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The Karnataka High Court has stayed the investigation into a case against a man for allegedly preventing his wife from eating french fries, after the delivery of their child in the US...
In his ruling, the judge remarked that continuing the investigation would amount to an abuse of the legal process...
"Allowing any investigation against the husband would become an abuse of the process of law and putting a premium on the allegations of the wife that she was not given to eat french fries at the relevant point of time..
The woman's husband, who is employed in the United States, was also granted permission to return to his job after he assured the court that he would cooperate with the investigating authorities and not evade the process...
In her complaint, the wife alleged that her husband had not allowed her to eat french fries, rice and meat shortly after the birth of their child..
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