ORDER :

Leave granted.

High Court of Allahabad has declined to exercise its powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C. to quash criminal proceedings in Case No. 9171 of 2009 titled State of U.P. and Ors. v. M.L. Gupta & Ors. for offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act arising out of Crime Case No. 2689 of 2009 registered at police station, Nawabad, District Jhansi. The appellants who happen to be the parents in law of complainant-Ms. Neha Gupta-respondent No. 2 in these proceedings have assailed the said order in the present appeal.

2. It is in our view unnecessary to recapitulate the entire factual backdrop in which the controversy arises. All that need be mentioned is that appellant's son-Mayank Gupta married the complainant-respondent No. 2 on 29.06.2005 at Jhansi. The relationship between the parties appears to have remained embittered from the very beginning on account of the alleged harassment of the respondent by the appellants and their son for dowry resulting in multiple legal proceedings between the parties against each other in different courts and jurisdictions. While Mr. Mayank Kumar Gupta, the husband who is settled