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- Supreme court has ruled that a woman, who is forced to leave her matrimonial home due to dowry harassment or cruelty can file a case against her husband and in-laws, right from the place where she resides thereafter.
- She can initiate criminal proceedings under Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code without any jurisdictional constraints.
- Section 177 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) had made it compulsory that a criminal case shall be filed and the trial should be conducted in courts which had jurisdiction over where a crime occurred.
- This important judgement was delivered in the Rupali Devi vs State of Uttar Pradesh and others.
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