( 1 ) THIS petition under Section 482 of the Code by the husband, his parents, brother and sister-in-law, is directed against proceedings in a complaint filed by the wife s father against them for offences "under Section 2 and 3" of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 and the order of the learned Additional Sessions Judge reversing in revision the order of the trial court by which the trial court dismissed the complaint on the ground that the "offences" alleged were not committed at Delhi, and had, if at all, been committed at Jullundur, and the Delhi Court, therefore, had nojurisdiction to entertain or tiy the complaint.

( 2 ) KAMLESH and Madan Lal, the first petitioner herein, were married at Delhi. Their marital life had apparently been unhappy, either because of persistent demand for gifts from the wife s in-laws, as alleged by one party, or because of incompatibility and other reasons, as is the contention of the other. Be that as it may, on or before October 1, 1982, Madan Lal, the husband filed proceedings in a Jullundur Court, which is the situs of the matrimonial home, for a decree of divorce, inter alia, on the ground of cruelty, based on allegations that the