1. Three of the eight persons impleaded as accused in Complaint Case No. 388 of 2004 have prayed for the quashing of the order dated 12.5.2004 passed therein by the learned Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Muzaffarpur (East), whereby he has taken cognizance of offences under Sections 498A, 323 I.P.C. and 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

2. It will not be out of place to mention here that the petitioner no. 1 is the nandosi (husband of husbands sister), petitioner no. 2 is the nanad being the wife of petitioner no. 1 and petitioner no. 3 is the unmarried nanad (husbands sister) of the complainant.

3. The complainant, Mamta Kumari, impleaded herein as O.P. No. 2, filed the aforesaid complaint on 27.4.2004 stating inter alia that her marriage with Ravi Ranjan was solemnized in the year 2003 whereat gifts worth Rs. 2 lacs and other articles worth Rs. 3 lacs were bestowed upon them. It has been alleged that a further demand of Rs. 5 lacs in cash and 2 kathas of land in the town of Muzaffarpur was subsequently demanded by the accused persons at the time of marriage but the marriage was solemnized at the intervention of the witnesses, well wishers and pleadings of her father.