‘Charges should be specific against family members for prosecution otherwise it may amount to misuse of criminal process’; SC quashes DV and Dowry case against two
“In the context of matrimonial disputes, emotions run high, and as such in the complaints filed alleging harassment or domestic violence, there may be a tendency to implicate other members of the family who do not come to the rescue of the complainant or remain mute spectators to any alleged incident of harassment, which in our view cannot by itself constitute a criminal act without there being specific acts attributed to them.”
