JUDGMENT :

Chandra Shekhar Jha, J.

Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the parties.

2. Present petition is being filed on behalf of the petitioner for quashing of entire proceeding including order dated 03.11.2023 initiated under Complaint Case 1187 of 2022 whereby and where under Ld. C.J.M Katihar directed O.P no.2 to reside separately but with harassing approach the petitioner again implicated by O.P no. 2 through instant complaint case as lodged under section 12 of the protection of women from domestic violence Act 2005.

3. That the prosecution case as alleged through complaint is that O.P no.2 is the married wife of the petitioner and their marriage was solemnized on 22.04.2019 and on said occasion dowry of Rs. 25 lakh was paid to the petitioner. Thereafter, the O.P no.2 joined her matrimonial home on 23.04.2019, where petitioner and his father misbehaved with her. It is further alleged that during stay at matrimonial home the petitioner never established sexual relation with O.P. No. 2 and thus she was put in extreme mental and physical cruelty. It is further alleged that petitioner and other family members further demanded dowry of Rs 10 lakh from the parents of O.P. No.