India, Sept. 11 -- Actor Hansika Motwani is facing fresh legal woes after the Bombay High Court dismissed her petition to quash an FIR filed by her estranged sister-in-law, actor Muskan Nancy James. The FIR accuses Hansika and her mother Jyoti (also known as Mona) of cruelty and other criminal charges. We obtained a copy of the court's order that has dismissed Hansika's petition.

Last December, Nancy had filed an FIR against Hansika and her mother under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including 498A (dowry-related cruelty), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), and 352 (criminal intimidation and intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace).

In her complaint, Nancy alleged domestic violence that she claims ca...