What does the law provide as regards case of cruelty to married women?
A new Section 498A has been added in the Indian Penal Code under Chapter XXA. Under this Section a husband or his relative who commit cruelty upon the wife can be jailed for upto a three years and fine. Here cruelty means any wilful conduct of a person that is likely to drive the woman to commit suicide or to cause her serious physical, mental or moral injury. It also means harassment to force her or her relatives to meet an unlawful demand for property or valuable security (a document that guarantees certain legal rights to some one). Criminal Law Second Amendement Act. 1983).
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