India, Nov. 4 -- The Delhi High Court on Monday held that a man cannot be booked for cruelty towards his wife solely on the allegation that he took away her jewellery.

A bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna delivered the verdict while dealing with a petition filed by a 66-year-old man seeking quashing of FIR registered against him by his wife under various sections of Indian Penal Code, including section 498A (husband or relative of a husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 406 (criminal breach of trust).

In the present case, the man, a practising advocate, met the woman and assisted her in a divorce. However, following her divorce, the two married in August 2007. The woman later complained about the man, alleging that he had...