Regarding the case, Justice Nagaprasanna said it was a clear abuse of legal process and the LOC was “used as a weapon”. (Representative/AP Photo)
The wife claimed in her complaint that her husband “denied her French fries, rice and meat shortly after she gave birth to the child.”
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday helped a man facing charges under Section 498A (cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly denying his wife french fries.
Justice M Nagaprasanna, who was hearing the case, noted that the complaint against the man was very trivial and therefore, the investigation into the case was stayed.
“Allowing any investigation against the husband would amount to an abuse of legal process and would emphasize the wife's allegation that she did not eat French fries at the relevant premises,” the High Court said in making its order at the time. Therefore, there should be an interim stay order on all investigations against the husband.
The court also allowed the man to travel to the United States to work, provided he accepted an undertaking that he would cooperate with investigating authorities and not “disappear.”
He filed a petition claiming that the complaints against him were frivolous and he therefore sought a stay on the investigation.
His advocate told the court that the wife had filed a complaint under IPC Section 498A against the man and his parents. The court had earlier suspended the investigation into the parents.
The lawyer further submitted that his client was employed in the United States and he was unable to return to work as the jurisdictional court issued a Notice of Attention (LOC) against him following a complaint filed by his wife.
The wife claimed in her complaint that her husband “denied her French fries, rice and meat shortly after she gave birth to the child.”
The husband, on the other hand, argued that during the six years they lived in the United States before the birth of the child, the wife always made him do all the housework.
“When she is not on the phone, she is watching Pakistani TV series,” the man said in his reply to the court.
Referring to the case, Justice Nagaprasanna said it was a clear abuse of legal process and the LOC was being “used as a weapon”, bar and bench The report states.
The court further noted that the entire complaint seemed frivolous and was inclined to allow the man to travel to the United States to fulfill his professional commitments.
