Ishwar Chand Sharma v. State of U.P.

Supreme Court of India2026 INSC 587

Bench: Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi, Justice R. Mahadevan

Continuation of criminal trial based on vague, omnibus, and improbable allegations in matrimonial disputes amounts to abuse of process. POCSO Act cannot be weaponized by estranged spouses using children as tools.