HC quashes dowry case, says nine marriages no ground to judge woman

Bengaluru, Nov 10 (UNI) The Karnataka High Court has quashed a dowry harassment case against a Hosapete-based politician, ruling that allegations of cruelty and harassment cannot sustain criminal prosecution without specific details of the alleged offences, while cautioning that a woman's nine marriages cannot be used to judge her character or automatically discredit her complaint. Justice M Nagaprasanna, allowing a criminal petition filed by Raja Hussain alias Raja, drew a clear distinction between a complainant's matrimonial history and the legal merits of her allegations, observing that the number of marriages cannot, by itself, become evidence of criminal misconduct or a…