Under Section 35 of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, respondent may obtain:

Section 35 provides that if the petitioner's adultery, cruelty or desertion is proved, "the court may give to the respondent any relief under this Act to which he or she would have been entitled" on a petition of his or her own. The respondent is not limited to defeating the petition, and the relief is matrimonial, not criminal.