Wife's obscene TikTok videos do not justify inflicting cruelty on her: SC

A man, whose wife has registered an FIR against him for cruelty, sought anticipatory bail from the top court, which was denied

The Supreme Court on Friday declined a man's plea for an anticipatory bail in a case of cruelty with his wife, rejecting his claim that she had made 300 obscene TikTok videos.

A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian told a counsel appearing for Rajasthan-based Nirmal Kumar that her client was a cruel man and he should not expect any relief from court.

While the petitioner’s counsel denied the cruelty charge, the bench said his wife has called him cruel in her complaint and the court was merely citing it.

The counsel then claimed that the wife has allegedly made “300 Tik-Tok videos” which were obscene in nature.

But this does not mean that the man should commit any kind of cruelty on his wife, the bench said, adding, "Even if she has done that, still you do not mistreat her like that."

As the petitioner’s counsel urged for relief, the Chief Justice replied, “You divorce her if you could not get along, there is no need for cruelty.”

The petitioner’s counsel then said the FIR registered against her client was one-sided. To this, the court replied that FIRs are always one-sided and there has never been a joint FIR filed by both sides.