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CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA
Juli Kumari – Appellant
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State of Bihar – Respondent
Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.—Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned A.P.P. for the State duly assisted by learned counsel for the opposite party no. 2.
2. The present application has been filed for quashing of the order dated 25.07.2015 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Danapur whereby the learned Jurisdictional Magistrate has taken cognizance for the offences punishable under Sections 494 and 498-A read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) and process has been issued against the petitioners in connection with Rupashpur P.S. Case No.70 of 2015.
3. The case of the prosecution as per FIR is that the husband of complainant has solemized second marriage with another girl illegally with the help of the petitioners and other co-accused persons named in the FIR. Informant, namely Sindhu Devi, alleged that her marriage was solemnized with one Sri Ashutosh Kumar on 27.02.2009 in accordance with Hindu Rites and Rituals. She further alleged that a baby girl was born on 21.02.2010 from said wedlock. Informant further stated that on 18.03.2015, she along with her father got information that her husband solemnized second marriage with one Mintu Kum
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