Assert your rights, but remember give and take helps

Don't be fooled by the title. Here is more Fascist FemiNazi nonsense, half truths, twisted rhetoric, spin doctoring and down Misandry. I would really like to know how a supposedly reputable paper like the Hindu can allow such trash to be published? This is called trash journalizing in my opinion where one group belittles another for there advancement.  In this case Females cheapening Males, and terrible example to set. If this is called Womens Empowerment I would like to know what there definition of Misandry is? 

Dec 12, 2010

Having struggled hard to obtain legal means to break free from male dominance and depravity, are we women today at the point of endangering those very means?

The Committee on Petitions of the Rajya Sabha, under the Chairmanship of Mr. Bhagat Singh Koshyari, is considering a petition praying for amendments to Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The petitioner has pointed out the extensive abuse and misuse of this provision.

Section 498A deals with the husband or a relative of the husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.

Up in arms

Recently, sections of men who have been up in arms, demanding that the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, be made gender independent. The reason once again is that it has been misused by women causing unwarranted harassment to men, husbands in particular.

Nothing may really come out of the petition or the agitations immediately. Yet, they should serve to send alarm bells ringing in the mind of every self-respecting woman. I myself am a strong believer in the equality of men and women and the right of every woman to lead a life of respect and self-dignity. Yet, we cannot forget that we live in what is even today a male-dominated society. Women have had to struggle and fight male egoism at every step to get even a few benefits like the above legal provisions on our statute. The bill seeking 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies was passed in the Rajya Sabha this year, after almost 14 years of its introduction, and it is anybody's guess when it will be implemented.

A shield

The modern Indian woman with her new-found economic, social and political independence is no doubt kicking to break free from the fetters of subjugation and subordination which have haunted her since time immemorial. In this uphill task, she has to learn to use the law as a shield to protect herself and not as a weapon to attack. A handful of women are forgetting that any relationship, whether marital or otherwise, is not about who has the upper hand but about who complements the other and how.

Unfortunately today, aggressiveness has somehow become synonymous with “assertiveness” so much so that there are women who do not hesitate to file an FIR with the police or knock on the doors of the courts at the drop of a hat. A heated discussion or disagreement, a refusal by the husband to allow his wife to wear western clothes or go out with friends, some chiding by the in-laws could all easily be labelled as cruelty by some women and, with enough stoking by unscrupulous advocates, this snowballs into a legal battle which leaves nothing but a bitter taste and an empty purse.

Still a minority

No doubt, such women still form a minority, yet no one can overlook the harm they may inadvertently be causing to a large number of Indian women, who genuinely need the law to help them find a way out of their miserable and pathetic situations; also, many a time it is an escape route from what has become to them a living hell.

With more and more cases of abuse of women-centric legal provisions, the day may not be far off when the same men who conceded our reasonable demands start re-thinking.

With the joint family concept having become a thing of the past and with family ties getting weaker by the day, the need is for the establishment of several more counselling centres in colleges, offices, hospitals and even in courts. These must be manned by trained professionals who have in-depth knowledge of human psychology and behavioural patterns. People, especially youngsters, must be encouraged to seek the help of such centres.

In fact, all family disputes should be taken up only after it has been certified by a counsellor that the case is beyond counselling. Parents, family members and close friends can mediate and help the couple identify their actual problems and assist them in solving their issues amicably. Advocates also have a major role, for they can make women see the futility of their case and advise them accordingly, instead of stoking the embers into inferno.

Compromises

Lastly, women themselves have the power to make or break their future. The modern Indian woman should not forget that every form of relationship calls for some give and take. Small compromises or adjustments need not be misunderstood as signs of suppression.

No woman should ever suffer cruelty or harassment of any form silently. Yet, before rushing to court, let her ponder over and see if it is indeed her rights that have been trampled upon or it is just her ego that has taken a beating.

For, let us not for a minute forget that we women still walk across a minefield and if we do not tread carefully, there is every chance of the mines blowing up not just our lives but also the future of women.

No woman should ever suffer cruelty or harassment silently. Yet, before rushing to court, let her ponder over and see if it is indeed her rights that have been trampled upon or it is just her ego that has taken a beating.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com

To Be A Woman In India

Here is a must read unbiased report on the status of Women in India from Francois Gautier who has lived in India for 40+ years.

It was  amazing to see during last week’s International Women’s Day, the number of  stories in Indian newspapers, magazines and TV’s, which strove to demonstrate  that life for a Woman in India is the most miserable, the most dangerous, the  most deprived, the most unhappy, the most ostracized that one can dream off on  this planet.

There was this article in the TOI claiming that every year, millions of female  feticides are killed in India: there was all these statistics on the millions of  HIV-infected women, there were numerous articles on child marriage, girls’  labour, girl child exploitation and girl sex abuse, rapes and of course the  inevitable reviews on Water, a film, which claims that widows are still  persecuted in India.

It’s strange,  I am lived for nearly forty years in India and I have traveled the length and  breadth of this country, like very few western correspondents have. I am even  in close touch with villages of Tamil Nadu, populated only with OBC’s and  Untouchables. And my experience has been totally - but TOTALLY – different.  Yes, there are abuses on women in India, there may be some villages in UP or in  some remote tribal belts, where female feticide is practiced; yes, women in  India work so hard, toiling in the fields, looking after their children,  cooking, cleaning, getting up before dawn and sleeping late; yes, men in India  tend to drink a lot and sometimes abuse their wives. BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY  OTHER COUNTRY WHERE WOMEN PLAY SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE, WHERE SHE IS SO  WORSHIPPED, REVERED, PRIZED UPON.

Western  correspondents are always keen to do stories on female infanticides in Bihar,  child marriages, or sati cases in  Rajasthan. But who knows that no nation in the world has granted such an  important place to women in its spirituality and social ethos? “Without Him I  exist not, without Her I am unmanifest”, says Sri Aurobindo. Thus in India –  and it is true that it is often a paradox, as women, because of later Muslim  influences, have often been relegated to the background – the feminine concept  is a symbol of dynamic realization. She is the eternal Mother, who is all  Wisdom, all Compassion, all Force, Beauty and Perfection. It is in this way  that since the dawn of times, Hindus have venerated the feminine element under  its different manifestations: Makalaxmi,  Mahakali, Mahasaraswati, Maheshwari – and even India is feminine: ‘Mother  India’. “She is the consciousness transcending all things, she is the emptiness  beyond all emptiness, the smile beyond all smiles, the divine beauty beyond all  earthly beauties”. India has had many great female figures, whether warriors  such as the Rani of Jhansi, or saints like Anandamaia dn today Amrita  Anandamayi (who by the way comes from the lowest caste strata and is worshipped  by millions of upper castes Indians – so much for the caste divide, another  favorite whipping horse of India’s enemies). Today, behind all appearances –  arranged marriages, submission to men, preference of male children in some  rural areas (but girls are loved in India like nowhere in the world) - the role  of women in India is essential and it can be safely said that very often, from  the poorest to the richest classes, they control –even if behind the scenes – a  lot of the family affairs: the education of their children (men in India are  often “mama’s boys”), monetary concerns, and men often refer to them for  important decisions.

How  come then this flurry of statistics on Women’s Day, which tend to prove the  contrary ? Well, if you look closely, you will discover the source of all these  statistics. The writer of the TOI piece, claiming millions of female feticides  every year, was a Christian working for an NGO, funded by Christian funds (as  were many other pieces in leading dailies); there was also a sprinkling of  Muslim intellectuals led by Shabana Azmi and her husband, adding their bit  about the poor status of women in India and how they are raped, abused and  exploited ; The communists, under the banner of Brinda Karat, were not far away  in loudly denouncing human rights abuses on women in India; the Congress,  joined in the chorus, thereby demeaning themselves as Indians and putting down  their own  country.

Westerners  love to preach India on Human Rights. But countries such as France or the  United States, never had a woman as their top leader, whereas India had Indira  Gandhi ruling with an iron hand for nearly twenty years; and now Sonia Gandhi,  a Christian, a Westerner, and just an ordinary MP, is reigning on India like an
  Empress  ! The reverse would be absolutely impossible in the West, where there are  proportionately less MP’s than India, which is considering earmarking 33% of  seats in Parliament for women, a revolution in human history! This shakti concept is so rooted in the  subcontinent, that you have had women Prime Ministers, such as Benazir Bhutto  or Kaleda Zia, and now Sheikh Hasina, in Islamic countries (Pakistan and  Bangladesh) which are predominantly male-controlled in a much stricter way than  India.

Now who  is the target of all these attacks on Woman’s Day? The Hindus, of course, the  common enemy to Christians, Muslims and Marxists ! For Christians, Hindus are  still all ‘pagans’ to be converted. Please see the letters written to Sonia  Gandhi by some of the Christian religious leaders of this country after the  anti Conversion law was voted by the Himachal Pradesh Government. For Marxists,  who believed that religion is the ‘Opium of the people’, Hinduism is the  greatest threat to their planned hegemony on India (and on South Asia, as they  are propping-up the Maoists in Nepal, who are now in the Government while  retaining their armed stronghold in the country side. One day they will form a  Maoist belt from Nepal to Andhra Pradesh, via Bihar). Of course, this Marxist  hatred of religion does not apply to Christianity and Islam, who would  immediately reply in kind and who are their allies in their war against  Hinduism. Right down from Aurangzeb’s times (see my previous article), Hindus  have been looked upon by Muslims as inferior human beings, although it is better  to be born a Hindu woman, where one can go with open face, work, have some  amount of freedom, than be born as a Muslim woman. Finally, thank God, Water  did not get an Oscar, otherwise all Westerners will be certain that widows are  persecuted in India, as they are, after the City of Joy, that the whole of  India is a vast slum.

When Will Indians start being proud of themselves and  their own culture and stop berating themselves and looking down on their own  society ? This inferiority complex is a legacy of the British, who strove to  show themselves as superior and Indian culture as inferior (and inheritor of  the ‘White Aryans’, another false theory). India is a vast, complex, often  contradictory country, peopled with different races, religions, ethnies... It  is normal that there are problems. But women have played and are still playing  such an important role in this country, the Shakti concept is such a unique,  vibrant, respectful and holy concept, that all Indians, including Indian  Christians and Indian Muslims, whose women have somehow benefited from that  concept, which seeped into their religion unobtrusively, should be proud of it.  Long Live the Indian Woman and her astonishing Grace.

Source: http://www.francoisgautier.com/

Happy New Year 2011

I would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year 2011, may this year bring us all Health, Wealth and Peace of Mind from misery, headaches and heartach. 
May this year be a fruitful one in all you do.

Oprah not allowed to interview Susan Smith, who killed her kids

Why does anyone need to give more publicity to a Child murderer? 

Dec 30, 2010

COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina's new governor won't grant Oprah Winfrey a prison interview she's been trying to get for a decade with a woman who drowned her two young sons.

Susan Smith is serving a life sentence for killing 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex in 1994 by strapping them into their car seats and driving the car into a pond.

She has not been interviewed since being charged. On Wednesday's show, a Winfrey staffer said she has been trying to arrange an interview.

Winfrey suggested on the show that Gov.-elect Nikki Haley could change prison rules that prohibit media interviews.

Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey said Thursday that Winfrey won't get her wish. He says Smith got enough attention when she originally claimed she was carjacked before the truth came out.

Source. Yahoo.com

Woman Rips Off Daughter-In-Law's Nipple During Brawl

Dec 17, 2010

First, it's important to note that all parties were drunk. Second, this report contains some of the most cringe-inducing words you will ever read.

The Smoking Gun obtained documents from the Las Cruces, New Mexico Police Department, detailing how Amelia Oveide, 46, was in a confrontation on December 12 with Marie Cadney, 30, the wife of Oveide's son, 26-year-old Jason Cadney.

Apparently everyone was boozing all night, but at 3AM, as is often the case, things turned sour. Amelia was arguing with both her son Jason and his wife Marie, but then focused on yelling at Jason, and it became "very intense." Marie stepped between mother and son. Amelia grabbed Marie's right breast "and began to squeeze and pull on her nipple." Amelia didn't let go, so Marie started punching Amelia in the face. Eventually Marie and Jason threw Amelia out of the house. But Marie could tell something was wrong. And here's your cue to cringe! According to TSG:

"When she untucked her shirt she stated her nipple fell on the floor. She stated she picked it up, put into a bag securing it," cops reported. Amazingly, two hours passed before Cadney "decided she needed to go to the hospital."

Marie had a reattachment procedure and Amelia was charged with aggravated assault.

And we learned a lesson: It's dangerous to stand between your man and his mama when they are arguing

Source: http://jezebel.com/

Disgraced ex-Israeli president convicted of rape

Feminazi Witch hunt bring down Ex Isreali President. Jerusalem: Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav was convicted of rape , and caused Prime Minister Netanyahu to say"This is a sad, sad day for all of Israel and it's citizens" ........Paul Begley is not sure the story is true, and may be more about a political "witch hunt" than anything else.

Dec 30, 2010

JERUSALEM – Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav was convicted of rape Thursday, a dramatic fall from grace for a man who rose from humble beginnings to become a symbol of achievement for Jews of Middle Eastern origin.

The disgraced politician, who had rejected a plea bargain that would have kept him out of jail, will likely be sentenced to four to 16 years in prison. The verdict was seen as a victory for the Israeli legal system and for women's rights in a decades-long struggle to chip away at the nation's macho culture, which once permitted political and military leaders great liberties.

"The court sent two clear and sharp messages: that everyone is equal and every woman has the full right to her body," Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. But he added that it was "a sad day for Israel and its citizens."

The Tel Aviv District Court found Katsav, 65, guilty of two counts of raping an employee in 1998, when he was Israel's tourism minister. It also convicted him of lesser counts of indecent acts; sexual harassment involving two other women who worked for him when he was president, from 2000 to 2007; and obstruction of justice.

Katsav denied all allegations, claiming he was a victim of a political witch hunt and suggesting he was targeted because he is a Sephardic Jew — a Jew of Middle Eastern origin. But in Thursday's ruling, the three-judge panel said his version of events was "strewn with lies."

A somber Katsav left the courtroom without commenting, surrounded by his legal team, security guards and family members. His wife, Gila, didn't appear in court.

He was ordered to surrender his passport while awaiting sentencing on a date that was not immediately set. Late Thursday, he was holed up in his home with his family.

Israel's presidency is a largely ceremonial post, traditionally given to elder statesmen as a reward for a lifetime of public service. Winning the office capped a career in which Katsav became a model of success for Sephardic Jews, who for decades were a Jewish underclass in Israel relative to the well-off, European-rooted establishment.

Katsav's world began to crumble late in his presidency when he complained that a female employee was trying to extort him. The woman went to police with her side of the story, detailing a series of sexual assaults. Other women came forward with similar complaints.

According to the indictment, Katsav forced one woman to the floor of his office at the Tourism Ministry in 1998 and raped her. Later that year, he summoned her to a Jerusalem hotel to go over paperwork and raped her on the bed in his room. The indictment alleged that Katsav tried to calm his victim by saying: "Relax, you'll enjoy it."

The indictment alleged that he harassed two women while he was president, embracing them against their will and making unwanted sexual comments. He also was charged with obstruction of justice: The indictment said Katsav tried to persuade one of the women to change her testimony.

Under heavy public pressure, Katsav resigned in 2007, two weeks before his term expired, under a plea bargain that would have required him to admit to lesser charges of sexual misconduct. But in a dramatic reversal, Katsav subsequently rejected the deal and vowed to clear his name in court.

Around that time, he held a bizarre news conference in which he lashed out at prosecutors and the media and denied any wrongdoing. His erratic behavior, in which he shook in anger, waved a computer disc that he said proved his innocence and screamed at reporters, raised questions about his state of mind.

The Israeli public has closely followed the case's twists and salacious details.

The conviction of a former president on rape charges — virtually unheard of anywhere in the developed world — was the latest victory for women's rights groups against the male-dominated military and political establishment.

In the early years of the state, some male leaders were known for womanizing and freewheeling ways, though that culture has gradually changed.

Women's rights groups had rallied against Katsav. On Thursday, hundreds of women stood outside the courtroom holding signs against him and chanting: "The whole nation knows Katsav is a criminal."

Emmanuel Gross, a law professor at Haifa University, said the verdict was a testament to the independence of Israel's legal system. "Our judiciary is not afraid of anyone," he said. "It is one of our greatest strengths."

In recent years, a former finance minister was sent to prison for embezzling funds, a justice minister was convicted of forcibly kissing a female soldier, and former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was forced to resign to face corruption charges. His trial is still in court.

Katsav was born in Iran and immigrated to Israel as a child, growing up in immigrant tent encampments and then in Kiryat Malachi, one of the failed "development" towns that Israel's earliest governments built to populate the desert. Katsav, who is married and has five grown children, still resides in Kiryat Malachi, ahardscrabble town in southern Israel.

Katsav was elected mayor of Kiryat Malachi at the age of 24 — becoming the youngest mayor in Israel's history. He rose through the ranks of the rightist Likud Party to hold a series of Cabinet posts before parliament selected him to be president in 2000. He engineered the upset victory over Nobel peace laureate Shimon Peres by rallying ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties behind him.

Katsav's presidency was largely uneventful. In one of his moments of glory, he shook hands and chatted briefly with the president of archenemy Iran at the funeral of Pope John Paul II in 2005. He also appealed for calm and unity during Israel's traumatic withdrawal from the Gaza Strip a few months later.

On Thursday, Katsav's son Boaz vowed his father would clear his name.

"We will continue to walk with our heads high and all the nation ... with God's help, will know that (my) father, the eighth president of the state of Israel, is innocent," he said.

But one of Katsav's lawyers, Avigdor Feldman, said his client had not yet decided whether to appeal.

Any appeal would likely focus on witness credibility — an area that Israel Radio legal analyst Moshe Negbi said Israel's Supreme Court rarely reverses.

"He has nothing to lose. He will probably appeal, but he doesn't have much of a chance," Negbi said.

A presidential pardon also appears unlikely because of the severity of the offenses. The office of Peres, who became president when Katsav resigned, declined to comment.

Iconic face of Rosie the Riveter poster dies

Dec 30, 2010

AFP/NA-HO/File – A Michigan factory worker used as the unwitting model for the wartime Rosie the Riveter poster, seen …

 A Michigan factory worker used as the unwitting model for the wartime Rosie the Riveter poster whose inspirational "We Can Do It!" message became an icon of the feminist movement has died.

Geraldine Doyle died Sunday, a spokesman for the Hospice House of Mid Michigan told AFP. She was 86.

Doyle didn't realize she had a famous face until she was flipping through a magazine in 1982 and spotted a reproduction of the poster, her daughter told The Media.

But while Doyle recognized her face under the red and white polka dot bandana, the strong arm held up in a fist wasn't hers.

"She didn't have big, muscular arms," Mrs. Gregg said. "She was 5-foot-10 and very slender. She was a glamour girl. The arched eyebrows, the beautiful lips, the shape of the face -- that's her."

Doyle was just 17 when she took at job at a metal pressing plant near Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1942.

She quit about two weeks later after learning that another woman had badly injured her hand on the job -- she was worried she'd lose the ability to play the cello, her daughter said.

She was there, however, when a United Press International photographer came to the factory while documenting the contribution of women to the war effort.

A picture of Doyle was later used by J. Howard Miller, a graphic artist at Westinghouse, for the poster which was aimed at deterring strikes and absenteeism.

The poster was not widely seen until the 1980's when it was embraced by the feminist movement as a potent symbol of women's empowerment.

The iconic image now graces a US postage stamp and has been used to sell lunch boxes, aprons, mugs, t-shirts and figurines.

The term "Rosie the Riveter" stems from a 1942 song honoring the women who took over critical factory jobs when men went off to war.

Another Michigan woman, Rose Will Monroe, was the best-known "Rosie" after being featured in a wartime promotional film about female factory workers.

Doyle was quick to correct people who thought she was the original Rosie the Riveter, Gregg told the Lansing State Journal.

"She would say that she was the 'We Can Do It!" girl," Gregg said. "She never wanted to take anything away from the other Rosies."

A funeral service is set for Tuesday. Gregg did not immediate return a request for comment.

IPC 498a Quash after Mutual Consent Divorce settlement

 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS 
DATED: 26.06.2009

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE ARUNA JAGADEESAN
CRL.O.P.No.25831 of 2006

R.Arun .. Petitioner

Vs.

1.State by
The Inspector of Police,
All Women Police Station,
Teynampet,
Chennai- 600 018.

2.S.Radhika .. Respondents

PRAYER: Criminal Original Petition filed under section 482 Cr.P.C praying to call for the records pertaining to the FIR in crime No.3 of 2005 on the file of the Inspector of Police, All Woman Police Station, Teynampet, Chennai and quash the same.

For Petitioner : Mr.A. Arulmozhi

For first Respondent : Mr.S.Senthil Murugan 
For second Respondent : M/s.S.Arunachalam

ORDER
This petition is filed to call for the records pertaining to the FIR in crime No.3 of 2005 on the file of the Inspector of Police, All Woman Police Station, Teynampet, Chennai and quash the same.
2. The petitioner is the husband of the second respondent and they were married on 02.06.2004. Due to difference of opinion and temporamental incompatibility they were separated on 28.03.2005. The petitioner has moved the Family Court for divorce and the second respondent herein appeared before the court and filed her counter. In the mean while, the second respondent lodged a criminal complaint on 20.04.2008 against the petitioner, his father, mother, Maternal uncle , Sister Amudha and sister's husband for offences punishable under sections 498 A, 406 and 506(ii) I.P.C. R/w 4 and 6 of Dowry Prohibition Act . 

In the faimly court, settlement was arrived at, whereby the second respondent has received a sum of Rs.6,00,000/- (Rupees Six lakhs only) towards permanent alimony before the family court. She had agreed to withdraw the case initiated by her in crime no.3 of 2005 on the file of the first respondent. Mutual agreement for separation was filed before the family Court, which is as follows:

"WHEREAS during the pendency of both cases, the parties entered into mediation and decided to move the petition for divorce by mutual consent under the conditions mentioned hereunder:


The First Party Arun has agreed to pay Rupees 6,00,000/-(Six Lakhs only) towards one time settlement of permanent alimony and maintanance to the second party, Radhika. The said amount of Rs.6,00,000/- (Rupees Six Lakhs only) shall be given by way of demand draft at the time of enquiry in the mutual consent O.P. Demand Draft No.471597 dated 27.07.2006 drawn on Bank of Baroda, Alwarpet Branch, Chennai.

The Second party Radhika shall receive the demand draft at the time of recording evidence before the family Court.

The Second party Radhika has agreed to withdraw the police complaint and not to proceed with any other complaint against the first party or his family members.
The parties further undertake to restrain from interfering with each other life in any manner.

The parties shall abide by their undertaking without any deviation."

3.The receipt acknowledging the payment of Rs.6,00,000/- (Rupees Six Lakhs Only) to the second respondent is also enclosed in the type set dt.18.11.2008 along with this petition. The second respondent has also addressed a letter to the Inspector of Police, Teynampet Police Station expressing her willingness to withdraw the complaint on the ground that due to domestic feud, she had lodged the complaint.

4. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in B.S.Joshi V.State of Haryana, 2003(3) CTC 54:AIR 2003 SC 1386, has held that:
"The decision of Supreme Court in Madhu Limaye V.State of Maharashtra, AIR 1978 SC 47: 1978 Cri.L.J.165 does not lay down any general proposition limiting power of quashing the criminal proceedings or F.I.R. Or Complaint as vested in Section 482 or extraordinary power under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, if for the purpose of securing the ends of justice,quashing of FIR becomes necessary, Section 320 would not be a bar to the exercise of power of quashing. It is, however, a different matter depending upon the facts and circumstances of each case whether to exercise or not such a power"

5. In the same decision , the Apex Court has held that in matrimonial matters, it is the duty of the Court to encourage genuine settlement of disputes. It is also observed by the Apex Court in the very same decision that:
"14....the hyper-technical view would be counter productive and would act against interest of women and against the object for which this provision was added. There is every likelihood that non-exercise of inherent power to quash the proceedings to meet the ends of justice would prevent women from settling earlier. That is not the object of Chapter XX-Aof Indian penal Code."

6.The Honourable Supreme Court of India ultimately quashed the First Information Report registered on the basis of the Complaint given by the wife against her husband and his relatives for the alleged offence under Section 498-A,I.P.C. In view of the amicable settlement arrived at between the parties.

7. In yet another decision in a similar state of facts and situation in Mohd.Shamin V.Nahid Begum, 2005 AIR SCW 332, the Apex Court has held that the proceedings initiated against the husband for the alleged offence under Sections 406 and 498-A read with 34, I.P.C. Is liable to be quashed in view of the agreement of settlement arrived at between the parties.

8. In both the decisions cited supra, the Apex Court quashed the proceedings in spite of the fact that Section 498-A is not compoundable.

9. The facts of the above said two decisions of the Apex Court cited supra, squarely applicable to the facts of the case and in both the cases the accused were facing charge for the alleged offence under Sections 498-A, I.P.C. And the Apex Court has quashed the proceedings considering the amicable settlement between the parties."

10. In this case, in view of the settlement arrived at between the parties to the matrimonial dispute in the Family Court to secure the ends of justice quashing of the F.I.R becomes necessary. Accordingly the FIR in Cr.No.31 of 2005 is quashed.

arr

To


1.The Inspector of Police,
All Women Police Station,
Teynampet,
Chennai- 600 018.

2. The Public Prosecutor,
High Court of Madras,
Chennai


Source: http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/393270/