Citing Draupadi from Mahabharata, Delhi High Court Quashes Adultery Case Against Man

The Delhi High Court quashed an adultery case under Section 497 IPC, citing the Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Joseph Shine v. Union of India, which decriminalized adultery.

Justice Neena Bansal Krishna emphasized that the law treated women as property, drawing parallels with Draupadi's portrayal in the Mahabharata.

The case involved a husband's allegation of his wife's extramarital affair. The Court noted that consensual hotel stays don't imply sexual relations and highlighted that Supreme Court decisions apply retrospectively, as established in A.S. Gauraya v. S.N.

Consequently, the accused was discharged. (Ashok Kumar Singh v. State & Anr)