A. K. SIKRI, J.

( 1 ) BY means of this petition, the petitioner seeks quashing of the summoning orders passed by the Metropolitan Magistrate on 5. 2. 2000. These summoning orders are passed in the complaint filed by the respondent (hereinafter referred to as 'the complainant' ). Complainant is the wife of the petitioner. Petitioner and the complainant were married on 23. 1. 1983. They lived together for few years and three female children, namely, Kanika (aged 16 years), Anupama Satsangi (aged 15 years) and Vasundha Satsangi (aged 10 years), were born out of this wedlock. It seems that the parties could not and did not live together peacefully. Sometime in the year 1994, the petitioner herein was separated from the complainant. Thereafter, on 27. 11. 1997, the petitioner filed a petition for divorce on the ground of cruelty under section 13 (l) (ia) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act' ). In this petition, in order to prove the cruelty, the petitioner also filed, as Annexure-A,. e. tape-recorded conversation. It is alleged that this annexure contains reproduction of the conversation between the petitioner and the complainant which was recorded by t