Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973

Chapter 14 Conditions Requisite for Initiation of Proceedings

Section 198A: Prosecution of offences under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code

No Court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) except upon a police report of facts which constitute such offence or upon a complaint made by the person aggrieved by the offence or by her father, mother, brother, sister or by her father’s or mother’s brother or sister or, with the leave of the Court, by any other person related to her by blood, marriage or adoption.

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