S. Muralidhar, J.

1. The prayer in this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) is for the quashing of the Complaint Case No. 1800/1 titled Vandana v. Puneet Kumar pending in the Court of the learned Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) and all proceedings consequent thereto including the summoning order dated 6th October 2007.

2. The petitioner is the nandoi of the complainant, i.e., the husband of the sister of the complainants husband. He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in the Kerala cadre. He is presently posted as Agricultural Secretary in the Government of Kerala. The petitioner avers that the marriage of the petitioners wife brother with the Respondent No. 1 Vandana was solemnized in February 2002. A few months thereafter differences arose between the Respondent No. 1 and her husband. Consequently, she left the matrimonial home and began living with her parents. On 10th April 2003, the Respondent No. 1 got registered FIR No. 263 of 2003 at Police Station (P.S.) Rajouri Garden under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC against her husband, in-laws as well as the petitioner and his wife. That FIR in turn led to a fling of series of