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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
CHANDRA SHEKHAR JHA
Punam Gupta @ Punam Devi, Wife of Bikash Gupta – Appellant
Versus
State of Bihar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.
Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned APP appearing on behalf of the State duly assisted by learned counsel appearing for informant.
2. The present application has been filed by the petitioners for quashing of the order of cognizance dated 14.11.2019 as passed learned S.D.J.M., Siwan in Siwan Town P.S. Case No.184 of 2018, whereby the learned Jurisdictional Magistrate has taken cognizance for the offences punishable under Sections 498-A read with 34 of the Indian Penal Code (in short ‘IPC’) and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act against the petitioners and others.
3. The brief case of prosecution as per written information of the informant/opposite party no. 2 that her marriage got solemnized at Siwan on 03.12.2016 with one Subodh Kumar Gupta and after her bidaai, she went to her sasural at Village-Chhajan, Muzaffarpur but, after few days of her marriage, the mother-in-law, the father-in-law, the sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law started accusing the informant of cheating their son, who is working as Chartered Accountant (C.A.), as they loosed offered dowry of Rs. 50 Lacs from others. The informant responded aforesaid that
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