Heard Mr. S.A. Mohta, learned counsel for the applicants; Mr D.B. Yengal, learned APP for respondent No.1 and Mr. S.I. Jagirdar, learned counsel for respondent No.2.

2. Rule, returnable forthwith. With the consent of respective learned counsel, the matter is taken up for final disposal

3. By this application under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ( in short “ the Code”) the applicants pray for quashing and setting aside the FIR No.253/2010 dated 13th March 2010 reported at Old City Police Station, Akola for offence punishable under sections 307, 498A, 504 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code ( in short “ IPC”).

4. The facts in nutshell are these:-

On 13.9.2010 Mrs Aliya Afrin w/o Faisal Sohail Khan lodged FIR No. 253/2010, in which the first informant alleged that she had tied the knot with Faisal Sohail Khan, ten months prior to the incident. She was residing jointly along with her husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law etc. According to the first informant, she was constantly harassed by her husband and his near relatives for some reason or the other. When she became pregnant, her husband and in-laws insisted to get herself examined in the Hospital so as to know beforehand whether the foetus conceived by her is a male or female and if it is female they used to tell her to abort the foetus. Her husband and in-laws were also insisting upon the first informant to bring a sum of Rs. 5 lakhs from her parents to enable her in-laws to purchase a flat and get some employment for Faisal. Thus, she was subjected to ill-treatment and was assaulted time and again. As a result of this precarious condition, the first informant was constrained to reside with her parents at Khidkipura. Meanwhile, she was blessed with a babygirl who was unwell and was receiving treatment in ICU in Hospital of Dr.Kothari. On 13.9.2010 after feeding her child at midnight she was returning along with her mother, when they were on the road in front of the house of her husband and inlaws, it is alleged that her mother-in-law Farzana her husband Faisal, her father-in-law Jeemalkhan and sister in law Rukhwana, her another sister in law Farhana and Shabana came from behind them and abused her saying that they had told her ( first informant ) not to deliver a female child and assaulted her; she was also subjected to threatening. As a result of the assault, her bangles were broken and she received abrasion injuries. Her mother‘s bangles too were broken and received injuries. At that time, her mothering law had brought a plastic can containing kerosene and poured it on her person. At that time, her husband had caught hold of her and others were threatening to kill her. When she ran towards the house due to fear of her life, others were threatening to kill her; she was followed by her husband and in-laws and was assaulted. They had also thrown household articles in the house of her father. Frightened to the hilt, the first informant called people in the locality and police by shouting. Hearing the shouts, the accused took to their heels. Under these circumstances, she lodged the report at Police Station which gave rise to FIR No.253/2010 on 13.9.2010 at Old City Akola Police Station. It also appears the case of the first informant that she was threatened by her in laws and her husband because her father had made complaint at Akot Police Station, Dist. Akola about the threats given.

5. It is the contention on behalf of the applicants that the accusations levelled against them are not specific and they are bereft of details; that the accusations are made only with a view to drag the applicants to the Court in respect of the alleged crime without assigning any specific role to each of the applicants/accused in respect of the alleged incident. It is further submitted that the applicants have not committed any crime as alleged either under sections 307, 498A read with section 34 IPC etc. It is submitte