( 1 ) THIS petition has been filed against the order dated 7. 1. 2004 dismissing the application of the petitioner filed pursuant to order of the High Court dated 13. 11. 2003 which challenged the order dated 29. 9. 2003 of the Magistrate framing charge under Section 498-A IPC.

( 2 ) IT is contended by counsel for the petitioner that as a result of a complaint moved before the Crime Against Women s cell dated 10. 8. 1999 an F. I. R. No. 252/2000 was registered at Police Station Vasant Kunj on 19. 04. 2000. On 19. 05. 2000 the complainant made another complaint in which she roped in additional people namely, the petitioner, her husband - Dalip Kumar, brother-in-law - Ajit Kumar, two sister-in-laws Ranjana Kumari and Neelam Kumari. The learned Metropolitan Magistrate while framing the charge vide his order dated 29. 9. 2003 discharged Ajit Kumar, Dalip Kumar, Ranjana Kumari and Neelam Kumari on the ground that the cruelty alleged is quite vague and general in nature. Further that there is no specific instance mentioned by the complainant against them. While in the case of the petitioner the learned Magistrate held that there are specific complaints against the present