Judgment

P. Venkatarama Reddi, J.—Leave granted and appeal heard.

2. By the impugned order, the High Court of Delhi rejected the application of the petitioners/appellants for quashing F.I.R. No. 467 of 1998 registered by the Greater Kailash Police Station in respect of the offence under Section 406 IPC. The informant (Respondent No.2) is the brother’s wife of the first appellant by name Rishi Anand presently living in Fairfax, USA and she is the daughter-in-law of the second appellant by name Raj Kumar Anand. The other two accused named in the FIR are the husband and mother-in-law of the complainant. The husband is also living in Fairfax, USA. A son was born out of the wed-lock in April 1996. Even before that, it appears the relations between the respondent and the husband & his family members became strained. Unfortunately, the marital life came to an end within 1-1/2 years after the marriage. It appears that a decree of divorce was granted on an application filed by the husband by the Circuit Court at Fairfax on 10.12.1999. The first respondent lodged a complaint with the Police on 15.1.1997. Although in the first information report, various other offences viz. under Sections 49