The term “relative” cannot be applied to a girlfriend or mistress when filing a case under Section 498A of the IPC that deals with cruelty towards a woman by her husband or kin, the Bombay high court’s Aurangabad bench has said while quashing an FIR against a woman constable accused of harassment by the wife of a male colleague.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/aurangabad/aurangabad-girlfriend-mistress-cant-be-charged-under-cruelty-law-says-hc/articleshow/88515451.cms