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Relatives named without a specific act

“My parents are named for nothing.”

Can relatives named in a 498A case with no specific act get it quashed?

In short. A relative named with no specific act attributed to them can ask the High Court to cancel the case. Cancelling a case at the start, because it is legally hollow, is called quashing. The application should say what each person is alleged to have actually done, and show that nothing is alleged against them.

General information, not advice on your case. Please speak to your own lawyer, or to your District Legal Services Authority, about your case.

Last updated 17 October 2026.

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  1. A relative named with no specific act attributed to them can ask the High Court to cancel the case.
  2. Cancelling a case at the start, because it is legally hollow, is called quashing.Section 482 CrPC / Section 528 BNSS: cancelling a case at the start
  3. The application should say what each person is alleged to have actually done, and show that nothing is alleged against them.
What backs it up. The Supreme Court has said vague complaints naming a whole family, with no specific act, must be stopped at the start.Preeti Gupta v. State of Jharkhand (2010) 7 SCC 667. Dara Lakshmi Narayana v. State of Telangana, 2024 SCC OnLine SC 3682 (10 December 2024). Read the source
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