The High Court of Karnataka | Photo Credit: file photo The High Court of Karnataka has quashed a criminal case registered against a man by his wife in Bengaluru city for allegedly subjecting her to cruelty by preventing her from eating French fries, rice, and meat after the delivery of a child in the U.S. The court termed the complaint as “abuse of process of law” by invoking Section 498A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Also, the court wondered how the police registered the first information report (FIR) on such a complaint without conducting a preliminary inquiry as per the guidelines of the apex court and went to the extent of preventing the husband from returning to the U.S to rejoin his job by issuing a Look-Out Circular (LOC) against him. Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order while allowing a petition filed by Abuzar A., 36, his father, mother and brother of Bengaluru. They had questioned the complaint lodged by Abuzar’s wife …