my order just says new <| sep |> Agree with this completely . <| sep |># SC rules extramarital affair cannot be criminal o ffenceappearedatthecourta 4 f 2 db 9 eb 27611 e 6 aa 8169 e 46120 af 64 . jpgIn a significant verdict , the Supreme Court on Thursday held that a man having an extramarital affair cannot be prosecuted for subjecting his wife to cruelty if his actions force her to kill herself . Extramarital relationship , per se , or as such would not come within the ambit of Section 498 A IPC cruelty to wife . It would be an illegal or immoral act , but other ingredients are to be brought home so that it would constitute a criminal offence , said the bench headed by justice Dipak Misra , setting aside a Karnataka high court judgment that sent a man to jail for three years . The man faced trial for being cruel to his wife and for abetment to suicide . Cruelty , the bench said , can be both physical and mental or might even include abnormal behaviour causing harassment to the partner . To explicate , solely because the husband is involved in an extramarital relationship and there is some suspicion in the mind of wife , cannot be regarded as mental cruelty , which would attract mental cruelty for satisfying the ingredients of Section 306 IPC abetment to suicide , the bench said . It can surely be a ground for divorce . Version 0 . 5 b Function I post the article ' s text as a comment if the website is adblocker unfriendly . I accept commands ! Powered by