The law which was passed as a boon for women has started becoming a curse for others. Oftenwhen we read a headline in the newspaper talking about any cruelty against a woman like “womanbeing tortured by husband and in laws lodges a complaint against them”, we automatically labelthe husband as the accused and the wife as the victim. these misuse can be prevented .ways to prevent it:1)With the increase in the misuse of anti- dowry laws, the Government has proposed to make fewamendments in the section 498-A in order to make the offence “compoundable”, which means thatthe couple will have the provision of recollection and settlement, if the court allows, and maybe“bailable”2)“The magistrate, while authorising detention of the accused shall peruse the report furnished bythe police officer in terms of Section 41 and only after recording its satisfaction, the magistratewill authorize detention.3)the Supreme Courthas directed the State Governments to instruct police “not to automatically arrest when a caseunder Section 498A of IPC is registered but to satisfy themselves about the necessity for arrestunder the parameters (check list) provided under Section 41 of criminal of criminal procedurecode.

The law which was passed as a boon for women has started becoming a curse for others. Oftenwhen we read a headline in the newspaper talking about any cruelty against a woman like “womanbeing tortured by husband and in laws lodges a complaint against them”, we automatically labelthe husband as the accused and the wife as the victim. these misuse can be prevented .ways to prevent it:1)With the increase in the misuse of anti- dowry laws, the Government has proposed to make fewamendments in the section 498-A in order to make the offence “compoundable”, which means thatthe couple will have the provision of recollection and settlement, if the court allows, and maybe“bailable”2)“The magistrate, while authorising detention of the accused shall peruse the report furnished bythe police officer in terms of Section 41 and only after recording its satisfaction, the magistratewill authorize detention.3)the Supreme Courthas directed the State Governments to instruct police “not to automatically arrest when a caseunder Section 498A of IPC is registered but to satisfy themselves about the necessity for arrestunder the parameters (check list) provided under Section 41 of criminal of criminal procedurecode.