Order

Leave granted.

2. The two appeals filed by five accused (three in one case and two in another) arise out of two identical orders passed by the Madras High Court on 7.8.2003 and 21.8.2003 dismissing the petitions filed by them under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code (‘Cr.P.C.’, for short) by which a prayer was made to quash the charge-sheet and the consequential proceedings in C.C.No. 72/2002 on the file of the Judicial Magistrate III, Tiruchirapalli (‘Trichy’ for short), Tamil Nadu State. The wife of the 1st appellant in the appeal arising out of SLP (Crl.) No. 5735/2003, filed a complaint on 23.6.1999 with the All Women Police Station, Trichy alleging the commission of offences under Sections 498-A and 406 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act. Allegations were made in the said complaint against the husband, the in-laws, husband’s brother and sister, who were all the petitioners before the High Court and the appellants herein. After registration of the F.I.R. and investigation, the charge-sheet was filed by the Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Trichy on 28.12.2001 in the Court of the Judicial Magistrate-III, Trichy. T