• Abhishek Chauhan
• Dr. Vivek Kumar

India is a country which has a very rich heritage full of diversity and women has been an important and sacred pillar in this pious place. In Ancient time every woman was worshipped and considered as epitome of a goddess. But due to the deteriorating wisdom and values of the people the status of women in the society degraded gradually. In India Women has been subjected to a lot of crimes and have suffered a lot. The Criminal Justice System of India has evolved gradually with time and been subject to several changes and amendments in the enactments in order to safeguard them from becoming victims to crimes. Earlier there were no proper laws to protect the interest and dignity of women but now there are several legislations that protect the interest and dignity of women in different places and circumstances. The better execution of laws has thus improved the approach for the women to get justice for the crimes done against them. For instance, the inclusion of Section 498A and other provisions related to cruelty in Indian Penal Code has provided the adequate resort to the women and resulted in decrease in the no. of crimes against women. But in current scenario there are plethora of instances which depict the misuse of laws and enactment as the people are falsely implicated, charged with false and malicious accusations, wrongful convictions specially in cases of crimes against women like domestic violence, dowry, cruelty, sexual offences, workplace abuse, etc. In many cases the police officers and politicians are responsible for the false accusations, fake cases and wrongful convictions of innocent people and their families in order to fulfil their own greed or for other filthy motives like corruption. The guilty person is released and instead of him an innocent person is charged with false accusations. The Criminal Justice System of India works on a famous principle that “Hundreds of Guilty may be acquitted but a single innocent person shall not be punished.” But sometimes the court fails to render justice due to the inclined legislations towards the women and practical aspects of criminal justice system of India. Hence there is a need to amend the provisions and suggest measures for proper administration of justice so that the misuse of cruelty laws and other such laws by women can be prevented thus safeguarding the interest of innocent males, husbands and their families by protecting them from false accusations and wrongful convictions in cases of cruelty and other crimes against women.

"A critical study on law relating to cruelty to women", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.71-77, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904108.pdf

"A critical study on law relating to cruelty to women", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp71-77, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904108.pdf