Judgment

S. Shah Mohammed Quadri, J.-Leave is granted.

This appeal is from the judgment and order of the High Court of Rajas­than at Jabalpur in S.B.Crl. Revision No. 316/96 dated March 17, 1998 setting aside the order of discharge passed in favour of the appell­ants by the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jodhpur on April 23, 1996.

2. The facts giving rise to this appeal may briefly be noted here.

3. Appellant No. 1 married the respondent in accordance with the Hindu rites on May 20, 1986. They were blessed with a girl on January 2, 1988. The respondent, in the complaint filed before the Court on October 18, 1995, alleged that she was beaten up by her husband, mother-in-law and sisters-in-law as her parents failed to satisfy the demand of dowry and ultimately she was pushed out of the house on October 13,1988. The complaint was filed against the appellants under Sections 498-A, 406 IPC read with Section 6 of the Dowry Prohibition Act before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Jodhpur, under Sec­tion 190(1) Cr.P.C., who ordered investigation by police. The police investigated the complaint under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. and submitted charge-sheet (final report) under Section 498-A