Whether Girlfriend Or Romantic Partner of husband can Be Made Accused In S.498A IPC Case?

[Educator]

This Court, in the case of U. Suvetha (supra), had anoccasion to consider a question as to whether the girlfriendor a woman with whom a man has had romantic or sexualrelations outside of marriage would be a “relative of thehusband” for the purposes of prosecution under Section498A of IPC.9. This Court, after considering the earlier judgments ofthis Court and the dictionary meaning of a relative,