I competely agree with Mr. Chugh.
You have to withdraw S.9 and file for divorce under the above said section on cruelty grounds.
What happens is, all these cases, 498A or whatever, they never go till the end. There is always a compromise/settlement and the story ends. They wife always asks for money for settlement. This money will depend on how you take up the matter. If you fight back, the other party sees that you are giving a good fight and she will be in trouble after the case starts - she will ask for some reasonable amount, but if your show your fear, the other party will ask for the moon.
She will try to hang on till she finds another "murga"...
So, hire a good lawyer and file divorce. Fight your divorce well. So when she sees that you are winnning the divorce case..she might come for a compromise..
Also, file divorce, stating that whatever she had complained in the 498A is all false. Counter every point in the complaint...So when se replies...and file an affidavit...she will again lie in her replies....then is your turn..file CrPC 340 (Perjury)..this is how you are converting a civil case into a criminal case...
In 498A, you cannot file CrPC 340 unless she come to the court for evidence, and her evidence will happen after two years and only after her evidence you can file Perjury...remember charge sheet is not evidence....so this is your chance...to show her, that filing false cases..does not work...
I have given you a strategy - which will help you arrive at a solution...being her down to your feet..
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BRING HER BACK, PLEASE THINK LOGICALLY...SHE HAS MADE YOU A CRIMINAL IN SOCIETY..HAS GIVEN YOU SO MUCH TROUBLE...NO POINT BRINGING HER BACK HOME..SHE CAN AGAIN FILE 498a AND CAUSE MORE TROUBLE...
Vikram