K.H.N. Kuranga, C.J.

1. The petitioners have in this petition filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure prayed for quashing of the proceedings in Criminal Case No. 234 of 1999 pending on the file of the learned Judicial Magistrate, First Class, Raipur for trial for the offences punishable under Sections 498A and 323 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

The petitioners have stated in the petition as follows :--

"(1) The marriage of petitioner No. 1 Chandra Kiran with petitioner No. 2 Ajay was solemnised at Mahasamund on 15-2-1994. The couple were living happily and peacefully but at the instigation of her parents and with a view to get her husband separated from the joint family she lodged FIR on 12-1-1996 with Mahasamund Police alleging commission of offences under Sections 498A and 323 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code.

(2) That, the petitioner No. 4 Anand Ram is the father-in-law and petitioner No. 3 Sushila Choudhary is the mother-in-law of petitioner No. 1. Petitioner No. 5 Smt. Lekha Hirvani is the Nanad (sister-in-law.) of petitioner No. 1.

(3) The present petition for quashing the criminal proceedings is being preferred because of subseq