IPC aur Realpolitik

When I interned at a sessions court, I realized ki textbooks mein mention kiye gaye IPC sections ko kathin se kathin context mein padhna hai, lekin court mein voh section lagataar use hoti hai. Lekin, real issue yeh nahi hota, balke section ka interpretation aur application. Pehle main sochta tha ki jo section likha hai, vohi kya hota hai, lekin maine dekha ki judges ko voh section kaise apply karna hai, voh unka faisla hota hai. Pehle case jo aaya, woh section 498 (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) ka tha. Magistrate ne section ko is tarah se apply kiya ki yeh case kuchh aur tha.