh procedures only after i faced the same difficulty.

  1203. This law definitely is born out of some sick minds. It is the question of shame to all Indians that we give powers to such people who are incompetent. Some of them don’t even know how to write their own name and they have powers to write our destiny. Another shame is the people who are implementing these sick things. That includes Police and Judiciary as well. I am the victim of this law. My father is an educationist with very high moral values. His works and values are recognized and awarded in every sphere of life by his department; social organizations; local administration; newspapers; his colleagues and by every one who is in contact with him. This was his only earning of whole life; which is destroyed by this law. Just because of an arrogant wife (who doesn’t have respect for her in laws and for her husband) and her sick-minded family. The shock of the life was that a Member of Parliament from a national party was deep neck involved in pressurizing the SSP of police; District Magistrate and other agencies. These sick people never had any spine to take any stand against the wrong. The judiciary; with whom I had my first brush; was most corrupt. They presume themselves as God (exceptions may be there) and are least concerned about the impact of their deeds on the lives of others. The whole system is a shit. The people who are running the system don’t have spines to correct this. I have lost faith in every system. I challenge all these people whom I have blamed; to dare come in front of me. Be assured you are going to get the same fate one day; same as the above mentioned Member of Parliament; who recently was discredited and expelled from the parliament for accepting bribe on spy camera of some TV channel. I also challenge the media to stop reporting shit and identify their role in such causes. I also request my fellow Indians to join hands against such terrorism.

  1204. Eventhough I have not yet been dragged into court under section 498 by my wife and her mother. But my case is a typical one. Both my mother and her mother are widows and she being the only daughter has been flaunted by them. She doesn’t like me talking to mother; my relatives etc. She left my place twice in the past during NOv. – Dec. 2004. That time tsunami struck the islands and my mother’s govt. accommodation was gutted with sea water. and she was at that time at her mther’s place. She didn’t even bother to enquire about us. After nearly 10 days she came searching for us at our uncle’s place where we were staying after the tsunami. I didn’t ask her anything why she returned or anything nor did my mother. NOw since we have had one son; she and her mother have started to behave in a very rude manner with my mother with blackmailing me with the son we have. Please help me is there any provision in the law that Father can have the possession of son after divorce; ijust wanna now. Eventhough neither me or she has yet filed for divorce. PLEASE HELP ME

  1205. I am a woman; and support these men fighting for their rights. I have seen one of my cousin brother being harassed by his wife on the basis of this law. Most of these cases of harssment are filed by girls who are financially independent and enjoy good reputation in society. It seems ridiculous to me that these women claim that they were tortured by their in-laws/husband. Actually these girls are enjoying their life keeping their husband in full control by threating him constantly. Girls; wake up!! You are spoiling your own life and adding a stigma to the women community.

  1206. Girl a bit crazy; rude. Only very seldom laughs for no reason. Cries hysterically 6 hrs each nite for no reason ( physical or mental ); mother says past history Add: M.Saxena Aliganj Lko

  1207. Kindly do something as this law is surely going to break our marriage institution for ever.

  1208. My wife has recently misused dowry law 498A. The law must be changed so that more men are not victimezed in future.

  1209. This is draconian law. The law is harmful from future family tranditions point of view. This is being rampantly misused and abused; which is against the fundamental rights and human rights principles.

  1210. In this day and age; both men and women are treated equally and have equal opportunities and both should share success; responsibility and blame. The law should be the same for both genders. We can no longer say that women are innocent and men are to blame. Both the people involved in a marriage are adults and if things don’t work out; they always have a choice of walking out of the relationship. The law is antiquated and does not apply to people living an urban lifestyle.

  1211. yes this law should be amended with equal provisions for both sides so that misuse can be stopped

  1212. “( my mobile No 09860088586/09890368660)I support the cause of amendments in 498a to prevent the misuse of it. There should not be any gender bias and each party should have options to put their facts upfront before assuming them culprit. I have been meeting lawyers from april 05 .I have filed a divorce case on apr 05 after my wife left me in jan 04;saying that she can not adjust with my parents; also she want a division of family property.””I have rxd a call from police inspector shalimar bagh police station that complaint has been lodge under CrPC 498 A/406 ;against my self .mother ;2 brothers (who are in USA);and brothers wife .they have hardly stayed in INdia but my MOM was here .I have rxd a notice from police station shalimar bagh;New Delhi asking me to come at 1000 Hrs on 01 may 06.I applied for anticipatory bail on 29 apr 06 and it came for hearing on 30 april 06 in and the decision was given by Honable Court as i have to pay Rs 4;50;000 to the girl.In my abscence the lawyer has assepted the amount;(a sure pilfrage)and i was told that u should be happy that this decision has been taken.I dont know what to do pls help HARISH SAXENA”””

  1213. My son was having a troubled marriage from the day one though it was arranged marriage in India. We are US citizens. She did not bring anything from India only marriage clothes. We gave her 75000 Rs for shopping . Unfortunately we do not have any receipts. The Girl & her sisters; brother were always humiliating fighting with my son over money in front of his friends and she was calling to his office and telling to his colleagues even HR with offensive language .He was taking care of everything he paid $3500 for her Kaplan fees for residence programe After divorced her father filled the case against my son ; me& my husband also my brothers who are in Hyderabad. Sympathy always goes to girl. Why is that? We don’t have any right to talk with our son? Is this is big crime in India? After his marriage we have cut our relationship with him?

  1214. “Supreme Court has given this section name as Legal Terrorism””. I don’t understand what the law-makers are still refering too or looking for.”””

  1215. “Hi; Its unbelievable that such laws prevailing in human society. Its completely rubbish and encourage tension and because of it any differences small or big looks irreversible and only thing that comes to the mind of the guy is how to get out of this messy institution named marriage””. “””

  1216. Hi My brother is having a troubled marriage from the day one though it was love marriage.Girl was always humilating fighting(hitting) with my brother over money.Saying he doesnot spend money on her.In reality he was taking care of everything.Four months back they filled the case against my brother.It was going on in cw cell and finally they agree for mutual agreement.On that day the girl hit my mother and started offensive language.And they make my brother arrested saying he hit her(their daughter).What shall we do?

  1217. Probably the women who are really exploited never make use of this law. and those who exploit their husband and in-laws; are the one misusing the law. Since there are not any strong organisations working for rights of men; this trend is increasing.

  1218. In this day and age; both men and women are treated equally and have equal opportunities and both should share success; responsibility and blame. The law should be the same for both genders. We can no longer say that women are innocent and men are to blame. Both the people involved in a marriage are adults and if things don’t work out; they always have a choice of walking out of the relationship.

  1219. Is a simple divorce not enough these days. This sort of provocative law can lead to more violence and more misuse. We should be striving for peace instead.

  1220. It is a shame that on one hand our country is progressing to be one of the super powers of the world and on other hand we have laws that make brilliant and innocent professionals victims of marriage. I think those laws prevent marriage rather than encouranging it and wish some drastic changes in such laws. Our politicians should realize that such laws cannot ne applied everywhere instead they can restrict it to rural areas and that too on a diluted basis where in no one can assumed to be guilty before proven. -Ravi

  1221. It’s because of stupid laws made by equally stupid politicians that people like myself have just given up and moved away from our beloved India. Wake up; you morons; and get yourself some common sense (a formal education would be nicer!). Stop passing half-assed laws that do more harm than good. My poor country…when will you free yourself of these thugs and really move forward. My heart goes out to all the abused. – Proud Indian

  1222. This law should be removed. Police should do some through invstigation before registering FIR

  1223. ———————–TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN——————- This is on behalf of my Elder Brother and my Family. My Brother got married to a mental Petient. Once we filed divorce; as expected ; we got 498A and 406 in return. We were harrased to such

  1224. I totally agree with all the other people. My wife have a mental illness it was a clear case of cheating. The police in India; you know how they are. Now she and her father (who is a black money man by profession) filed 498a against me. Luckily my old mother had enough courage to go thorough the difficult phase. Now the only aim in my life; fight against her and her family. I am working in USA and want to go back and do it; even though i am loosing my job here. The top panel guys who make this law…it is clearly one sided and seems like they were a bunch of idiots.

  1225. This is a really harassing tool for women on husbands. Just taking her words and not giving any chance for the husband to talk is totally injustice. For NRI’s; most of the wifes ask for divorce and they go back to India and file 498A to extort money and harass husbands family. In my case I lost my mother; is mother not a women?? Pls stop this crime on men..

  1226. This law has to revised. This law has broken more families than protecting actual sufferers. One such case effects nearly 10-15 members of family. There should laws to prevent filing of false cases. Laws should be uniform for each spouse irrespective of gender. Such laws have made women fight against other women. these laws are putting our nation behind in the rapidly progressing world.

  1227. I will fully support & cooperate with the SIF group in our joint fight against the said draconian laws. Shoot the bastards who frame such laws and also the police guys who take action against husband/his family based on flimsy; frivolous complaints without any evidence filed by wife & her family.

  1228. No eyewitnesses or evidence is required for filing a case under Section 498A of the IPC; and there is no punishment for filing a false case just to abuse others. This happens only India….this must change without any delay….WE MUST STOP THIS!!!

  1229. What a curse? Whether he who gets attacked by law is an innocent or culprit. His parents & relatives suffer. His property & money matters are in mess. Any person; when in this situation and finds no way out; gets mad. A mad person can either harm himself or harm any other person. To avoid dowry death; the law makers have mad_e a law to make a person go crazy and bring in a situation of dowry death! Masood Pasha

  1230. All gender biased law should go. As this act is majorly mis-used; it needs major changes/modifications so that innocents are not harassed. KK Vikram

  1231. I just want to bring it to the kind notice of the law makers to please think of the old parents whose hard earned respect and money both has been extorted with the misuse of anti-dowry act; think of the innoscent families who hav to go to jail becuse of the misuse of the anti-dowry act; think of the persons who hav to commit suicide just becuase they r being insulted just because of the misuse of this act.

  1232. THE TIME IS NOT FAR WHEN MEN WILL START PUBLICLY SETTING THEMSELVES ABLAZE TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF FOOLISH AND NEAR SIGHTED LAWMAKERS AND NGO’s WHO BLINDLY SUPPORT EVERY WOMEN WHO GOES AND FILES A CASE AGAINST HER HUSBAND AND IN-LAWS. I HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF THIS. IN FACT RECENTLY; WHILE I WAS DOING THE ROUNDS OF COURTS IN HYDERABAD TRYING FOR BAIL (WHICH I ULTIMATELY GOT AFTER SPENDING ALMOST 2 LAKHS); I WAS TOLD ABOUT A RECENT CASE WHERE THE WIFE OF A DY. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (IRS) HAD FILED A FALSE COMPLAINT AGAINST HIM U/S.498 A AND THE POOR FELLOW WAS RUNNING FROM PILLAR TO POST TO GET BAIL AND SAVE HIS JOB. DON’T OUR POLICE; COURTS; LAWYERS (PUBLIC PROSECUTORS); JUDGES; AND LAW MAKERS REALIZE THAT A PERSON LIKE HIM WORKING FOR THE INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT HARDLY NEEDS TO BEAT HIS WIFE FOR DOWRY. FRANKLY THERE ARE OTHER UMPTEEN WAYS FOR HIM TO EARN; IF HE IS THAT KIND OF A DIS-HONEST GUY. ISN’T THERE ANY APPLICATION OF MIND ON THE PART OF THE AFORE-MENTIONED POLICE; COURTS; LAWYERS (PUBLIC PROSECUTORS); JUDGES; AND LAW MAKERS ETC. WHERE IS OUR GREAT COUNTRY GOING TO. AGREED THAT THERE REALLY ARE SOME HUSBANDS WHO TORTURE THEIR WIVES BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A FEW WORTHLESS GUYS AROUND; YOU CAN’T TRAMPLE ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF EVERY MAN. LORD ACTON CORRECTLY SAID: POWER CORRUPTS AND ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY. AND SEC 498 A IS A CLASSIC CASE OF ABSOLUTE POWER GIVEN TO EVERY INDIAN MARRIED WOMEN TO DOWNRIGHT BLACKMAIL THEIR HUSBANDS AND IN-LAWS. SOME ONE HAD ALSO RIGHTLY POINTED OUT ONCE THAT IF YOU HAVE 10 HEADS AND NINE HATS; THEN YOU TRY AND MAKE ONE MORE HAT. YOU DON’T TRY TO CHOP OFF ONE HEAD! EVEN IN CASE OF AN ALLEGATION OF COMMITTING HEINOUS CRIMES LIKE MURDER; RAPE AND CHILD ABUSE; THE PERSON ACCUSING HAS TO SHOW SOME PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE AND EVEN THEN THE BENEFIT OF DOUBT IS STILL GIVEN TO THE ACCUSED; BUT IN THIS CASE (498 A); ALL THAT A WOMEN HAS TO DO IS WALK INTO A COURT OR POLICE STATION; PUT A TWO RUPEE JUDICIAL STAMP AND WRITE 3 PAGES OF LIES AND THE LIFE OF THE POOR BUGGER WHO MARRIED HER CHANGES FOR EVER(FOR THE WORSE).

  1233. We have suffered this abuse from my wife’s parents. We appeal for improvements in this law to protect elders and pregnant women

  1234. This law is an act for legal Terrorism. Me and my family have suffered from this Law. Nothing can compensate my loss. But I appeal that better this law; so that no one suffers like how I have suffered and still suffereing.

  1235. The present misuse of law is less on account of law but as said by 14th law commission of india it is on account of non-following of the procedures of law laid down even by judges – not serious to decide the matrimonial issues within six months of case; giving undue adjournments of more than three though law allows only three adjournments; not passing harsh comments on misuse of law viz. non filing of ws or giving adjournment application on fallacious ground to prolong the matter. Thus basically all court judges are required to be trained to resolve this issue. I am ready to contribute for this project of the Government; if Govt. puts such sort of project. Even our first citizen of India Shree A.P.J.Abdul Kalaam has expressly shown the need for faster justice in may 2005 and dec 2005. But no effect on the judges.

  1236. Section 498 a came into existence mainly for lower class downthrodden women but insted it is well used as an income source by educated urban women by blackmailing boy and his family.

  1237. Sir; I have to say something about the 498a being a non compondable offence. First of all I belive that 498a should be cmpletely removed from IPC as it is not only a weapon for torturing the innocent husbands; it is also responsible for breaking up of marriages since even if it is filed as a result of momentary anger the consequnces are such that there can be no turning back. Further even though the 498a is non compoudable I am reading many supreme court judgements where 498a is compouded primarily on the behest of the complaining wife. The argument is that it will help the woman to settle earlier. In my view this approach is aggravating the problem further since the complaining wife knows beforehand that everything is in her hand. First she will harass her husband and when she succeeds in getting the husband yield to her demands (money; divorce etc.) she can file a joint petition (After 498a husband is always ready for divorce) under section 482 and settle the things as per her will. One should not forget that 498a is a hardcore cognizable; non-bailable and non compundable offence and if a woman files the case and gets the husband and his relatives arreseted than afterwords any attempt to say that she wants the settlement outside or otherwise should tentamount to nothing else but criminal breach of trust and a change of statement and should be punishable. This also shows misuse of the law which was made to help the needy woman. Sanjay

  1238. Sir; Please save poor & simple people like us. Please do something such that the greedy females & their families do not harress us by misusing this 498A. Let us live…

  1239. Dear President; Its an humble request… please please remove this family disaster law 498a. Today i can’t even realise that i am into an chakravyuha because of an such stupid law; which i never dreamt in my life. I am astonished to see; that v have such an worst law in our IPC; which without any investigation can jail age old mother/father and sister who has her own resposibilties of taking care of her family. I realy don’t understand; this law is made to solve the problems or to create by spoiling others family life!!! Why do v need such kind of law where you want 2 break the familIES which can not be JOINED for ever by just because of one female’s one line complaint!!! Please save indian culture; as our culture highlights the long related family.

  1240. TO; The president of india. please take uregent action aganist the misue of 498a and dont keep this for gender basis.this law is misuses by educated women in india and also kills indian family system ;in future difficult see the happy family system if continue this 498a act . I reuest to you ; plaease take immidiate action and save indian families.

  1241. this is shocking which came trembling and blowing my whole family to the grounds or call it on the roads; a respectable family who has served our nation for ages and we have been dignified by this misuse of this law. we are shattered into pieces and dont know wht to do as this has broken our family badly likewise i have no idea how many families would have been shattered ; i humbly and justly request the concern authorities to stop this attrocity used by todays women to embaras decent citizens of India.

  1242. The 498a has become a legal terrorisim and it is urgent need to amend the law; It is my hummble request to Honorable President of India; to amend the lethal weapon 498a used by the Indian women and their parents againt innocent males and their family members & relatives. thanks

  1243. I being the victim is not true statement for me; my family and my self victims of the misuse of the 498A section is the right statement. There should be some clause which supports the hearing of both sides before taking crude steps. The law should be more usefull then misused.

  1244. I SUPPORT IT.WOMEN IN 1ST CENTURY IS NOT LIKE OLD WOMEN THEY VERY WELL KNOW THE WAY TO MISUSE THIS LAW.WHAT INDIAN GOVERNMENT IS DOING FOR THIS.I REQUEST TO LAW MAKERS THAT PLEASE TAKE BOTH THE ASPECTS OF MARRIAGE.THE FAULT MEY LIE IN WOMEN ALSO.

  1245. we have love merriage but as we are from same cast we got married like arrange on 10/07/2006. we have never happy relations as my wife wants me to respect her family members only and she don’t like my. she want her relatives to come at home and did not like my relatives to come at home. how can a man who get backed by parents; relatives since childhood can left them due to non sense wife?? this has started problems and mentally we got seprated. she went her parents’ home 5 times during 4 years. in this period she leave at my(Husbands) home only for 12-13 month. she never live with my parents. as I’m in service she was always with me. I got suffered in career badly due to her non co opration. we thought that after child’s birth(23/12/2003) things may get smoothned but nothing changed. till 2 years no one from my family she my child. they avoid to come our house because my wife used to start qurrals on there arrival. my wife never allowed me to take child to any of my relatives home. meanwhile she got job only due to my efforts(1/5/2005) she got staff accomodation and hence we shifted there. but one day she told me to leave her home. i stopped for a week. one day I take my child with me and came to my sister’s home in Kopargaon Maharashtra. I have written on cheat at home that I’m going to my sister’s and parent’s home. my wife lodged MISSING police complaint instead of negotiating through mediators. (Is Such case is legal?? can I sue Police??) At Kopargaon police station we handover my child to her mother. since then I’m living at my parent’s home. we are physically seprated. I have lost my job due to police went to my office. after that Missing complaint I appealed my wife’s relatives to come for discussion and settle the matter. if there is any hopful decision that will be okeyed otherwise mutual consent seprations can be done. but they never responded positively. on Feb 26; 2006 my father in law came with 20-22 anti social elements at my parents home and beaten my and my brother. we gave a complaint at police station.(Ambad; Nashik) but we never insisted for FIR as we are still in favour of mediator’s discussion as routine social practice. but now my wife lodged totally false complaint that she has been harassed since merriage. we ask for money. we taken away her stridhan. all false baseless. my mother brother sister Jijaji never came in her contact then how could she take there names?? in routine practice before filing FIR police should informed us and both party discussion should be held. that never took place. stand of police is suspicious. now what can we do. I have some letters written to her father regarding wife’s mis behaviour. my father in law never suggested her daughter to keep quite and for adjustments. she never thought about child’s future though I have appealed again and again. they are ego centered and wants we to bend in front of them.

  1246. I have suffered because I am close to and wish to stay in a joint family and this was discussed prior to our marriage. But how things changed from the first day.

  1247. kindly modify this law so that arrogant women are not lured to destroy their married life.

  1248. I request our law-maker to have a look on this act; which I strongly feel is a big blow to today’s marriage. Women are taking undue advantages of this silly act and crossing all limits to harass her husbacd and his family. STOP THIS ACT.

  1249. I support the cause of amendments in 498a to prevent the misuse of it. There should not be any gender bias and each party should have options to put their facts upfront before assuming them culprit. We are well educated youths of INDIA and it should be reflected in our deeds. If the laws are made to safe-guard human values then they should be fair with fair options. Please get united all and support this nobal cause to have better lives for all of us. False cases of Dowry should be scrutinize at the first level before the ordeal or harrasments starts to respective parties. Keep Positive thoughts; dear fiends; one DAY we all have a wondeful world to live….till we die. Best Regards //Raj K. Kaushal

  1250. This draconial law shows India is and will be a part of 3rd world; whatever big boost we do in front of others.

  1251. This provision of 498a of IPC is a barbaric and insane piece of legislation. It is more often misused than being used to harass innocent husbands and their parents.

  1252. I AM FIGHTING A CASE OF 498A AGAINST MY FAMILY SINCE LAST FOUR MONTHS FROM MY DAUGHTER;INLAW’S SIDE AT JHANSI COURT RAKESH PIPARSANIA – PL ADVICE ON WHAT ASPECTS THIS CASE CAN BE FOUGHT. AT PRESENT I AM CONTESTING JURIDICTION.

  1253. Kindly save the families by false allegations and missuse of IPC Section 498a.

  1254. I got divorce as an ex-parte in September 2003. She filed a complaint petition U/Sec. 498A; 120B; 407; 406 I.P.C. on 31st October 2003 and i along with my father arrested on 23/02/2004. Is after diorce she can filed application U/Sec 498 A .If yes please setoff divorce law and change the hindu marriage Act – I facing 2 cases U/sec 498A in same court and by same police station

  1255. This law should be amended to be treated at par with other CRPC; no special consideration for women. In fact there is no need of this law at all as the situation can be handled within purview of other section. Another example of great misuse of this law. Check case number 685/2005 dated 30-June-05 at SDJM Court; Ranchi which was filed as counter blast of RCR 34/2005 dated 12-Mar-05 at Court of DSJ; Gurgaon. There are so many conflicting statements in 685/05 complaint and subsequent witness statement on 20-Aug-05 itself; but still court is going ahead asking for cognizance. MERA BHARAT MAHAAN!!!

  1256. my whole family is victim of this foolish 498A law. This law should be immediatly repealed in order to save the society oy\therwise there willbe a social unrest.

  1257. girls side have told me they are going to issue prceding aginst me what should i do

  1258. Hi; Though I am not married..however I have read widely about the attrocities of this black law. Very well said that this law should be repealed like POTA.

  1259. You can register a complaint with Central Vigilance commisionat cvc.nic.in. You can atleast find out the status of your complaint

  1260. From my experience and a lot of interaction with police; CBI; vigilance; lawyers; judges; various ministeries of India and abroad; I have come to the conclusion that it is a multi-crore extortion/illegal migration/sex scandal (perhaps the biggest ever scandal in India)involving senior police officers; lawyers; judges (including those of High courts and Supreme Court ); bureaucrats and politicians etc. They are all beneficiaries in this scandal and exploiting people; including women; in the name of helping women under the garb of 488A; 406; 125; 24 of HMA etc.I have got solid documentary proofs against them. However no authority in India is ready to listen to me.

  1261. I too am one of the sufferers and i pretty well understand the implications of this law it is definetely very unfair on the part of the court of law where there is a provision given to the wives that they can file a case without any proofs and the cops without any proper evidence torture the husband and his family just to extort money and as well to gain their fake importance it is time people react to this unjustice done to the men by the educated over smart women who wish to extort money from their husband and their families.

  1262. I too am one of the sufferers and i pretty well understand the implications of this law it is definetely very unfair on the part of the court of law where there is a provision given to the wives that they can file a case without any proofs and the cops without any proper evidence torture the husband and his family just to extort money and as well to gain their fake importance it is time people react to this unjustice done to the men by the educated over smart women who wish to extort money from their husband and their families.

  1263. Dear sir; my wife and my in laws misused sec498a on me kindly help me to over come from this.

  1264. Todays modern indian women; in the name of LAW; misuseing Dowry protection Act IPC -498a to harass innocent husband; his age old parents and his sisters; Even if he has not taken any dowry or demand any dowry. Just because she is not able to adjust to husband home; To have more Freedom; To control her in-laws; When husband find out her infedelity. or Blackmail husband incase he divorce her; for her mistakes.

  1265. i have send the details of my torture; must publish it; so that these people who tortures innocent people and thier family must stop

  1266. “Satya Mave Jayate””. There is a say “”The lie travels half of the earth before the truth gets chance to pant””. But it is nature’s law that truth always wins. We should not forget the power of almighty. Thanks and always with truth.”””

  1267. I think 498a should be amended;I was a victim of it and suffered a lot.I had to be in judicial custody for a week .My kids were clueless as to what was happening.I didnt see or talk to my sister in law for over 2 years.I strongly support the petition and hope that the Indian Government do something about it.

  1268. I think 498A should be changed. It should be made bailable and anyone unscrupously taking advnatage of this law should be prosecuted to the highest degree. I have a few close friends who are going through the 498A hell. I strongly support this petition.

  1269. The laws must be balanced. There must be provision against frivolous complaints by daughter-in-laws and her relatives. If present situation continues as it is; the boys will avoid marrying and will resort to contract-marriages to avoid legal harassment. India will then have illegitimate children.Social problems cannot be solved by laws; which further complicate the issue. Govt should consult sociologists before enacting or amending family and society related laws.

  1270. “The law should be amended so as to make sure that every one(Husband and Wife) get Fair”” justice.”””

  1271. I want help????;when ever I try to fire my wife ; she will always try to tell if you try hit me . I will go lodge a reg a case aganist me for dowry case – pl help me how slove .

  1272. I strongly recommend the need of amendment in 498a. My self; my old parents; my brother & my syster were the victims of this unjust law. The most beneficiries are Police and legal department. To my knowledge 2 victims end their lives for not absorbing the torture and mental harassment meated out by my ex wife; her parents; her brothers; her lawyers; last but not least the ‘POLICE’. Wah-re-mere bharath mahan aisi azadi hi; jaisi kahin bhinahi; kahane ko to mera bharath mahan galath shikar ka kanoon kahan

  1273. This law can be used for threatening also. I was threatened to continue my marriage as I was told I will be behind the bars along with family. Can the hon’ble departments do something on that?

  1274. This is not a law it is a legal gundaism. It is a lgal terror promoted by National Council for women I just want to know from Govrment of India and Law Ministry why r they against our elder parents. Do the goverment want that son should leave their parents in their old age and if dictated by his wife physically abuse them.What is the stand of Indian Goverment on maintaning the elder parents. Aim of National Council of Women is not to protect the women but to see husband and their elder parents behind the bars more the elder r behind the bars more they r huppy. NCW wants to destroy indian culture. They r surpankhas..Same on them..NCW is terrorist organisation

  1275. It is good to protect woman; But this law is working as a weapon in hands of woman who have niche jobs and who are well educated; to harass their husbands and their innocent family members

  1276. May I get advance bail against this 498A ? My father-in-law want me to teach a lesson against disclose of his lies. Loacal P.S. helped me twice by counsellings & making G.D. only. My wife does not support any of me & her father; having twins of 4 months and staying with her father; I’ve made three calls to join counselling at our home; but no replies from her end. What to do ? Also she want to stay with her mother for nursing of babies and in my home; she have to work with my computer for at least 3-4 hours; which she dislike. May I pressure her to work with me against a salary of Rs. 2;500/- p.m. ? Also it was told her before arranging marriage.

  1277. My wife has put a false dowry case twice with the help of local ploice and political leader. Now they are demanding large amount of money .Every body police; lawyer; the political leader thinks that they all get share in money.

  1278. This Law is being used for blackmailing only and misused by lot of people and my cousin is one of the victim recently.

  1279. My wife and her parents are demanding 10 lakh rupees and sighning of divorce papers without reasoning it. Otherwise they are threatening that they will file false 498a case and send my entire family behing bars! It really is legal terrorism!

  1280. This law should be ammendment as a lot of innocent people are harmed save people from dowry cases

  1281. Being a victim of the 498a law; I will like to go to any extent to stop this kind of practice of misuse of laws….

  1282. I stronly support of scapping the 498A ipc altogether as it has failed to serve the utility and is now only the tool of harrassment.

  1283. I strongly support ammendment of section 498A because in most of the cases it is being strongly misused. It is not always true that the husband is creating problems for the wife; it is possible otherway also. Even if there is a compatability problem between the husband and wife then because the husband is afraid of the misuse of 498A; the husband compromises and is ready for adjustment rather than the wife. This is because some really simple genuine husbands (exceptions are always there) are really afraid of the misuse of 498A.

  1284. I myself and my old aged mother; elder brother and his wife and younger brother are victims of this legal terrorism. I had been fabricated falsely with this draconian law just 104 days after my marriage when i failed to send my 66 year old mother out of my home to live on the street. This law should be repealed or atleast it should be amended so that its mis-use should be punished with rigourous imprisonment.

  1285. I support for amendment of IPC 498a; in 99% cases it is being misused to extract money from innocent husband. One of my friend is suffering

  1286. I strongly support to amend 498A bailable and compoundable as soon as possible and take actions against false 498A cases. Sanjay Kumar; Bangalore

  1287. This law will destroy a marriage.It will cause the child to lose one of its parent even though he/she is still alive. The lawyers and police make huge money by this law.

  1288. law makers just look at the reality check out how many of 498 cases turn out to be true if this continues like this no one will marry i suppose

  1289. the law should be balanced so that men can also be protected against misuse.

  1290. this law should be finished as a lot of innocent people are harmed save people from dowry cases

  1291. strongly support to amend in the exsisting section 498a of IPC especially making 498a bailable and compoundable as soon as possible.

  1292. I strongly support to amend in the exsisting section 498a of IPC especially making 498a bailable and compoundable as soon as possible. Good luck! Dr. Vikas Kumar – Amarillo; TX USA

  1293. Generally; the laws are meant to protect people but in this case it seems to be totally biased. This would lead to definitely; the law being misused by unscrupulous people with self interest bordering on greediness of making easy money. It would appear that the law makers did not fully consider the implications before enacting the laws. They should reconsider this law to ensure that disputed both parties given equal fair chances before taking further action.

  1294. Ours is a decent middle class family and I am the eldest son in my family. I made a biggest mistake in my life marrying a girl with out knowing much about her past. I blindly felt for her magic words. After marriage I realized that my wife and her in-laws cheated me just to get entry into USA and to extract money. She had an affair which ended up with abortion related surgery up to the extent that she can no longer conceive. Before I realized the truth; she ditched me after coming to US. She even ditched the person who made her pregnant. Now my wife is staying with someone else and she is not even agreeing for divorce by mutual consent. Though my wife never stayed with my parents in India; my father-in-law being into police department blackmailing us with false dowry harassment charges (IPC498a) and demanding huge ransom. If not; they are threatening to spoil my innocent un-married sister; brother; aged parents; bed driven grandmother’s life as well. Even though I have evidence regarding this; I am helpless and trapped by this IPC498a. Though this dowry harassment law IPC498a is to protect innocent wife’s but because of loopholes in it these type of greedy unscrupulous women are misusing it. I am surprised and shocked to know how on this universe this type of legally terrorizing blind biased unframed LAW exists? And that too in so called largest democracy INDIA? Apart from that there is no punishment for misusing it!!!!!!! Even after getting divorce ex-wife or her relatives can still use this IPC498a to blackmail ex-husband and his family members to extract money for the rest of her life!!!! What an easy way to extract money legally for unscrupulous Indian women!!!!!!!! IF LAWMAKERS CANNOT PATCH UP THESE LOOP HOLES IN THIS IPC498A why can’t they atleast add an additional clause for PUNISHING THE MISUSERS??? IS THIS WHAT WOMEN ORGANIZATIONS WANT? Encouraging and giving WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION TO SURPANAKAS? Apart from India; there is no other country to have this type of blind law. If this continues… even foreign unscrupulous women will migrate to India and get married to innocent rich man and flee back to her own country with fortune.

  1295. This Law is being used for blackmailing and collecting money from the husbands. If somebody is really getting tortured for dowry they can take divorce and lead the happy life. I agree some cases are genuine; who do harrasment for dowry; but most of the cases it is being misused. In my case; my wife’s elder sister demanded me to pay US Dollars 1200.00 per month as a compensatio to her. Thanks to god; at the same time my wife’s visa in USA got expired and she entered in to illegal status; which forced her to leave the country immeidately; I was saved. They are ready to pull me to the court.

  1296. I support for amendment of IPC 498a; which is being misused to extract money from innocent husband. One of my friend is suffering.

  1297. “This law is against the law of natural justice and totally liable for a misuse. There should be no law which beyond the natural justice””. What are the preventive remedies against the law? How can one side of the coflicting parties be “”ASSUMED”” to say TRUTH? Thats totally against rational. Instead govt. should formulate legislature to improve the matrimonial ties and also have social movement for removing such problems.”””

  1298. This law is really based on the unpractical assumption that women will tell truth. But practically it is known that humans lie and such deadly weapon totally biased; against men needs to be abolished. If humans were true then why not give atom bomb to each and every one. Why safe guard them.

  1299. I strongly support the Cause….being a victim; and As well as a Son to the innocent Parents and as a brother to the Pregnant sister who had gone through hell; because of one stupid mistake done by a female….all because of the MIuse of 498A

  1300. this law is totally one sided and not at all for the safe guard of women. although the intention is good but the fact that its been getting misutilised. the relatives of husband includes mother; sisters; sisters-in-las and many otheres who are relatives and are of all age groups; because of false alarm of JACKAL the day is not far when the actual needy will be refrained to use such powerful laws. there should be some ammendement to it. i strongly plea that there should be more no of PILs to help all affected by this law.

  1301. I am also a victim of False 498a case & my wife is hell bent on making our life miserable. Added to that her sister is A criminal lawyer & has taken advantage of her position & approached S.P Archana Tyagi for insisting to take action against me & my family.The police stn staff clearly says that they get phone calls from the SP. & hence they have to act. Police & my wife both have made my life hell. The police register a FIR if made by the woman. They refuse to even acknowledge written complaint given by us leave aside registering FIR . On the contrary this has helped the police departments to become corrupt & get good money for giving favourable reports. I definitely support this PIL Keep me informed about any reliefs that may be announced to victims of False 498A.

  1302. the only demand they have is for money when this section is taken by a women. blame the inlaws who w/o knowing the worry being put on the accused go forward to file this complaint and digging there own grave ruining the whole family and themselves. if a women goes mad and husband cant afford to take all the abuse. the last option is to book 498a which has no investigation prior to the registration of the case. i am not against women but there should be a society wherein these cases should be investigated before the case is being registered which is as strong as court. indian law is still primitive. it completely sucks one day or the other i shall wake up reading this dowry act being ammended. atleast for people who are not involved in death.

  1303. I am already a victim of the misuse of 498a by my wife and my in-laws.My wife went to her parents place on 30-Jan-2005 and started staying with her parents.On 15 March 2005 she lodged a complaint under section 498a/307/406 of IPC against me; my parents and NRI brother;that too after staying with her parents for nearly a month.Me and my brother lost our jobs because of this and lively hood has become miserable. This is really ridiculous and a law like the middle ages.I was a software engineer in a reputed MNC and this false case has runied my life. Please unite to stop the misuse of this law.

  1304. It is pity to hear so many cases where 498A has been misused. What is society and law-makers doing about it? Is it unjustice to seek balance amongst genders? What are we heading for? I guess most of the time father is more attached to female child; I have seen so many cases; and my husband is more attached to my female child than male child. How can a female do such a thing? Sabko sanmati de bhagwan.

  1305. I am already a victim of the misuse of 498a by my wife and my in-laws.My wife went to her parents place on 26th Nov-2005 and started staying with her parents.On 21st Dec-2005 she lodged a complaint under section 498a/307/406 of IPC;that too after staying with her parents for nearly a month.This is really ridiculous and a law like the middle ages.The courts were closed from 23rd till 1-Jan-due to Christmas and New Year Eve and suffered mental harrasment for no apparant reason.I am a software engineer in a reputed MNC and this false case has runied my social status and respect. Please unite to stop the misuse of this law.

  1306. Gentleman and Ladies…lets all form an organisation. We should fight this evil. We can contribute towards a good legal counsel for us and make sure that our wives and in-laws are behind bars. Come on arise…dont delay..find a leader among us. This cruelty should be stopped. WE SHALL FAST UNTIL DEATH IN ALL MAJOR CITIES IN INDIA.

  1307. now here is a local married girl . she has three different driving licenses issued by Nagpur RTO. One passport made after marriage but shows her as an unmarried woman. she is married to a delhi boy . parents asking Rs. 51.00 yeas fifty one lacs from boy’s family and filed a case with Crime aginst woman cell. Local goons of delhi are also hired by the girl and parents. father is a big hawala delaer for cement conglomerates having access to political parties. mama of the girl is a nagpur Don having interest in illicit liquor; excise and sales tax evasion. boy is on the verge of committiing suicide please help.

  1308. my wife wants to make out money out of indian legal system rather than practising surgery . by the way she is surgeon by proffession. i am trying to find out a way to prevent my family and myself at the moment

  1309. I have been witnessing the unfortunate fate of an honest friend of high calibre whose wife has misused IPC 498a against him. This has completely ruined the life of two individual for ever. I am totally against misuse and disrespect of IPC 498a.

  1310. This law is more often then not only miss-used. the law should be redrafted keeping in mind the present socioeconomic conditions of the country.

  1311. “For frivolous complaints filed by brides where no evidence or proof is provided by her & her family on the alleged dowry given by them ; the Law must be amended to empower CAW or the Court to punish such unscrupulous complainants. Also; in cases where the bride has tortured her in-laws to such an extent that leads to death of someone due to stress & mental torture; the Revised Law must have provision to hold her & her family responsible for such murder”” and be convicted. “””

  1312. I Observed one decent family in trap of this false 498A case against them. Bride’s Family is having good support from P0lic* person . Ashamed to say he is in a very responsible position (Could not disclose designation). Bride family trapped the grooms family and now torturing the family with false 498A case. All the members in the brides family were very well educated like Masters from Top IITs… The inbalance in Law causing many intelligent and innosent families loosing their hope on lifes. I feel that some people are getting married to harrase and get Sowry (Reverse of dowry) using this Inbalnced Law. I would strongly recommend to modify this inbalance (498A) in law and save indian intelligent people/families who put our nation in this stage.

  1313. Law should be amended in which giving a Dowry should also be considered as equally serious offense and punishable the same way it is to receive the dowry. In case allegations proved to be wrong then girl and her parents should be fined for double the amount of claimed dowry and affected boy should receive half of the amount as compensation and half of the amount should be used by govt for the marriage of poor girls. Boy should also be able to file Defamation; harrasment cases against girl and her parents and guilty should be jailed and punished very seriously.

  1314. Punishment to women for making false complaint should be made non-bailable and punishable for minimum of 7 years as in sec. 463; 464; 465; 466; 468 and 469. All this amounts to cheating. Courts need to be more proactive. 192; 193;196 and 209 for creating and fabricating false evidence need to be invoked more often; then only such nasty women will fear making such complaints. God bless the Indian Judiciary who are atleast concious of this draconian law. Down with the legislature who enact such laws. Let us approach the President of India; who is an upright person of great integrity.

  1315. I divorced my wife on her consent(because she want to marry another man) on 17 july 2004 in written which is according to our islamic shariah and quraan.Her 3 brother made plan to make a quick money and they planned to lodge an FIR. after one year by thorogh planning and bribing police.they succeeded in lodging 498a the most darconian law on earth .we are paying huge amount to lawyers and police ands crrokers.my father and mother around 70 year of age and mostly sick;our in laws demanding a huge amount for the settlement that we unable to pay.they want to destroy my family and this law supposed to divine gift for them to haress my family.I need your legal advice to help my family and specially help those who are going to trap in 498a.kindly advice me what can i do from saudi arabia to save my family.

  1316. i am strongly against this Dowry Law. coz this only can brake the whole innocent family and also this law encouradge the women family to tourcher men family; so with any fear women playing with male & thier family life; emotion and giving mental stress as well as physical stress; i dont know that brilient and Intelegent person who had made this kind of fulish act or Law. so i too request the person who is responsible for this bad law; pls distroy this law immediately.

  1317. I got married one years ago .It is an arranged marriage. My wife and her family members pressure on me to leave my family and I have no contact with my family members ; My wife makes pressure on me by attempt to suside . They plane to use misuse the dowry act. I am scred of that.

  1318. Please suggest me how can I save my parents and sister from this dowry threat given by my Inlaws and wife

  1319. I am victim of this Law . Even I havn’t uttered a Single word to my Wife nor I haven used any abusive language not bad words. A complaint has been registered agains’t me & my family members of IPS 406; 498 498-A & we are running from pillar to Post from Police Stn to Courts.Pls help us as ae are mentally & physically tortured by everyone of them.Pls help.

  1320. yes i agree sec.498-A is most abusing section in IPC and it need certian restriction/conditions

  1321. “i am also a victim of the same.I belive that their should be equal punishment to woman and her family members who ever has involved in filing false498a complained in the court.Also i belive that the cases of 498a are to be run fast. “

  1322. Me and my whole family is victim of these unfair laws. Ex wife have been trying to blackmail using this law.

  1323. We are the victims of this Dowry laws.Even without any mistake of mine & my family .Our In-laws have registered case agains’t me under section 406 & 498;498 A of IPc . We are compelled to run from pillar to post for getting bail pls rovide gauidance as they have also filed maintainece case agains’t me under Section 125 CRPC.WE havn’t mistreated my wife ever. I don’t know why they have done that. She is from rich family a-May-be they want to show us power of money. kindly help us . We are victims nobody is helpig us or even hearing us. Even we are triny to compromise but no answer from other side.Pls help

  1324. “We talk about equality..why does it not apply here ?? I would never ever want to come back to India; where the law is one sided “

  1325. MOST OF THE MEN ARE STILL NOT AWARE OF THIS LAW BEFORE MARRIAGE. AND IF THEY COME TO KNOW ABOUT 498A NONE WILL DARE TO COME FORWARD AND MARRY WOMEN. CRUEL WIVES WILL USE THIS LAW TO SEPERATE OLD AGED IN-LAWS FROM THE FAMILY OR MAKE A SEPERATE HOUSE FOR HER FAMILY AND CONTINUE TORTURE OF HUSBAND AND IN-LAWS.SHAME TO THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA.

  1326. 498A IPC is one of the most draconian laws in the annals of Indian Penal Code. Although living abroad since 1996 till date; I was also involved one such false case. I myself being brother-in-law (Jija) and my wife being sister of the main victim husband; were also named in the FIR. Our fault was that we went to India to attend the marriage and remained there for a week or so. The law seeks to protect daughters-in-law at the cost of mothers-in-law; sisters or whosoever he/she is. The no of such cases are increasing alarmingly; as much as that US State Deptt has warned all its citizens visiting India to be aware of such a drconian law. Many lives and careers of NRIs/PIOs have been ruines by this absurd law. As long compulsion of vote politics remain; only God knows when a long overdue amendment will take place.

  1327. Stop the misuse is very essential. This law is creating it as a weapon to exotion of money from the in laws.

  1328. I DO FULLLY SUPPORT THIS ‘PIL’ AGAINST MISUSE OF IPC-498A BY INDIAN WIVES; AND SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY RE-WRITTEN TO PROTECT INNOCENT HUSBANDS AND THIER FAMILY MEMBERS..! India shoud be ‘ashamed’ to have this law still alive whilst boasting of technology advnacement…..! Soon; india will be the source of dinner-time-jokes at international conferences whilst making fun of this law!!! I HAVE STRONG FEELING THAT CERTAIN FOREIGN PARTIES IN-HAND WITH POLITICIANS ARE ALLOWING THIS LAW TO FLOURISH IN ORDER TO WEAKEN THE VERY FABRIC OF INDIAN SOCIETY; DESTROY THE INSTITUTE OF MARRIAGE; THAT WILL GIVE RISE TO ‘AIDS’; AND AFFECT THE TECHNOCRATES; IN THE LONG RUN; AFFECT PROGREESS OF THE NATION…! LET US TAKE A DEEP AND HARD LOOK AT THIS MISUSE OF IPC498A!. I AM SURE; VICTORY IS IN SIGHT….! VISION IS SET NOW; MISSION WILL BE ACOMPLISHED WITH THE SUPPORT OF WE INDIAN BROTHERS; HERE AND BEYOND. LET US ALL JOIN AND FINISH THE SOCIAL CANCER! AUM SAI RAM!

  1329. my wife and my in laws missused sec498(A) as things dint go on their way kindly help and advice me as earliest as possible.

  1330. “I find that 498A is a most draconian law”” that gives right even to prostitutes to extort money from in-laws. No matter how well you treat such daighter-in-laws and provide best of comforts that her parents could have never given to their daughter; the husband & her family are branded as criminals without any basis. Police believes the daughter-in-law’s story & claims but give hard time & harass her husband’s family. No matter you may have a strong case against daughter-in-law and her parents but no action is taken against such unscrupulous persons for filing flimsy / baseless & frivolous complaints filed with the CAW Cell.”””

  1331. hello everybody ….. this law has shown me hell on earth.there is no end to this misuse until there is a certain procedure applied for it.if they’re found to have misused they should be punished severely.this law doesnt spare any body be it a kid of three yrs or even an 85 yrs old gentleman;who can even hardly speak.i question the essence of having judges for this law since they dont even consider the context of the case;its findings;facts and just issue orders to the police to arrest the whole family and take them into custody…???!!! if it was for the law to be blindly followed then y r they occupying such places….. they hav to think in human contexts.otherwise we can have computers instead of them. Of course;there are judges who think for the good of both (since it’s a matrimonial issue)but they say the law is so bent over for the protection of the bahu rani (bahu mata!!!).arent we males human beings …??!! arent we indian citizens….?? why cant we say something before we are arrested……?????!!! if this was so; i question the equality given by the courts….this law is forcing them to act like those old time PANCHAYATS which used to be biased….this law is making the courts to set an example of those days for us victims of 498a.

  1332. Please make necessary amendments to this section or else each time an innocent is held guilty the Indian Law System is being Dishonest to itself!

  1333. hello everybody; I being a lawyer do feel that this section 498A of IPC is being misused by the people for wrong purpose. All this should be taken care of at the time of making any changes in the Act itself be it any Act. the framers should see both the sides of the coin and treat it equally with better care as the whole population is going to use it. thus while doing so they should take care and think for every one and do justice to all the genders be it anyone. thanks for giving me this oppurtunity to put my views.

  1334. This Notorious 498A should be scraped;before all husbands and their old parents endup in jail for no reason.

  1335. The draconian law is crazy; My wife eloped with a co worker and left her 19 month old son and is asking for money in the guise of the 498A. Please help – Rohit

  1336. I am the sister referred to in post # 198. I am looking forward to a well-formulated petition with recommendations that are well thought out. Some people make things happen; some people watch things happen; some people wonder what happened. Let’s make this happen!

  1337. Certainly this law is being misused for long & every body feels it but all should unite to bail the cat also.

  1338. I agree for its modifications.Innocents should not at loss. they must not be harassed in the guise of law

  1339. Harassment at Home by wife; well educated too; is there no answer ? Could you please tell me that how can that be done. Ofcourse I oppose dowry demand by husband. But where is the answer for those who are silently harassed by wife; when there is support from own mother & brothers. The Laws are coming handy and helping to extract the poor hasband. I am for your cause and support directly

  1340. It is absolutely necessary to work on this devilish act; this law was introduced purely to prevent families from breaking apart; and giving a kind of security for woman; But this put all other family members in fighting and fleeing; this promotes abusing of husbands; disrespect of elders/Values/tradition. Making of such law shows our system’s inability to control or educate our population on family matters. This is not a democratic way of attending problem.

  1341. LAW MUST BE GENDER NEUTRAL. BOTH DOWRY SEEKERS AND FALSE DOWRY BLACKMAILERS MUST BE TREATED EQUALLY

  1342. This draconian law must be repealed immediately; for preservation of peace and amity within the Indian famiies. If ever a prize were to be instituted for generating discord between perfectly loving couples; then surely this sinful enactment will easily bag it. Jaggia in Chennai

  1343. Dear Sir/Ma’m; I am all out to remove misuse of lasws in India. You can count on me to write in favour of the same. – Rema

  1344. i dont knw why inlaws interfere in my married life .whatever i decide to do some good they see to it i am not doing the good thing.they never respect me ;when i resist they threat me that they would aeperate me and my son.we will go to court for harrasment .presently i am suffering illness and i am jobless still tey continue harrassing me.my father is taking care of my family.they dont respect my father & mother.i dont know how to come out of this issue.i try to solve they create big mess.help me.

  1345. Make law and order work in India – Enacting totally unfair law is not a solution to poor implementation of law and order situation. Atleast it should have enough protective clauses in it so that it will not be misused. Do we need to wait until a politician son harassed to know this??

  1346. Stop Legal Terrorism…. Lock those feminists in who for their vested interests and because of their skewed psyche (maybe beacuse of bad childhood) killing the childhood of our children and spoiling Indian Family system in the name of Women Empowerment. Because they know; this is the pain area and can be taken advantage of for their political; financial and other interests.

  1347. Hi everybody; In absence of just and honest law enforcing bodies (judiciary and executive) this is proving to be a lethal weapon for other side of the wicked people (the first one being those men who committed crimes against innocent women and the dowry law was introduced) which; as rightly said above; assumes the accused guilty till proven innocent. In its current form I’m a strong supporter of its revocation. S.K. Tomar

  1348. Stop this draconian law before the situation goes out of hand. This is destorying the Indian family system.

  1349. As an innocent victim; I agree this misuse has to be stopped. Person who initiates and misues must be made put in jail for falsifying the truth. Jain Hind.

  1350. Let us all join together and defeat the legal terrorism. It is so shameful that the country which we all love so much is being disintegrated by such stupid laws. We have to get rid of such laws and concentrate our energies on making our nation strong.

  1351. “Guys; I completely agree with this PIL. This law is nothing but a weapon in the hands of wife’s family and using this more and more family internal marital problems are escalating to criminal law”” proceedings and the point of no return in the marriage. How would a man/husband prove that he was very nice to the wife? Should he always be watchful that he should save the receipts (photos) of all the presents he bought for his wife; her parents etc. etc. just because he may have to use them 5 years later when marriage goes sour and he and his family members will have to safeguard against 498a? – Vijay”””

  1352. There are cases where the dowry law is misused but the misuse of 498A is much more and now the men are being traumatized and harrassed. SC needs to do something about this law and the menace to the society caused by some of these women.

  1353. Step should be taken only against the dowry accused’s; but I would like to remind our Police/Law; that law does not permit to punish the innocent people. So; please first make it sure that you are punishing the right person and don’t put a person behind the bars without ant investigation. Else; like today; tomorrow will be more cruel; when no body will trust on our law due to all these stupid flaws.

  1354. “Misuse of IPC 498A is well known. When Supreme Court has called it Legal Terrorism””; there remains nothing to add. Supreme Court never expressed such a hard words against anyother IPC act. “””

  1355. iam a 36 year old man i married a woman who was very bad in charatcter and disturbed me by her insanity for 13 years i even caught her redhanded doin g phone sex with a man blackmailed me and violated my human right by beating me abusing me burning my degree papers and now when i have left her she is demanding money and threatning me and abusing mei have decided not to fall in the divorce trap and separate myself becoz it is very difficult for me to carry on with my life othrewise i wa shattered due to her bad behaviour with my colleagues and boss i was fired from my jobshe even tried to mix sum medicines in my food and used to go out at odd hours at night she still carrying on her dirty tricks butnow iam at peace as iam not going to see her face anymore she may do whatever she wants but i will not give any compensation to her as she has already used and stole all valuables from my house too all the money from the joint account and ran away and thinks am still going to listen to her and her parents no never

  1356. I fully support your points and am ready to help anybody; by all means; in the fight against it.I don’t say that all the cases of 498A are false; but difinitely 95% of them are totally false and far far from truth. I find it happening everywhere.This law needs an immediate revisit.

  1357. Dear Sir; Iam got married on 4th Dec-2005 but after one week my wife do not want to live with me. After she is leaving alone and does not allow me to her house; she is working and iam also working and gave me notice himself that myself gave me injury and she want divorce from me. I want to compromise with her even all the time by giving call or tell about her parents but now the position is that no body listen me. please do the needful what can i do?

  1358. Hi I am a Govt. employee and my divorced wife had threatened me indirectly by telling my officers that I had demanded money and house. Its worse than telling I hate you. I support this movement.

  1359. I fully agree that the modern women for her selfish gains will stoop to any lengths . However the question is what should be done???

  1360. we should abolish such kind of laws in india;because 80%of people misuse this law.It is a complete violation of human rights; rights are only given to woman and not men.Woman always use the term as innocent.when these woman actually sleep around with different people;blackmail their husbands;go to the courts and ask for huge alimonys.Still they call themselves as innocent.these woman only knows cent of money.They are money grabers.law is definietly blind.

  1361. Hi dear all; This is a very good step in saving innocent husbands against the old dowry law.

  1362. Worst law you can have in any country. All the politicians should get trapped so that they will know the mistake they have made in their life. Hats off to Save India family

  1363. “Shame on the corrupt politicians and the legal system in India; it is blind to the atrocities committed by the Modern Sati Savitris”” who can sleep around; abuse their inlaws; insult their husbands publicly and still claim themselves as innocent and walk away. I sincerely hope and pray to god; that similar tragedy should strike to the enactors and protectors of this law…498A Stinks. Wake up India; or there will be a time when people will fear the very institution of marriage. Where are all the Human Rights Institutions; are they there only to listen to Women; are Men not Humans ???”””

  1364. This law does not save marriages…try finding atleast one marriage saved by this law. Make this as bailable save indian males from greedy sick women. If this law persists every indian would be afraid of marriage.

  1365. It is a shame that basic human right is removed; when the police can arrest a person without investigation or warrant. Especially the elderly parents; and relatives who may never be connected with the marriage. Yes; how about Right to Speedy Justice and Trial???. Speedy in India is 5 years. Please save the innocent people.

  1366. Sir i will agree there is harrassment to wife. Do you agree thre is harassment to husband also? from inlaws directly/indirectly in his absence/remote copntrol thro phone to wife from inlaws of motherinlaw side of husband lest he does things which he doesnot want to do willy/nilly and thus becoming sick knowing the plot later from inlaws with the support of innocent/intelligent wife. rhssastry. this aspect may eb examined happening in big families bec of selfishness of inlaws.For example immediately aftr marriage inlaws wants the son in law not to come his house or sons house (not daughter s house married) in the absence of his daughter married to the son in law but pretending to be otherwise when their daughter is present with son in law with selfish motive (l) to protect their family inclding sons but not daughters married (2) to bring a fued bet daughter and son in law to muster support of their daughter towards them after marriage and feel lonely by his son in law and thus bring the son in law to their terms and conditions after marriage (this being possible after giving their daughter to orphan son in law or without mother/father living/away from his parents). Thgis is tornishing the son in laws prospects in life. Pl examine this present scenerio in the modern world leading separation / divorce by husband. rhssastry

  1367. hi; misuse of law is growing day by day.it must be checked. thanks. – laxmidhar mahapatra;adv.;puri ph.no.06752-227693 – 9437164092(M)

  1368. SAVE THE INNOCENT PEOPLES AND SAVE THE COUNTRY.MY REQUEST IS PLEASE SUPPORT THE INNOCENT FAMILIES.

  1369. “With the number of unscruplous women increasing by the day; somebody standing up to take up this cause is really wonderful. I am ready to fully support any such movement; and its a shame that women who want men to support them against injustice do not stand up for the men even after seeing so much misuse of this law. The women’s organizations are much to blame; and its time we have a men’s organization to counter. Women are not to be trusted for sure. They have lost their credibility for being fair…time we expose the hypocrites among these so called fair-er sex””.”””

  1370. “Whosoever has taken up this great cause to give some relief to grieved and tortured husbands; may God give him all the blessings. May he live long to serve the humanity. Pls do not kill us using 498A or else the day is not far when no man would ever marry”” a women.”””

  1371. “I think it is high time that a commission be formed; if not for men then for the institution called marriage”” and not for women alone as it exists now. We could ask for strict laws against false complaints and invlovement of the legal authorities from the beginning of the marriage process; so there is no confusion later. “””

  1372. This law is there to make criminals out of the simple suave decent law abiding citizens.Pitted against the whole might of the state and watching your respectable dad & mom ill treated by the court is not a sons cup of tea.The girls who in young ages evoke this law also probably donot undestand its far reaching implications.Do justice to Indian mail;repeal this 498.As society can not be a safeplace to live in.Forget about my plight but remember every time subjected to such misbehaviours people likeme would react violently annihilating every one coming in way of an honourable living for my family.still my regards to your efforts against the blind eyes of law.

  1373. I am a victim of my oath of holy matrimony.Today my father in law is rich not because he earned;but because he swindled me of all my remunerations after completing more than twenty years in sevices as a commissioned officer.My spouse is absconding since I did manage to obtain bank documents and record of transactions where she removed my earnings in my absence.My efforts to communicate with my daughter proved futile and I have ultimately given it up. The matrimoial suit filed by her is pendng in court and in my written statement I have also sought for dissolution of marriage to which she has not responded. I had gone through the ordeal of 498A in 1993 at that time I had every orignal document to prove my spouse had used every possible source to ruin me. We reconciled but I LIVED UNDER CONSTANT FEAR for the years till 2002.It is not possible to give the complete details ;but;I just do not trust the fairer but unfarer sex that torments the Indian society. yours truly….

  1374. JAi hind.There should definitely be a law to protect innocent husbands from these unscrupulous women.

  1375. rather than a tool of justice defeating the letter; spirit and purpose of the law depriving the truly deserving cases of her legitimate dues…. This Law no longer support Age old indian tradition; and marital harmony or solve the Problem of Marriage;than breaking it. Please support our cause to SAVE

  1376. I AM MARRIED FOR LAST 13 YEARS AND MY WIFE LEFT ME BEFORE THREE YEARS. BECAUSE SHE WANTED A SEPERAT HOUE AND I AM THE ONLY SON OF MY PARENTS SO I CAN NOT LEAVE THEM. SHE HAS LODGE A ATLEAST SIX COMPLIANTS AGAINST ME IN THE POLICE STATION. I THINKS WE NEED TO HAVE A ORGANISATION TO FIGHT WITH THE MISSUSE OF LAW’S.IF ALREADY A ORGANISATION IS THERE PLEASE LET ME KNOW THE ADDRESS OF TELEPHONE NO. PLEASE. MY SON IS STAYING WITH ME. HE IS TEN YEARS OLD.

  1377. Would like to talk to you guys;can i have ur contact numbers pl.Me and my family are in deep trouble because of my wife and her parents. Need ur advice and help.

  1378. I am married for last 5years.It was a love marriage.everything was fine; things started getting disturbed when my son was born and my wifes’s parents started interfearing in my personal life. They started supporting all wrong activities of my wife. for the last 9 Months my wife was with her parents for compleating a course in primary education. she returned back on 21St dec and within a week she left the house and the son. I was worried & logged a missing report in police station. After this I came to know that my wife was having affairs with other people & may be even physical relationship. She is now with her father and his father says that I am the one who is responsible for it since I used to drink & humilitate her. the fact is that she was a very careless girl & never took care of the house & my child. People are well aware of this & are willing to support me. I want to know how can I get support of law to get seperated from her.

  1379. is there any forum or law where a male can be helped who is not married? i m acaptain in the army and i was steadly going with a girl and want to get married to her. but i never knew she is using me she had physical releationship with other males also. i had spend more then 50 thousands roupees on her on various occassions in my period of courtship. now we had seperated and she keeps on threatning me that she will complain to my commanding officer and throw me out of the army and such thing .so i want to know is there anything that i can do to help myself.she says she will cry nd will lies to everyone and as she is a girl everyone will beleive her only. i ned some help regarding these.

  1380. Even My Brother was a Victim of this law. See what i have seen in indian is that Divorce Laws are very much favorable to girls….and b;coz of this girls and her parents are making negative use and wants to make easy money I really Support some laws for Men…We should Fight ..iam with you all people

  1381. I am softwar eengineer and dont have any idea of sections or penal codes. But this harassment should be stopped; otherwise tht day is not too far when husband has to take permission from her wife before leaving to office or going out.

  1382. I got married in 2002 Dec.As in case of an arranged marriage everything was transparent before marriage about myself; my family; my job etc.after marriage my then wife refused to stay with me outside kolkata(i was then employed in a big MNC outside Kolkata) where my in-laws were settled.My parents always wanted her to be with me.We did not take a single penny during my marriage.One fine day out of the blue she files a 498 against me;my father;my mother and a college going sister.My father had just retired from service;a thorough gentleman;mother a housewife with a dream like any other mother to see her son and daughter happy;sister doing graduation then was the best friend of my then wife.I was shocked to see the nasty allegations she had put on my family members even against my father and young sister.We were so shocked that we were left speechless for a few days.Since i didnot want my mother and sister to be in jail we settled for a huge sum as out of the court settlement.We were harassed like dogs by the court people and the police.Even some unscrupulous lawyers cheated us huge amount of money during the procedure.I can never forget what we have gone through during this just because the law has given upper hand to the girls in our country.Can anybody look into the humiliation and mental trauma for fellows like me?Can we get back our lost time reputation and money?I would appeal to take care of the evident loopholes in this system wherein dishonest families(girl’s) get away at the expense of honest and innocent families(boys).I do not say that attrocities do not take place against women but there should be a foolproof system to safeguard interest of all. My then in-laws have bought plush cars and other luxuries at home with the money that my old father received as lifetime retirement benefit.I would like to take back everything which they have stolen from us…..can we join hands and do something to stop such injustice to innocent people?

  1383. “The law pertaining to section 498 A must be reviewed and riders should be placed so that it may not be used as a lethal weapon by the women as is being used since its inception. Also there should be some protection for innocent males in the law who are harrased by women in the garb of their being abla”””””

  1384. I had 9 month marriage with Ms Rabia D/O Kunhalan Haji ;residing in Cherakkaparrambu;out of that I was abroad for 8 months.On top of that from day one I found her to be a much serviced woman;and unreliable.And I had undergone successfull Vasectomy in 1996;and proved unable to concieve.After 5 months;she called me abroad and told me she missed her period last month.Since our family did not accept the fact ;and later she tried for abortion and gave birth after 5 months to a lifeless baby.Her family tried to harass;threaten my old sister ;who is suffering from Hypertension and my eighty year old mother;through the religoius elders her paramourand when this did’nt work ;they filed a case agaist me ;and my sister for Dowry harassment and bodily harm ;without any proof;and after 8 months of marriage.Police started harassing my hypertensive sister causing agony after agony and my 78 year old mother.In our family we are against Dowry and never gave or took it.My sister and mother lived separatily;and Me and the socalled wife lived separately ;whenever I was in India ;and my sister had no access to my place.All these was done to extract huge amount of money once the police put us in jail.since this didnt work they came for reconcilation beyond the skies;which I had refused and the case set for March 06.Please advice what legal action can be taken for the police harssment suffered by mother and sister.

  1385. 498A is a very good law when used in the correct sense. But has way too many loopholes and blinds that anyone can misuse it for thier benefit. This law should be amended to include the rights of the husband as a spouse and to recognise that women can also be abusive. I totally support the correction of this law. Jai Hind

  1386. “After 13 years of marriage i find out my wife has been regularly having affairs. That is why she regularly leave me and go stay with her parents for 6 months to 18 months and then talk sweetly to come back. After recent affair on questioning she fought with me took my two small children out of school and went away to her parents house in patna. to my surprise she filed apolice complaint against me for beating her some how got fake doctors certificate that she was beaten and is now demanding ileave my old parents and not provide any support to them. She wants to live with her parents and sisters and wants me to be with them too. I spoke to her father about her affair. Even her father said that this is not an affair but just a very good friend. I ask anyone who reads this that when a wife ignores her husband; goes for trips with her good friend”” and still wants husband to believe that there is nothing happening – is it true? Even after presenting evidence wife abuses husbands parents; demands seperate house and money or threatens to file a divorce case to teach husband and his family a lesson. Her parents are in debts and she is using this threat to get money from me for her parents. This is how the law protects the wife; by giving her strength to enforce her demands and force husband to do her will or make the husband; his parents; sisters and also his children suffer emotional and mental pressures. Why make laws that destroy social values and ethics. In my case societly pressure could make things work as was earlier; but now with this law the girl and her parents know they can cause great emotional and financial harm to achieve their objectives. ABOLISH such law that destroys families.”””

  1387. I got married to a gilr who had an accident earlier; she cant walk or sit properly. when i asked about her ailment she failed a false dowry case and demanding huge money from me with draw false case

  1388. I filed a Divorce notice against my wife. She did not agree for Divorce and wants to live with me; so she filed a 498A – a false Dowry Case; so that the police can put me in a cage and deliver to her. On sending the divorce petition she had offered me 20 Lakhs from her property which I refused. I had never taken any gifts or money from her anytime.

  1389. My wife was just not interested in me and wanted to live with her own sister-in-law. When I complained; she left for India and has filed the case.

  1390. My wife wanted me to stay away from my old parents who are fully dependent on me.She separated from me and moved away to her parents place with all her belongigs on 03-03-2003. I was living with my parents; when she filed the false dowry case against me. I was jailed but got the bail. Now I have lodged a case for Quashing the case U/s 482 of IPC in Allahabad High Court. Please advise.

  1391. I’m married for last few months to a post graduate and convent educated girl and didn’t take any money/ goods. Just after marriage ritual; we left our hometowns and went to my place of work. So she never stayed with my parents. She and her mother have violent; short tempered and abusing nature. She wants to make me a henpecked husband just like his mother did to his father. They want to isolate me from my old and sick parents. My wife threatens; abuses on me and my parents. Even his father has taken money from me. They have threatened us many times and they have already been to police twice and made false allegations. She has left my job city with all her valuables and is staying with her parents. I had to sacrifice my good job in the good city because of mental torture on me and have come back to my hometown so that I can get my family’s support. Now she refuses to come to my hometown and stay with my parents. We are fearing false 498A. Even if I go to police and notify about my situation in advance; they say that they will be bound to arrest us without investigation even if she makes a false allegation. With due respect; my solicitation goes to the Law makers. Honest; innocent married man and his sick old parents do not have any right to protect their family in India whereas the Law protects animals in the same country. Please stop this misuse and save Indian families.

  1392. the person is trapped in misuse of 498 A as his wife is having political and legal background. he is in last 10day. bail got rejected 3times in district court. applying in high court . Pls suggest how to get bail

  1393. Hello All; My wife started being aloof after a few months of marriage and stopped cooperation and taking interest in family matters. All this was done at the behest of her uncle and sisters. One day she left my home saying that she will come back from her father’s house in a few days. After going there; she did not want to come to my house. Her father made very false allegations against me and my parents over phone. During this time my wife’s brother-in-law blackmailed us by saying that my in-laws had filed dowry harassment case against us. We had 1 full week if tension and I had to spend a lot of money to check if the case was filed. I have sms messages from him saying saying that a case was filed against me and they are investigation. Though my wife said she has no hand in it she did not openly defend me. What can I do to demand conpensation for me and my family for this suffering? Can the sms messages be used to file a case of blackmail against my co-brother?

  1394. Hi my Brother is being repeatedly threatened for false dowry /harassament cases ; My sis-in law doesnt do any work at home and doesnt respect my parents . When opposed politely ;she starts crying and threatens to commit suicide and her mother threaten to implicaste us in false case; PLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAASSSSSEEE HELPPPP; I want my old parents to be at peace.Sitting I cant concentrate on my PhD.

  1395. My wife filed a criminal case u/s 498A & 406 of IPC without knowing the consequences and without considering the fact that she is a mother of an infant baby.My only fault is that I tried to convince her to lead conjugal life with me without being influenced by her mother and sister.Although the charged on us are baseless but I am feeling uncomfortable.I am thankful to Bally;Howrah police who has not arrested us and my wife send me the summon through jurisdictional court.

  1396. This is one of the worst evil facing the indian society today.Neither the judiciary nor the government is taking any steps to have a relook on this Sec 498A because it is one good cash cow for the lawyers since they can extend this case for a long time and make money .The government does not want to take a clear stand about this law since it fears it might have to face the ire of the communist backed women organisations.

  1397. If the case is false then there should be a provision for punishment for the women family and to that women because they supported that women even knowing the facts it simly suggest that they dont want to make her marriage successfull.

  1398. Excuse me sir ; if any woman willingly act as a harrased woman from her mother in law then in that case innocently they will be punished .Please give some advice what to do in that case … Honestly i am waiting for your reply sir………

  1399. “I feel constrained to comment upon the misuse of the provisions (of law) to such an extent that it is hitting at the foundation of marriage itself and has proved to be not so good for the health of the society at large. “””

  1400. Hi; My brother and parents were booked under false 498a.I pray to hon Legal powers to change this law so that it cannot be used to keep in-laws ransom. Thanks

  1401. Being a woman myself I understand why this law was made. But I am sorry to say the because of some women the whole woman kind is being blamed and nothing is really changing among the people who this law was supposed to help. I personally know of many women who joke in the offices and brag about their exploitation under the pretext of this law. Some action should be taken so that innocents are not vicitimised. Our justice system says a innocent cannot be punished even if we have to leave few guilties in the process. Why isn’t similar thing reflected in this law? We cannot become a draconian state for anybody; men or women.

  1402. I hate women. We should go back to old days of Ramayana when all women only listen to husbands and were good wives. Women should not work. Women should think of husband as Pati-Parmeshwar. Women are becoming bad characters because of bad morals. I hate 498a.

  1403. 498(A) is one of the most misused law. Me and my family are victims of it; and facing trial from alst three years; we have tape recording of my wife and in-laws asking money; to compromise on the matter. Moreover; they are calling this black mailing amount as full and final settlement or alumni am ready to undergo Lie detector test; and request law agencies and Honorable president of India; to put my in-laws and my wife under lie detector test. At least I do not advice any male to marry; just frightened of this dangerous law; and am sure all the victims would have stopped advocating marriages. My question is to president of India- I was jailed for a day; is it possible to get back to the relationship; without proving guilt why was i put to jail; just my wife made a complaint. I am sure; society is creating criminals by punishing innocent people. During my school time; i won gold medals in debates on anti-dowry subject; today I feel I was wrong; I didn’t thought of people misusing this law; and never thought my wife will use it on me. Its better to make amendments in this law so that families can be saved; rather than divorced.

  1404. This is one of most misused law i have ever come across.Recenlty my brother’s wife put a false dowry case and my whole family are jailed who honestly never asked for dowry or done any thing wrong to her.This is all done for money .Indian police are worse than criminals and mafia who take money and torture people by using these false cases.I really feel sorry for all those who suffered because of this act and fight for it’s amendament.

  1405. 498(a) is rampantly being mis-used as EASY source of making money; both by the lawyers/police and wives/-in-laws… it is the most invisible social menance whereby the poor husbands earns and saves. and when wives are caught at wrong foot by husband; he gets kick by the law 498(a) which a given to these wicked women- Bhartiay Naari- make hay while sun shines. I am personally recent victims of misuse of 498(a) from my wife; in-laws. I was jailed to their happiness as they had planned to destroy my career; social credibility and self-esteem since I caught their daughter living in adultery with my friend; and spoke about it to our common relations. As I work abroad; I was sure to lose my job if i could not come out of jail within days…. but when GOD is the saviour; can these malicious and soul-less creatures casue harm! I could retain my job; and have children under my care; and now I have emerged fighting fit; and lead my other innocent brothers suffering in their own country where we NRIs show so much love and affection; and what we get in return – JAIL; harrasment; money demands; mental agony; and what not- WHY! Just because we are men! THIS LAW- 498(A) MUST BE COMPLETELY RE-WRITTEN AS PER MALIMATH RECOMMENDATIONS- FIRSTLY; IT SHOULD NOT BE REGISTERD UNLESS BOTH THE PARTIES ARE PRESENT ALONG WITH THEIR LAWYERS- THROUGH INVESTIGATION TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICER- AND MATTER SHOULD BE REFERRED TO CIVIL COURT/FAMILY COURT for proceedings-

  1406. Dowry Law in India is the most abused law. The actual harassement cases are hardly reported. The cases which are registered are mostly malafide and frivoulous with the aim to harass the other side and extract the maximum amount later. For financial gain; bride side doesn’t hesitate for a moment to make false accusations and intimidate the other side. Police Officials admit in private that even though they are aware about the false complaint; they have to admit it due to so much pressure from Women’s Groups and ploitical pressures. Such a draconian law is ending ripples down the psyche of youth and they are not able to treat the marriage normally thus creating a fear psychosis and often leads to failed marriages.

  1407. If any organisation really wants to do something to change this law which is the present need for good samaj. Please inform if any action or meeting is called. I will help from the core of my heart as I know that almost all the complaint for 498a act are false. dr indar singh 9810597067

  1408. When our government talks about equality in every sense. Why there is a descirimiation for this. To stop misuse of this IPC 498A there must be some provision in law or it should be amended.Jai Hind

  1409. Every one talks about woman’s rights noone cares for men’s rights. I am not against women but I am against them who accuse men/women of false charges. Satyamev Jayate.

  1410. This is law is biased; seems to be diesignbed to kill family life. So Please change the law and make it truely gender neutral and not in favor of daughter in law and agiast aaged parents; Vinayak-Pune

  1411. I am not against this law but misuse of this law because a) More than real accused everybody else suffer b) More than girl everybody like police; lawyers; etc gets benefited. I am not against women too. I am against everybody who misuse this.

  1412. I am a potential victim of sec.498A as my inlaws are giving threats to me. My wife taken away my twin sons from my house. Her father is not permitting me to meet my sons and wife. Her parents misguided her. I just want to save my parents from any criminal proceedings. In this old age my parents can not bear any type of defamation. Now my parents are in trouble because of a bad choice of me. My mother is a diabetic patient and father is a heart patient. I am the only son of my parents. I can not see their problems. I thrice make efforts to take her back; but all my efforts gone futile. STOP THE MISUSE OF SECTION 498A OF IPC.

  1413. Stop the misuse of 498a have a look at what true victims of this law have to say in Save Indian family ( yahoo group ). If only one has gone through it. He knows what the poor heart has gone through.

  1414. If the claims made by the person filing 498a is found false (as is most of the times); the person should be punished two times as much.

  1415. “Anti-dowry law 498a”” is a legal excuse to support corruption in our Indian society. Besides ensuring an easy dissolution of the marriage (and trust); law ensures a hefty settlement for the girl (‘s family).”””

  1416. i am strongly against this Dowry Law. coz this only can brake the whole innocent family and also this law encouradge the women family to tourcher men family; so with any fear women playing with male & thier family life; emotion and giving mental stress as well as physical stress; i dont know that brilient and Intelegent person who had made this kind of fulish act or Law. so i too request the person who is responsible for this bad law; pls distroy this law immediately.

  1417. I have read all the points stated above carefully; in my experience with my wife and her relatives; they played very well just for their own selfish; because I have been struggling for my mother; brothers and sisters from childhood; I was unable to settle a Neuclear Family as my child is only 1 year age…Anyway; 498A is made for women it should be ‘used’ or ‘misused’ by women……Let God Help Them

  1418. Myself; my aged mother and inncoent brothers and sister-in-law are victims of this draconian law.

  1419. I am afraid to live to live in a society where getting married is very high on risk. Given the choice; I would prefer a live-in. I would never again get married.

  1420. I am victim of this draconian law. My wife is educated (MS) and earns 35 lakhs per year and she is suffering from personality disorder though being intelligent otherwise. After I filed for divorce they slapped dowry case against us that we demanded 20 lakhs. Why would I leave her for 20 lakhs if she herself was earning 35 lakhs per year. Please amend this ailing law.

  1421. I am glad I was able to leave india; I wish we could do something to bring sense to people

  1422. i support your petiton since it is absolutely true that there are girls & their families who trouble the boy and his family using this law as the law is compleletly on the girl’s side.

  1423. Please keep up this campaign to highlight the plight of husbands harassed by their wives and in-laws.

  1424. My family is also going through such blackmail at hands of my sister in law.I strongly support your cause.

  1425. Please stop at least misuse of Section 498(a). Please note We are NOT againt woman. We are against people who misuse this law so easly and frequently. Please HELP !

  1426. My educated Wife wanted to file 498a to grab the control of family property and money.

  1427. I myself a victim of 498a threat from my wife and their family. Now we are seperated and fighting for a fair divorce. However with out a reason; my in-laws constantly threaten to misuse 498a. This is the worst law.

  1428. Objective rules need to be established to conduct thorough investigation before chargesheeting and arresting

  1429. When the Supreme Court declared such misuse of laws 498A by women as Legal Terrorism whereas National Commission for Women denied any knowledge of such misuse of the law 498A by women Why For the sake of protecting women NCW has made the law revengeful making men defenseless NCW must be held responsible for any increase in crime against women and men both

  1430. Indian Government has to wake up before it is too late. Misuse of 498A; 406 is hitting the basic foundation of marriage.Certain unsrupulus wives and their parents are misusing these laws to harass; blackmail innocent husbands and his parents to achieve their oblique motives. No doubt such misuse of criminal laws is giving birth to a new ‘Legal Terrorism’. AIDS kills only one person of family infected by it but this 498A kills the whole family of husband.

  1431. The law needs overhauling made bailable and provision added to punish the false accusers. Also provision for relief against the malafide actions of daughter-in-law needs to be added.

  1432. If the institution of Marriage is to survive these type of laws which directly hits at social structure of our society should be changed .

  1433. This law is getting used as a means of legal terrorism. It must be changed with more checks and balances

  1434. False allegation of my wife to harrass all my relatives (though she has been living separately)including me.My inlaws did exactly the same; to harrass their elder daughter’s husband and inlaws; what they are doing with me now a days.Thanks to God they have Only two daughters.

  1435. My wife left the house 2 weeks after the wedding. I filed for anullment for the reasons of non-consummation of wedding. The divorce case has been going on for 5 years and she wakes up after 5 years after the wedding and file a back dated complaint and the 498A is filed after 4 years. She has not been in touch with us; lived with us and they have all false basis just for harrassement and gain money. There are cases of actual dowry harrasement but the now adays the 498A case is just being used for harrasement and in fact the conviction rate is less than 10% which shows how this law is being misused.

  1436. thanx for giving me a chance to raise up my voice against misuse of anti-dowry laws.

  1437. These days i have observed that 498A has been proved to be a catastrophic event in the life of bride-grooms. Many people often use this just becaues they are less tolrent and finding themself not adjustable in the changed environment of in-laws. This is really a very harmfull to the society and to the marigges which can otherwise was able to find some amicable solution.

  1438. your article points exactly to the problems of certain families who cannot say anything for fear of the law.The law is being Misused by women who really need it but rather by those who want to harass unduly

  1439. I had submitted all medical proofs of my wife being treated for psychosis before marriage and the treatment she had been undergoing for the last 13 years since her marriage. Moreover; I had requested the police to record the statement of my son (12 yrs. old) which would prove how she was assaulting us daily. I had also submitted a photograph of her assaulting us. Still; the police while noting that she had made allegations of mistreatment without submitting any proof registered a FIR u/s 498A. They arrested me at 11 PM and my son remained alone in our house for 2 days until my sister arrived from Delhi. The police produced me before the magisterate the next day and got a police remand for one day. I was put in the police lockup with petty criminals and pressurised to take my wife back. Next day they demanded further police remand but I was sent to judicial custody. After spending one night in jail amongst hardened criminals i was granted bail. Its against the rules of natural juriprudence and the provisions of our constitution to deprive a person of his liberty without the due processs of law. I would suggest the we should open branches of PSS all over the country where free legal and other aid should be provided by charging a nominal fees to meet the expenses.

  1440. Victim of extreme form of uncontrolled and continous verbal abuse from my wife. Wife has made false police complaint but FIR is not lodged yet.

  1441. False FIR was lodged after 6 month of leaving her in-laws house.Police gave Final Report that no crime was commited.Lower court took congnizance on protest petition filled by her but stayed by High Court allahabad.what Further legal recorse are available?

  1442. i absolutely agree with all u have said…. but we’ve gotta stop the misuse by actually spreadin this message…. and encouragin prenuptial agreements…. and we shud actually setup initial dowry family counsellin centres …. wer in actually they shud register their complaint rather than goin to the court and filin those false cases…. i wud like to take part in any of the activities u might be plannin to initiate….. i really thank u tht u ‘ve brought the agony of innocent people in the open…..and i appreciate ur work…. thankin u Dr Raj

  1443. Just few hours back I have come to know that my better half called Rimjhim has accused me with my parents & sisters in false dowry demand and physical abuse case. The case is filed at Ranchi. Call me at 9811367642. Thanks a lot for your help and support.

  1444. I agree that very often the people who have been accused of demanding dowry are innocent. This law has to be made more rational. Women shouldn’t be allowed to misuse it.

  1445. The dowry law shoud be reviewed and the people who are misusing it must be punished

  1446. Hi; Felt as if you were speaking my heart out. I am one of the FORTUNATE HUSBAND; from this wonderful land of SITA MAIYA and DRAUPADI.Feels gr8 to be an Indian in India!????

  1447. IPC 498A IS MEANT TO MINT MONEY AND TO GIVE HARASSEMENT TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT EVEN CONCERNED IN ANY WAY. THE WOMEN TRY TO NAME THE RELATIVES LIKE HUSBANDS SISTERS AND THEIR HUSBANDS JUST TO GIVE MORE AND MORE HARASSEMENT TO THE FAMILY

  1448. sir; today people are misusing dowry law like any thing. let me share my story with u looking forward for your feed back and advise. i m staying with my mother i m only son my mother is working in indian railways and i m working in multinational company we are financially quiet sound.my mother is very very inoccent lady. our family is very small(hardly any relative). 2 months back my mother has seen one girl. they belong to lower middle class family. they are not financially sound.i have no demand at all except that they should respect my mother( who is very soft; caring and god fearing lady). earlier their behavior was very good but every since we did roka cermony(fixed up the marriage) right from very next week their behavior has been changed. marriage date has been fixed to comming february. behavior of the father of the girl as well as the girl is not good. they have lot of influential people in their relation. they always use to pass comment we know so and so person. i m very much afraid now i can clearly see as i have no one to support they will definately harrass me after marriage. as we already did roka ceremony i we say no then also they will harrass my mother mentally. sir kindly guide me how should i proceed further. what kind of necessary arragement (regarding property bank accounts) should i make so that they cannot exploit me as well as my mother. sir kindly explain dowry law in brief. looking forward for ur supporting hand in this war against injustice against humanity as i have no one to support i would be nice if u can give me ur precious advise

  1449. The wife wanted luxurious life and earning 4 times more than the husband wants to get rid of him; so filed a false complaint and demanding hefty amount. Can i please get; how one proves this case; as no material evidence is there but only false oral witnesses

  1450. my wife and her lawyer are threatening me that they will book case under section 498a if i dont pay her up huge money and also sign on divorce by mutual consent. i dnt know what to do. i hv received the notice from them last week. please do help me as to what next step i should take to protect myself and my family. i hail from a orthodox brahmin family and i dont deserve this harassment from my wife and her lawyers. how do i protect myself against this allegations.

  1451. The section 489-a section should be deleted from IPC; as this section is dangerous in the hands of rich and educated people. Any how the parliament has alread pass a Bill on Domestic voilence; 2005; these matters may be dealth under the new Act instead section 498A-

  1452. Our experience with laws which give preferences to a sector of society by not punishing false accusations is that it goes in direct detriment of children and society; just the same as preferred-gender policies that give rights to some above the rest.

  1453. Please don’t allow the misuse of section 498A of IPC. The section in its present form is draconian and needs to be amdended fast to save innocent and battered husbands.

  1454. All my relatives has been falesely implicated by my wife ;who belongs to family having criminal background.

  1455. Laws relating to matrimony should not violate the principles of natural justice.

  1456. I have suffered same from my so called wife Sarla. She and her father Rohit Kaushik ; residing in Ville parle ; Mumbai have filed a 498A just to satisfy their personal Ego and now demanding 40 Lakhs for Dropping the case

  1457. I am elder brother of victim who is in Dubai and part of family who are victims of misuse of 498A in Nagpur; Maharashtra. Recently it is registered against family. For past 6 months we are passing through hell like anything. I really really don’t have words to explain. Please Please I need help in this regard. Please correspond to jgunani@hotmail.com I need help.

  1458. Ii wann to be a member of ur orzanition i came to know abt this organition i have problem n i wann to take ur advice plz help

  1459. After 3 1/2 years of marriage and constant suspicion of me having an ’emotional affair’ with a friend who live in india when I live in the US ( atlanta ). This added by the fact that she wanted me to invest in her dad’s failing business and help in setting up a business for her elder brother in large sums of money; my denial of the above ; my wife Namratha Annapareddy d/o Annapareddy Hanimi reddy ( a powerful and policatically connected man ) have registered a false complaint of dowry harrasment against me and my family with the sheer purpose of extorting money from my family. This was clearly stated by her dad’s brother Mr. Sai reddy a retired DSP from the Andhra predesh; who has been going around with a few cops threatenning women folk in my family and freinds. Please adive what my next steps should be and how I can prevent this harrasment by the cops. The inlaws are calling me on a daily basis and harrassing anyone and everyone whos related to me; and they are shamelessly mentioning to us that the sole purpose is to extor money and torture our family ‘cos I didnt give in to their demands. how do I get this into public attention. My best bet is go to the papers with this and get them out in the public with names and photographs. Please suggest how I should proceed. Regards — Suprasidh.

  1460. First FIR was lodged in Ahemdabad {gujrat}on 23-07-2005 u/s 498 A; 323; 506 IPC against me; Second FIR was lodged at Udaipur {rajasthan} u/s 498A; 406 IPC on 06-08-2005 against myself; my parents and my brother

  1461. I`m a victim of 498a; Mr.Gorki and peko have done a great job as being a senior corporate managers. Well done. keep it up.

  1462. I need to contact member of this organization. Kindly; send me the contact details; phone no. email; etc. My no is 011-26788565; 9810084483

  1463. I WAS MARRIED IN MARCH 2004. MY WIFE IS FROM DELHI. IM WORKING IN DUBAI AND DELHI IS ALSO MY PERMANENT RESIDENCE. THINGS DIDNT WORK OUT. I SUGGESTED HER MUTUAL CONSENT DIVORCE BUT SHE REFUSED. NOW MY WIFE HAS FILED A FALSE DOWRY COMPLAINT THOUGH IVE NOT ACCEPTED 1 SINGLE PENNY FOR ME OR MY RELATIVES. THE FIR IS STILL NOT REGISTERED. THE POLICE HAS ASKED US TO INFORM WHAT ARTICLES OF JEWELLERY FROM HER SIDE AND STRIDHAN ARE WITH US. SOME ARTICLES SHE HAS ALREADY TAKEN AND SOME ARE WITH ME AND SOME LIES IN THE LIST. IM READY TO RETURN ALL OF HER JEWELLERY FROM HER SIDE. ABOUT STRIDHAN ;DO I HAVE TO CONFIRM TO POLICE NOW WHAT ARTICLES OF STRIDHAN ARE IN MY POSSESION OR CAN I AVOID THIS NOW ; BECAUSE IM AFRAID AS SOON AS I CONFIRM THE LIST THEY WILL FILE THE FIR. CAN THE POLICE FORCE ME TO GIVE THEM THE JEWELLERY AND STRIDHAN BEFORE THE MATTER GOES TO COURT ? WHAT R MY CHANCES OF PROVING MY INNOCENCE AND WHAT ALL PROOFS WILL BE REQUIRED IN THE COURT? HOW LONG THE MATTER MIGHT TAKE IN THE COURT ? SHOULD I TRY TO SETTLE OUT OF COURT TO CONVINCE THEM FOR MUTUAL CONSENT DIVORCE WITH SOME ALIMONY ? I WILL APPRECIATE IF YOU CAN REPLY MY ABOVE QUESTIONS AND ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS.

  1464. The Laws are biased and should be changed for EQUALITY. These laws are being heavly misused by some business minded women. Now a days women dont get burns; instead Mothers and Sisters are being Jailed for no reason and investigation etc. The Laws biased are killing our indian family day by day. Are the Daughter In Laws ONLY WOMEN ? There is no law where my father could get help if my wife Kicks him…is there any ? There is no law where I could get help if my wife runs away from my house in the nights ? There is no law which could allow my sister to visit my house on Raksha Bandhan…Is there any law which could save my unborn child if she threatening to kill it before birth ?

  1465. Marriage is 15 years old. Two children aged 14 years and 11 years with me . My wife operated a joint locker and removed all the gold and family jewelry and shifted it to a locker soleley in her own name .Stated I threatened her with a knife in her office to secure divorce by mutual consent.Tresspassed into a hosue owned jointly by me and my mother by breaking the grill and removing the glass and ran away with valuables along with her father in my absence in the middle of the night.She is suffering from border line personality disorder and is taking psychotherapies since 1991. My objection her objectionable relationships

  1466. I have read this petition and have found its contents to be impressive and thought provoking. I have signed it to express my support.

  1467. i agree with above petetion and since iam also suffering from my wife as she has even played a practical drama that she has taken tablets. iam literally on verge of mental breakdown as in law there further harrassment so iam living dogs life and my parents too are suffering.

    1. I am dying too. My wife is killing me every day with some slow poison.
      So are my parents.
      I have been forced to get arrested under a false dowry case.
      What do we do ?
      Have you got divorce yet ? I have been trying since 2011.

      Rakshit

  1468. My self vijay Prasad I married to a Patna Based girl and without dowry because it was a close relationship from my Mother’s side. i married to this girl just in the pressure of My Mother as I have the only brother of 5 sisters. I’m diploma Mech. from banglore and never stayed in Bihar. I’m staying in Delhi since last 10 years and before this I was in Banglore. I refused my girl friend to marry as; i didnot want to hurt my parents. Can you imagine I’m six feet tall with atheletic body and my wife is 4-1/2 feet small with exactly bihari features. I tried to adjust with her but could not because she is living with her parents since last five years as she cannot adjust with my parents ; she canot wake up early in the morning .she cannot prepare too much food for all family members and also she feels more comfortable in patna as it is a very advance city than any other place in India etc. Her father proposed me to settle down at Patna with them which i refused and result my parents have been arrested in 498A in Buxar and I’m tring to look for anticipatory bail . as i’m here in Delhi. Also I lost my left eye in a serious eye accident on Diwali night of 2003. i was lying alone in the Guru nanak eye hospital and had to go to two major surgeries. But My wife didnot come to see me; when I needed her best. I filed divorce case in april 2004 and afterthat they filed 498A. Now as I just started my career again here in Delhi after that accident; I canot go to Patna to get arrested myself as I can loose my job here. Also whatever i earned before I spent that in my accident so I’m financial tight also. Can you tell me how court treat in Patna in 498A. also how can I know the status of my case. Please give me advice.

  1469. pelase help me we are booked in 498A dowry when we are not booked yet we got bail for my fahter and mother and advocate told that there is no need for me and my brother. What is the procedure to get out from this case as we are convicted in this case what can inspector do

  1470. I am an Advocate BA LLM & Law Lecturer in Punjab University Regional centre but alas i have also been trapped in Misuse of 498A IPC. The institution of marriage is being ruined by misuse of this law and this do not take in consideration about human feelings as man is no robot and tend to feel angry and feel like taking revenge in a tide of anger but when one wakes up the both partners and both families find thay they have been harrased a lot. I feel both Hubby and wife must be given a second chance to reconsider and if they still disagree they must get separated in sted of making rounds of Courts. it will be in the larger interest of both Families.

  1471. My wife last year filed an false suite of 498A & 406; 125 against me & my family in Rajasthan. Our’s was an internet mairrage where there was no dowry. I have got all the necessary proofs which to prove the case is false. As we stay in mumbai they are just harrassing us. Every month we have to travel to rajasthan. Is it possible to seek an early trial for the case so we can prove that all the allegations are false. Pls. advice me. If you have some one in mumbai/rajasthan who can guide us for the same; it will be really very nice. Thanks

  1472. I address yourselves to current predicament as a I have been married for about an year. After falling apart with my wife; I have been forced to avoid arrest under a false dowry case. I was married on the 22nd of-June-2004 and have been away from-Jan-2005. I am an MBA; have studied in premier Indian institutes like DPS RK Puram; SRCC ; MDI; Sherwood College. There has been no incident of either me or my parents demanding dowry or physically or mentally tormenting my wife. Likewise there is no grain of truth in the false accusations made. They simply have fabricated all those things and have had a warrant issued against my family with no shred of evidence. Please mail me the best course of action. Thank you Akarsh

  1473. I support the ill fate and cause for husbands; their parents and relatives who are falsely accused by the in laws and their own wives.

  1474. I’ve heard enough stories of how we men are victimised by these conniving women. I don’t want to be a potential target ten years down the line. By signing up; I’m trying to protect my future from gold-digging women.

  1475. Continuous harrassment to me and all my relatives by my wife and her relatives. Wife is very ruthless; short tempered; think irrationally; use abusive language; highly unrealistic demanding; dominating and behaves crucadely to me and my relatives. She threatens and always tries to take my control and harrasse us. Her relatives support her in every action against us despite her such attitude and behaviour. She says she does not like me and did not actually wanted to marry me. But due to pressure from her relatives she has continued with me inspite of my freedom to her. These six years she has made our life a hell and takes revenge on us inspite of doing every good for her. She conspires against us and black mail me for meeting her unjustified demands. Please help us.

  1476. After marriage; she stayed for 4 days. After that; she went to her parents (maika) by her father; brother and sisters came to take her there for the purpose of taking her B.A. final Year Exam. During her 4 days of stay she refused to perfom any marital relation. I visted her many times to take her to me but her parents refused and she supported. I also stayed there for a few days but they dint behave normally. I was married on 8.12.03 . I had filed a petition for restitution of conjugal rights after a long wait of 10 months. After being summoned from court; she filed a false dowry case against me; my parents; and sister- jijaji. Anticipatory bail of sister and jijaji was granted but; me and my parents were rejected from Adittional Session judge. I approached to High Court where we two were called by Honable judge. Wife agreed to join her marital home and judge had stayed the concerned case for 3 months. Honable judge has helped save my marriage. There months are going to complete. And my wife is living happily with me and me too. She has accepted that it was her father who had made her file this false dowry case. But; Now what should be done? Should she accept that She filed a false dowry case under 498a; 406; 3/4? I am afraid if there is any punishment for this acceptance to her? Now we both want to get ride-of the legal process? what should we do ? pls help.

  1477. It is true that these days there is more mis use of 498 than its use. girls are taking un due advantage of teh same. i am the victim of it

  1478. a false case against me has been filed under section 498A IPc. I have been arrested on 4.8.2005 and relesed now. please suggest how to handle the case.

  1479. We got affected by the same law.. The law must be modified. It should not be used to threaten the husband and his family.

  1480. My brother has been falsely accused by his scheming wife and her mother for dowry.We are runnign from Pillar to post trying to resolve this but no luck so far.She had agreed to a settlement and we submitted the money in the court.Now that the money is deposited;she does not want to settle and is asking for a another huge lump sum amount to be given to her. I just feel helpless;am trying to find good defense counsel who can help us fight this case and expose her. Any help would be greatly appreciated from heart.

  1481. Me and my parents are the victim of this biased law. They can not catch me because I am in UK now but they have put my parents for 5 days. My dad has a cerebral earlier and my mother has a high blood sugar. R we living in a human society ? It’s time for a change and take away the axe(498A) from the hand of these so called Modern Woman(Animal).

  1482. Since my wedding my mother-in-law had been demanding me to provide their support for their family. I heeded to their request since i was a NRI and didnt want any problem back home. Recently my mother-in-law and wife demanded 25 lakhs from me and when i refused my wife took my kids and went to her mothers home and filed and legal noticer against me. I am totally baffled that a wife of 13 years can do such thing to me just for the sake of money.

  1483. My brother has been harassed by her wife and recently she took all the gold and everything from his house and lodged a complaint and FIR with 498 A .. My parents are old and brother is really in soup as he has taken loans for house and car .. how to handle

  1484. wife caused torture to me she has a adultrus conduct for My daughter is in US; and she is in constant harrasement and torture from her husband. She dicided to stay away from him; then he levelled charges of loose character and affairs etc.Her husband is eccentric and he said; my one point program is to destroy my daughter and her family. She has a child also; of 5 years; which is with her husband and she is constantly brain washed by him.

  1485. IPC 498a assumes that whatever the wife is saying has to be true. Otherwise which law maker in the world would mandate the arrest of everyone named in the complaint without bail.

  1486. AM A VICTIM & PRAY TO ABOLISH THIS LAW OR ATLEAST MAKE A LAW WHICH CAN COUNTER THIS LAW & PUSNISH THOSE WHO USE IT FASLELY TO BLACKMAIL & DOMINATE. THESE KIND OF ABUSERS OF THE LAW MUST NOT GO UNPUNISHED. THEY HAVE MADE A MOKERY OF THE LAW.

  1487. A Devotee of Truth may not do anything in deference to convention. He must always hold himself open to correction; and whenever he discovers himself to be wrong he must confess it all costs and atone for it.’Mahatma Gandhi’. So please correct the incomplete status of Section 498A. and avoid the misuse of it made by the modern surpanakha’s as a blackmailing / vindictive tool against the innocent husbands (the future of the country) and their family members. so correct the loopholes in the interest of the truth.

  1488. Anti Dowry Laws have become the main source of HELL for the Mothers;Fathers and Sisters of the husbands and husbands of Sisters. This is such a cruel law;Cruel to Old Aged Fathers; Mothers; Young Sisters; Children in the Family and husbands. It has grown up as a tool to BLACKMAIL THE WHOLE FAMILY AND RELATIVES. Bhabhi is Threating of Jail (False Anti Dowry Case) and WANTS TO WALK OUT OF THE MARRIAGE WITH A HUGE SUM IN THE FORM OF ‘SETTLEMENT’. She PHYSICALLY ABUSED MY FATHER; Brother was not in a position to oppose her due to threat of false cases. NOW WE ARE DYING EVERYDAY DUE TO FEAR OF GETTING ARRESTED becuase of False Anti Dowry Cases.

  1489. sir my wife gives me thereats of sucide and misbehaves with every one and her father threats us for a dowary and 498a as all the jewellery and other goods which we have given and her family has given her is in her own locker as she is not living with us for more than last 13 months and she is at her parents home which is in haryana

  1490. i am facing a false case against me in which my brother died due to non availability of treatment as he was in jailed about 9 months. he was a patient of blood cancer

  1491. But lets not sit quite and suck it up; lets do all which is in our powers and turn on the fire against these vested interests. The same fires which had erupted right when our mothers and sisters were abused and tormented by another woman and her instigators(women; who r not even half the women they themselves could be; if they knew what a family is; and what comes out of it if tendered with love and dedication- which are the real hallmarks of real women; who we worship as goddesses and mothers in India).

  1492. I strongly support this petition because my brother is also a victim of the misusage of this law. I reside in Saudia but I am an Indian.

  1493. Stop the bad system of selling human in the name of Dowry. Don’t give Dowry don’t take dowry.

  1494. My younger brother’s wife recently filed an FIR at Kesinga(Orissa) Police station to harass all the family members.Complain includes demand of Dowry;Attempt to murder besides torture;which are baseless.

  1495. My wife has mental illness schizophrenia. Just after marriage; we came to know about it. We co-operated in treatment etc. I could not bring her to Switzerland as Dr. recommended her to be in family care. She just stayed for 15 days with me in last 2 years. We tried for out of court settlement. Things were settled in 15 Laks. We were ready to give this much money for the peace of our family though we did not take any dowry. I did all my shopping for marriage from Switzerland like watches; ring etc. After settlement they started demanding 25 laks when we said they have filed this case as they have said in FIR that I had left her in India as I wanted 10 laks of dowry and I refused to take her if our demand of dowry were not completed.

  1496. How can any one be framed as guilty and/or punished with out any investigation? Just try to impose some kind of punishment to the people who filed the 498A case falsely; just to harras the husband and his family memebers as soon as it is identified that they misused it. And also make the proceedings on the 498A cases faster.

  1497. BLACKMAIL AND EXTORTION DEMAND OF RS. ONE CRORE ALIMONY IN WRITING FATHER AND DAUGHTER DUO LAWYERS AT BOMBAY FALSE COMPLAINT WITHOUT EVIDENCE;PROOF OR WITNESS.

  1498. Divorce is filed in USA and contested by wife’s lawyer on her behalf; should be done in few more days. Necessary requirements for divorce fullfilment are taken care of; last bits will be done.

  1499. i m in govt job and getting lotta battering from her. i once tried to suicide but was saved by Gods grace and my family members. I m in govt job thats the only reason she is making my life hell. people and seniors are also not good they are suffering themselves but keep away from supporting Our Principal has written a letter to Honble President of India as his 55yr old friend suicided after jumping in front of running train as he could not tolerate the shame.

  1500. If we want to allow marriages abroad and want the bride and/or groom to live abroad we should respect the laws and decisions of a foreign soil.

  1501. I am a US Citizen. A false dowry case was filed in New Delhi by my US Citizen ex-wife (using her family’s connections) 3 months after our divorce in the USA (where I was awarded sole custody of our two children who are American Citizens by birth) after a prolonged divorce litigation that lasted more than 3 years and cost in excess of $500;000. Despite the fact that the Delhi police; the Indian Government; the Delhi State Government and the Judiciary in New Delhi were made aware of the fact that my ex-wife had kidnapped our children and that I was the sole legal custodial parent (a warrant had been issued by the US Courts for the arrest of my ex-wife) and we were already divorced in the USA; my ex-wife was allowed to file a false dowry case by the Delhi Police (just to stop me from coming to India) claiming that her parents had given us about $12;000 over the duration of the marriage while (in my ex-wife’s own words in the Tis Hazari Court petition where she was sought alimony and child support of $10;000 per month; my mother’s house in New Delhi; etc.) I was earning an average of $300;000 per year and she was earning $75;000/year during our married life and despite the fact that the US divorce decree stated that my ex-wife had taken in excess of $500;000 from the joint marital assets. Furthermore; the Tis Hazari Courts in New Delhi allowed my ex-wife to file a petition for divorce and custody. Although; the issuance of PIO cards should require a search for arrest warrants in the home country of the foreign passport holder; the Indian Government went so far as to issue my ex-wife and my children PIO cards despite my requests to the contrary and being aware of the existence of the US Federal Arrest Warrants. For the past almost 4 years a lot of influence has been brought to bear on the Indian legal system (by my ex-wife’s family) in an attempt to disadvantage my parental family and me; and the cases have been dragged out in the New Delhi Courts by my ex-wife’s successive lawyers.

  1502. mothers and sisters are the real victims not power babe 498a is against women esp against all sisters and mothers please read the law carefully before supporting it. Systematically torturing mothers and sister will not solve dowry problem In normal

  1503. This Notorious 498A should be scraped;before all husbands and their old parents endup in jail for no reason.

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PETITION TO UN/UNICEF/SC - Shared Parenting
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