The correct answer is None of the above.498A of IPC:It is related to dowry-related cases. Hence, Option 4 is correct.It says “ Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be pun­ished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.Cruelty by husband or his relatives, covered under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), makes up the largest chunk of all crimes against womenThe charge, often levelled by a wife against her in-laws in cases of dowry harassment, accounts for over 30 percent of all crimes against women.Cases under Section 498A was found to have the lowest conviction rate merely 12.1 percent among all cases of crimes against womenSection 498A has been a matter of debate over the last few yearsThe government in 2015 even attempted to make the offence compoundable. This would have allowed complainants to enter into a compromise with the accused and agree to have the charges droppedMaking the dowry law compoundable was also among the recommendations made by the Law Commission and the Justice Malimath CommitteeVarious courts, including the Supreme Court, have over the years called Section 498A as being prone to abuseIn 2014, the SC said that it had a œdubious place of pride amongst the provisions that are used as weapons rather than shield by disgruntled wives