State of Maharashtra vs Mohammad Talib Abudl Majid Nawrangge and other — 245/2022

Summary The First Class Judicial Magistrate Court in Karjat acquitted all four accused under IPC Section 498(a) (cruelty against a wife) on March 30, 2026. The court found that the prosecution failed to establish sufficient evidence proving that the accused subjected the complainant to physical, mental cruelty, or forced her to leave her matrimonial home since their marriage on September 8, 2018. The judgment granted benefit of doubt to the accused, citing lack of concrete proof despite testimony from two witnesses. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.