The Supreme Court declared that a man cannot be denied a job by the government simply because he was involved in a case of cruelty with his wife a couple of years ago, Deccan Chronicle reported.
According to a panel of Justices M R Shah and C T Ravikumar, whatever happened in 2001, the criminal case for the offence under Section 498A resulted in an acquittal in 2006.
The appellant’s appointment in 2013-2014 should not be refused. The Supreme Court granted Pramod Singh Kirar’s appeal against a Madhya Pradesh High Court division bench decision that overturned a single bench order denying him employment as a police constable because he was facing a charge under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.
“The offence for which he was tried ultimately resulted in an acquittal had arisen out of the matrimonial dispute which ultimately ended in a settlement out of the court,” the apex court bench said while giving the ruling.
Under the circumstances and in the unique facts of the case, the man could not have been denied the appointment solely on the grounds that he was tried for the offence under Section 498A of the IPC and that too, for the offence alleged to have occurred in the year 2001 for which he was even acquitted in the year 2006 may be on settlement (between husband and wife), the court added.
When someone is accused of a crime, they are arrested and criminal charges are filed against them in a court of law. Unless the defendant is found guilty by a Judge’s ruling, the criminal charge does not result in a conviction.
