JUDGMENT :

ROHIT W. JOSHI, J.

1. The applicants in the present matter have approached this Court invoking inherent jurisdiction under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (for short, “Cr.P.C.”) initially praying to quash the First Information Report No.0005 of 2023 dated 6.1.2023 registered against them with police station Killari, District Latur and by way of amendment for quashing the proceeding bearing Regular Criminal Case No. 46 of 2023 pending before the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class Ausa, District Latur for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A, 323, 504, 506 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short, “IPC”). The informant is respondent No.2. The applicants are related to respondent No.2 as under :-

Applicant No.1 is husband, applicant No.2 is father-in-law, applicant No.3 is brother-in-law and applicant No.4- is sister-in-law. Marriage of respondent No.2 with applicant No.1 was solemnized somewhere in the year 2011. The couple is blessed with two children from the wedlock. As per the version of respondent No.2, in the First Information Report, for a period of around three years after the marriage till the birth of their girl child, the