JUDGMENT :

Shampa Dutt (Paul), J.

1. The present revision has been preferred praying for quashing of proceedings being G.R. Case No. 4104 of 2016 pending before the Learned Judicial Magistrate, 7th Court, Howrah, arising out of Chatterjeehat Police Station Case No. 142 of 2016 dated 27.06.2016 under Sections 498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code.

2. The petitioner’s case is that the petitioner is the father-in-law of the opposite party no.2.

3. The son of the petitioner namely Sailesh Gupta got married to the opposite party no.2. on 19.01.2012 following Hindu Rites and Customs and the said marriage was a negotiated one.

4. From the said wedlock, the son of the petitioner and the opposite party no. 2 had a male child born on 16.06.2013.

5. That despite being treated in the matrimonial home cordially and with warmth, the opposite party no. 2, for reasons best known to her could not adjust in her matrimonial home and behaved in an indifferent manner.

6. On 05.05.2015, the opposite party no. 2 left her matrimonial home and despite several requests from the end of her husband as well as other in-laws including the present petitioner, she remained adamant and did not come back.

7. When despite ferven