ORDER :

The petitioners in the subject petition call in question proceedings in C.C.No.3121 of 2021 pending on the file of the II Additional Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Davangere arising out of Crime No.112 of 2021 registered for offences punishable under Sections 506, 498A, 504, 307, 313, 323, 354, 114 and 34 of the IPC and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

2. Brief facts as projected by the prosecution are as follows:-

Before embarking upon consideration of the facts in the case it is appropriate to notice the relationship between the protagonists in the alleged episode of crime. 2nd respondent is the complainant and 1st petitioner/accused No.1 is her husband; 2nd petitioner/accused No.2 is her father-in-law; 3rd petitioner/accused No.3 is her mother-in-law; 4th petitioner/accused No.4 is the grand-mother of the petitioner/husband; 5th petitioner/ accused No.5 is the brother of the 1st petitioner; 6th petitioner/ accused No.6 is the sister-in-law; 7th petitioner/accused No.7 is sister-in-law’s husband and 8th petitioner/accused No.8 is a distant relative of petitioner No.1.

3. The 1st petitioner and the complainant got married on 24-10-2020. The relationship of th