The Telangana High Court quashed a dowry and domestic violence case filed by a father-in-law against his U.S.-based son-in-law, holding that the prosecution—though initiated prior to the foreign divorce—was pursued despite the divorce and settlement, and suffered from hearsay evidence and fatal jurisdictional defects under Section 188 CrPC.

The Supreme Court reaffirmed that criminal proceedings under Section 498A IPC and Dowry Prohibition Act cannot be sustained against in-laws on the basis of vague and omnibus allegations lacking specific instances or particulars, and quashed the case against the mother-in-law and father-in-law.