Kamala Debnath vs State of West Bengal

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2025 Supreme(Cal) 875

IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
AJAY KUMAR GUPTA
Kamala Debnath – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner: Mr. Sourav Chatterjee, Sr.Adv., Mr. Soumya Nag, Adv., Mr. Mayukh Majumdar, Adv.
For the Respondent: Ms. Debjani Sahu, Adv.

JUDGMENT :

AJAY KUMAR GUPTA, J.

1. Petitioner Nos. 1 and 2 are the mother-in-law and father-in-law of the opposite party no. 2 of CRR No. 571 of 2016, and Petitioner in CRR No. 671 of 2016 is the husband of the opposite party no. 2.

2. The Petitioners have filed these two Criminal Revisional applications respectively under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short ‘Cr.P.C.’) seeking for quashing of the proceeding being G.R. Case No. 4524 of 2013 arising out of Barrackpore Police Station Case No. 133/2013 dated 13.09.2013 under Sections 498A/506/406/34 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 and under Sections 3 /4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act pending before the Learned Judicial Magistrate, 4th Court, Barrackpore, North 24 Parganas and all orders passed therein including the order dated 23.11.2015 thereby rejected the prayer for discharge made by the Petitioners.

FACTS OF THE CASE

3. The factual matrix, giving rise to the present Criminal Revisional applications, are as follows:-

a. The complainant/opposite party No. 2 got married to Amit Debnath on 02.12.2010 as per Hindu Rites and Customs and was registered on 05.07.2010. She lodged a written complaint before the Officer- in-Cha