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State Governrrrents/Union .ferritorv
Administrlllions
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An advisory was rssued by this Ministry on 20rh ocrober, 200g

to all State Goven:rner:ts/ Union
effeci:ive measure [o put territor5, aaminiJ.rior." for talrjng
49BA of Indian nlnaf Code
to rest the alJegations ol il"r"" of seetion
(tpC) t*g,
petition by Dr' fu:1ga-ma .*o.trosect). Subsequen fl),,
A Srngh, wer^,DeL-h, prayrng for arne,dment in^

il[
section 4ggA of Indian p.*J"cri.,'ituo
*a"
chairman, Raiva sabha o, rr,Jr,rorJ*b"r, ,a-iri"a irv rrre Hon,ble
of chapter x -or ti.. rluies or pro..J.,re 2010 uncer tire pr.ovisions
Lhe Council 0f states. Trre anrr conduLct of Bus'ness in
petiLion \^'as reporteci to 1ir,::
states orr 1Sft lrrovember zoio cou'ci.l of
it stood refen-ed to rhe cornmiuieln ny ine Secrelarj-Ge.er-ai, arter
b. r ep o't' Th e H o re'
b t'
peiiLiorr" fo'
!s = ry-r r.-i-r.g&*ug5g,,. S3.t "raorr..,Lron
rvrrich
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on the issue6c iresent,,f;rs
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rflsT li -,8 2 Tire [-Iont]e c)od,,.Llr-.ee, ir its

rnter above mendo'ed l?eport, has,
r-t0it,il:tIlR alia, recomrner,cie.l i'or -rr".t"..measure:s .t.o
state Governmen,u ,.o t-ie rahe, by the
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corrrplerints reia[ng to oflence
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ensure that tlre cirilclren aJe put u.rrder rirc
ca:-e of chiid
Wel.frr,r,rcr Gel,nnril;lrae lvh,iolr .r,unritA
{i.rr6rrlg€ *" .,"#"Iii"l
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3. Crirninai Law, curd ,criminal ;-rre ir-r ,h"l Corrrorrent List

(List-Iil) u*der Enuv-r r"rcL--I-"ir'Cc":d.e,
irr.
co*stitution of l*rtia'- rrr"lnaiL "p"*ur s.".;;tht;J:eauie of; t,,e
code,
Criminal Procedure, lgZS **,i*pfu,,ented. 1860 and rhe code of
Governr:qents. In contjnua:-r.* oi b.y rhc ,.;;;;; **;
tlri* I\4ilistr5,,s
20'9'2009' ail rhe staLe co".r.ro"rrts/uT.r\di,i-'isuatio,s advisorl, d.ated
th.creforc, reque*tecl. r:o r**ce. ;ff.;t*_ are ,
obserwadone/iecornurendat{ons mea,orrr.es in rhc -tight of the
Fetitio' of Rqiver tiabha * i;; ;;;" hy tJr.e }.Ior.i,rrre co:r:r*ri.i:tee of
ia.cr? n"por-r to curb rhe r::isuse of
Section 498;4 of IpC.
tl . 'Jllro recelpt (}f l:Jr]i.{j ,l,,;.{;.1,,;lr- r:l615z pJ,e+:lcicl l.ru el,c:knr:ri,rl,i:rdnr:d.
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o n-r e Affa i ns/G ri fr fUl ei ntra aya t

Jaisalmer House, Vtarr Singh Road,

hJewDerhi_trOOii.

Tol
. The chief secretaries o{ staie Governments/r-.Inion
Territory
Administrations
(t\a par liat atiached)
o

sr-rbiect;- Urguge_ql__$p*c@arcJrnc
Srr,

'crimiriar ravv anc|criminar procedure,

are in the ooncurrent List of
7ti' s;chedute to the constitutio, [naiu. aoth paii]amJni as weri as sJate
legis;latures are competent to "i enact laws in regard tr: these matters.
Flowever, enforcernent and imprementation
provisrons is the domain of the Stare of tn" iants
-"' made under these
Covernni*nl.*
t' ne scourge of dowry crimes has.been prevarent
r
in the rndian society
for a long time and nasty manifestations of crimes
reiartrng to dowry as
instances of cruerty t, mariied *o,.,*n-hrue
been conring up,iime ,ro ,6uN.
serir:us concern was expreu..J ny ,ri right-thinking
inclr-iding several won-,enis organizirtions,"sociaI frL,rn, of the country
- *or[urc ancr even raw courts
about this cruertl- A:
a consequence theresf, s*"iirn- .+gr;;T;:
inc.rporateci in the ,Indian penar cfg"
adequate punishrn_enj,for a1v-cir.rrv"infriiteoi. ti'," v"J, ieas to provide for
husband and his reratives. rne prnistr,r.ni
on', ,urriecj woman by the
ancl findr l-he offerrce is cognizable
i* i;p;";;;"nr for ,rree years
as weir as non-bairabre.
'J. The .Section reacis as follows :_
"498A' whr:ever, being "ihu irusband
or the
lrusband of a wciman, sLih,.lecis *u"r-, *r*b"'t" reratirre of the
.,.,'-rti*shair be
." -rrfT-\ l::::Tgyill,lTp'"
years 3
n1. n1 19r-
?
and shall also be liable to fine.,,
t;;
r,vh ich * rv *r*ri,o lo
three
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Explanation - For the purposes ol this
section, ,crue;lty means _
^T '#l-vL

ii,) any willful conduct which js.oI suqlr a nature

as is lil<r:iy tt:
flrive the woma, to comnril uui.,O""J, to cause grave inlury
uangqr to life, Jimb or J:earth or
4whethe-i nrqntar ., r'rly=ic.^l) o{ the
v/oman; or

(,i) harassment of the womin where such harassment

is with a
 unlavv'ful dernand ro[ an)/ propefty or valural.,Ie security or is orr
\
account of failr"rre by her 0r any person relatec] to lrer to me,=t \-'
,\
4. The objective of inserting section 4gBA.wers ro protect women
being \,
subjected^to cruelty by the hursband or his'relatives. Th! 'explanation, it,
,dded
to the section, has tried to - 'crr:r:riy"
de(ine what -'- -"t wourd in ;;;;
'!\..
i,.
'ti.
circumstances, ntean '. i;,

i.
5 While tl-le initial ,eaction to insertion of Section 4ggA was rnore
or
lgtr .welcome, of rate., representations r-,r""- u*"n i;."i""j 'il,i'",#u
Government alleging nrisuse of the'proilsions-or-ilie section.
cases, gvery member of tlie husband's hcuseirold nui-lo"n some
ln
irrespective of vrhether flrey had a rore in 'in,r,ricring ,ruurtv
u,,;;;;;
woman or not" ln some cases, il-re provisions havr: been used
;-;h";..,],-,f;
persorral scores cases have been repor.terl ylhere to setilp
monrenrary angr:r ha,s
resulted in invor:aticn c'[ section rlggA, which resLriled in the
arrest of thp
members of l.lrr: n'antily'slir:ltirrg dovuri any possibility of reconcilialion
in
future and a llotai collapse of the rnarriacie.'Even,wh,r:,rr: tlrere
is a
proceerlinq, 'li.l"rr:r -iarse Lr iri,d{*r $uciiolr ;!sg,,llconil.irlues Lo persist dlvorce
because
of the offo il c u lhu I p t"] o ri -c o rn po u n rja h e.
r,n I

6. Tire Delhi l-lign corrri in the case of Eavitri D*vi Vs. Ramesh chand
and othqrs (crinrinal Revisiorl No.462 of 2002) have e>ranrined
at lengtlr. The oourt a,r,onfr other things observed as follo'ys:-
sectio;;;tt;

"Be[ore partlng, !' feel constraine,r 'I:o conrrrrr:nt upon

the misuse
of:the pr,cvisiorrs of $eciioh 498fu406 lpc to sr-rch an'ext"rt trrriill.
hitting at tlie foundation of marriage irself anrt rras proveJ fi t;
good for the ireaitir of the society at length. 'io leave
;;i'i;
such a ti.f,liirr.r
anO cornplex aspect of proposition as to wlrat constituies ,;;;;;i
'"
crueltv' ;and ''harassment' to invol<e lire r:ffencr:s punishaor,: .-rj",
qections rl0g4/4.06" lpc to k:wer funciionarie"
"i pofir"-ii-r. iro
lnspectors or rnspectors whereau *o,r* ii,.r,;; ;;";"".rnr'?i"iii
difficr-rlt l:o come ro trre sa|er concrusion i.. l" giu*-ir,"
" hands ol,batl'eiiri url$killocl tlrasters. ,
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.

''r-I r");L.rr i tr;;ri doart vuirrr irroui;i,ncs

rrr:r
crr cirsoG ernd nratters
relatirrgto oo\,'/iy deailrs arncj uncrer seegl,n
"rreri,"giri.[,i
4gBA/,zlOtl/306 iir; eirising out o1' rjonrestic i,ioierrce, ;r;;rr,;;;;i
woffip,n :n ;:,(;rr.r!.1i c1 irtaciequate c10r.rry cr ci..rcrcjorr
r:f the *on.,un fo,
not fulfi{linrg tite LJr:i-r'rol-tcl ol dowry ancl hurrdi-ld ci clivr:rce
case$ arising
therefrr:nr. I-:;peric,nce is not so haplry ftc,r- rS implemenliltic.rn
or
enforceme,rlt r:r [rrese laws is anvttring [:ut'satisr,act",-t
;;;;;;i;;;;r. "'
Those provioions w-ere tlrouglr made with"goclct intentions
inrplenrentartion,.has'reft "a but the
' .uery 6ad taster rr,.i;.."
count'br ,pr.ducLive. There is a growing tendency ainongst
;;;u;-;;;.:;
wlrlH}rigr{]prt|rorporpetUf,{9oo,@.';ffi:; the wbmen
' :i:l-lld'?l'?rvrer?tiv"'ii;[nmo mrnnrs orn.j eu,en sorroor
a'rng tilds
relatives and in sorne casqsE[a-iEliEiffi-r,.rio* or
. f.?ifjr",distant
or the husbar,rd wrreilrer riving::awr! o, in ottrei i";;'a;
ll,turiry
aofoad. a'nd nraffiedu unnrarr'ied sisfers, sisGr-in-rawe ,,,.rrii"c
.
brothers, nrarried unctli and in some cases plrrna_pur*;;
,
once a";,;;;;;
as 10 to :r5'or even nrore reratives of flreLt-,i,rrln,r'-
compraint
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inftieted upon wclma;
^ tili'ri +
o?T"=J i

";;",l[iiil
ty
:1,1t..:- gllr?
l:'-"/ inj,lw or tdanger to iife, timb or heatth, it comes as an easy
F,ii'
_t'" 7
Cellto hound thdm vJlI re st mqking them run he
lt.;
,li q'
4ti get anticipatr:ryr5611 as the offence has been rnade p"grlrrbiJ ;ii
non-bailable. -l-housancJs of such complaints aind cases
are pending
.1
and are being Ioclgecl clay in and da5, 6s1.
-l-hose pnovisians
have resurrecJ into ,arE1c number of divorce
cases as vvhen one menrber of the fbmity is ai:imsterd -ro
*uni'ijiii
without any in,lecirate reprieve of bair, the chance:s of salvagi"g'o;
suruiving the tlarriage rececie irrto backgrolnd and marriag"-toi ull
pracl.ical purpc,ses beconres deacl.', ( J.D. Kapoor
"J ),
.
7- Justice F,rijil pasayat of the supreme court in the Judgment
on a
writ Petition (civit) Nlo.i41 of 2005 -,sushil Kurnar $harma vl union of
lnclia and ottrers hars observed as follows.

"The objec;t of section 4ggA is to prevent the dovrry

menace. But as
has been. righlly contended by the petitioner *r,iy:'i;;iffi;-:il;;
:gTe to light 'where the complaints are not bondfirJ-e and nave ueen
filed with oblique motive. "rn s'uch cases acquittar of the -;";;;
;;;
not in all cases wipe out tlre ignominy sr-rffered dLrring and prior i; ii"l.
sometimes adverse media coverage adds to tne misery. . irre
question, there'l-ore, is what remedial measures carr be tal<en to prbvent
' abuse of the well-intentioned provision. Merely because the piovision
is constitutional ancJ intra virus, does not give a license to unscrupulous
persons to r,r,reak personal vendetta or unleash harassment. lt
may,
therefore, beconre necessary for the legislalLrre to finc] out ways
trow'
the rnakers of frivolous complaints or aliegaLions can be ,peroiiiri.rv
dealt with." '

8. ' The suprerrre couri has irr one case opinec that no arrest need
be
m;rde only because ii is lar.tfur for ilie porice officer to rio so, rne porice
ol1icer must oe able io jlrstify the arrest apart from his power to do -
*d, N;
arrest sfrould be nrade in a routine manner on a mere altegation oi
cr:mmission of an oFfence rnade against a person.

ln thg liOll.] ot rt'," above judicial pronouncements, an attempt

3.^,^
nr,ade earlier to find a-via -nredia-by arnending thig section
was
to make ih;
offence.compoundable. However, this could no-t b" pr:rsuerl o".ru.E
oprposition frorn wcrri;en organisations.
JtiiiI

10-. Further, tire views of the Ministry of women anrj chiid Development
crr"the issues are tirat the important legislations such as section
4gg[,iiC;
Dowry Prohibitiorr Act '1961 and protection of.Wornen from Domest-ic
Violence Act, 2005 rnrhiclr provicle protection ancl iegal remedies to women
should nct be tink.ered vvith. As these are special lauu,s governing the same
r,ub)ect- rneller" these ia,.,;s need" i;e .lrar;roniied anJ unifornriy tc
inrplementecj. Ai the same tinie, if some set procerlures are followed, misuse
of lavys may be curtailecf
11. since anrending the law at this stage is likely to be opposecl ergair,
in or:der to lay to rest the allegation of misilse
State Governn-lents arc reqt;es"led -' s"ttion 4ggA of lpc, the
- -:- or
kindly:
(a) c.ornply with the procedLrrg as tui,t oo*n irr D.K.Basu,s
Io
The !l-1r:n'ble
case.
supreme court i* rts jurlgernent datecl 1g.12.g6 in
cFt[" cvvp rrlo i3g/96 - D.r,( Bas.r vs. state of west Berrgal
h;rs
slarlorj thar the power of arrest vvirhor-rt a v,iarrant shouta
r;e.
eXerCiseri r")nii, a[te' a reasr:nable snitistaic{.ion ir; reached,
afler
soffre investigation, a$ t0 the genuineness ard bcnafides
of a
complaint arrd a reasonable beiief as to both the .person,s
complici\/ as well as tlre neecl to effect arrest. Therefoie in any
nlatrimonial dispute it may nrot lre neDessary in all cases 1o
inrnrediatel.y exercis;e the powe.s' ol''arrest. t{eco*s"-;;;
initialfy taken to dispuie setilernent ,*,Lrii.nir* such ,as
d;
conciliation, mediation, counselling of the pnrriu,,
"t"
&) tvlahila desl<s nray be created at porice stations and ,crinre
,Against women cell'may be creaied at lerasl at the
cistriii'
level wlricir courd specificaily catr-:r to qornpraints iiau
nv
\/VOmen.

(c) {n r:a_ses o{ nratrirrronial clisputes., ilre first re,course should

11 be
to elfect co.nciliaLion rind mreciiation' Lre.ryeen the warrirrg
11
tl-reir farnilies anci reoi..rr.rrse io f,iting clrarges U/S
:1:,,:r"land
V ztuiJtr..
llJL, [re resorted .l.o ]n caljes wirere such
('/ concilialion fails
-rrray arrd vrrrere tirere ai:pears;r prima facie case
uncler secrion 4gaA;:ncl oi,her lavvs. ]-he c.unsellirrg
rrrechilnisils envisap;eci r-rnriei pvNt)".| Act 2005 snouto re
insiituted by State Governrnen[ ;,incl an5r ',i
partier; slrcrulcr be do,i.r or-iry by rrrofessionaily
..
"orn""ifing
qualifie,j
counsellors and not by the pr:lice. "fhe poiice may
consioer
errrparrelling professiorrar counseilors wiilr the cAW
C"ri.''--'
12' All the Starte€overnments/IJT Adnrinisire'tions,i:rre requestecl to tal<e
effective measure$ iri trre right of itre aireetior,rr".;;;;l;ured
and'advisrories issuecl by thil Governrnerrt o{: lncjia irarr: by the o,ur1s
ti ne to flrno to put tc:
rest th6 allegations of rrrlsuse of section rj0gl\^ r:f
ipC.
13, Tlre receil:t'or ilris retLer rra:y preaoe pe .rcrrnowJr;dged.
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- (Shash-i-p6ur;han)
H-(Mu,;hant
.Joirrt v{ Qucliciat\
Secretad eucticiatj,
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