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In her dying declaration to the police, she said her husband harassed her because he had an extramarital relationship with a woman from Satna Police investigated the case and chargesheeted both Avinash and the woman. JABALPUR/BHOPAL: A woman can’t be prosecuted in a case of dowry harassment and culpable homicide just because she had an extramarital relationship with the man whose wife committed suicide due to alleged harassment, the Madhya Pradesh high court held on Wednesday.The case dates back to 2015 when Pratima Singh , wife of Avinash Singh, allegedly committed suicide on December 14 that year. The trial court also framed charges against both of them under IPC Sections 304 (culpable homicide) and 498A (wilful conduct that is likely to drive wife to suicide).The woman moved the high court challenging the trial court order to frame charges against her.On Wednesday, a singlejudge bench of Justice Anjuli Palo asked for the deletion of the woman’s name from the chargesheet and observed that she could not be charged with dowry harassment and culpable homicide just because she had an extramarital relationship with the victim’s husband..