Hyderabad, Aug. 6 -- The Telangana High Court has ruled that a dowry harassment case filed against in-laws based solely on allegations, without any concrete evidence, is not valid. The court stated that clear evidence of harassment must be presented.

The ruling came in response to a petition filed by a 74-year-old couple from Maharashtra, Govindprasad and his wife Usha Sharma, who sought to quash a case registered against them by their daughter-in-law. They argued that the case was a retaliatory action against their son.

Justice Juvvadi Sridevi, after examining the records, stated that there was no evidence to prove that the petitioners had harassed the daughter-in-law. The court observed that the case against the in-laws seemed to be a...