( 1 ) BY this petition under section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the petitioner seeks to invoke the inhereat powers of this Court to quash the proceedings initiated by her husband-respondent No. 1, under section 97 of Criminal Procedure Code before Judicial Magistrate, First Class, 5th Court, Akola. Brief facts leading to the present petition may be stated as follows :-

"the respondent No. 1-Shaligram, was married to the petitioner in 1970 at Pune. A child by name Sunil was born to the couple in February 1971 at Pune. Thereafter, the petitioner was carrying for the second time, but during the period of pregnancy, the relations between the husband and wife had strained and it is alleged by the present petitioner that she was driven out by the husband in September 1972. She was thereafter residing with her parents at Bombay, when the second child-Anil was born on 1-6-1973. According to the petitioner, she has no source of income and she and her new born child Anil were solely dependent for their maintenance and livelihood upon her parents. It is further the submission of the petitioner wife that because of the financial stringency and finding that she is unable