JUDGMENT

This is an application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to quash the First Information Report in Crime No. 355/2020 dated 12th November, 2019 registered with Ramanand Police Station, Dist. Jalgaon and consequent criminal proceeding being RCC No. 66/2021 pending on the fle of learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Jalgaon, for offences punishable under Sections 498A, 323, 504, 406, 506 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 3 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned APP for the State and learned counsel for respondent No. 2. We have perused the record and considered the submissions advanced by learned counsel for the respective parties.

3. The scope and power of the High Court to quash the First Information Report or criminal proceedings under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is well settled.

The Hon’ble Supreme Court in State of Haryana and others vs. Bhajan Lal and others, AIR 1992 Supreme Court Cases 335 has laid down the guidelines that must be adhered to while exercising its inherent powers under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to quash the First Information