Supreme Court quashes FIR by woman who alleged husband lied about his job to marry her

The Supreme Court quashed an FIR against a woman who allegedly lied about her job to get married, calling it an abuse of criminal process. The bench observed that matrimonial disputes shouldn't be criminalized when they essentially involve personal or civil wrongs. The case involved allegations that the woman misrepresented her employment status before marriage, which the husband claimed amounted to cheating under IPC Section 420. The court emphasized that criminal courts aren't meant to resolve marital discord or punish perceived personal betrayals. This judgment reinforces the principle that criminal law should be invoked sparingly in matrimonial matters, reserving it for genuine offenses rather than failed relationships. The decision will help curb the growing trend of using criminal complaints as leverage in marital disputes. Lawyers welcome this as preventing unnecessary criminalization of private family matters.