JUDGMENT :

S.A. BOBDE, J.

1. The Appellant No. 1 Amarendu Jyoti, who is husband of Respondent No. 2 Smt. Kiran Sinha, has challenged the Order dated 19th December, 2006 passed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh in Miscellaneous Criminal Case (MCRL) No. 1104 of 2006 dismissing the Appellants application Under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the Code) and holding that the First Information Report (FIR) for offence Under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as Indian Penal Code) lodged by the Respondent No. 3 Madhusudan Sinha, was liable to be tried by the Court at Ambikapur, which has jurisdiction to try the offence. The main contention of the Appellants is that the incident of cruelty alleged by Respondent No. 2 has taken place only at Delhi, where the couple resided after which the Respondent No. 2 went to stay with her parents at Ambikapur in the State of Chhattisgarh, therefore, the Court at Ambikapur has no jurisdiction to try the alleged offence against the Appellants in the FIR Under Section 498A, Indian Penal Code, lodged by Respondent No. 3.

2. The marriage of the Appellant No. 1 to the Respondent N