1. The first information report (FIR) no.337/09 was registered on 13.07.2009 at the instance of the third respondent in these proceedings alleging offences punishable under Sections 498A, 504 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC), apparently on the basis of a complaint lodged under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr. PC), in police station Serampore District Hooghly, West Bengal under the directions of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM), Serampore, District Hooghly, in the State of West Bengal. It appears from the copy of the said FIR and the other documents on record that the third respondent, a native of district Hooghli in the State of West Bengal had, inter alia, claimed in her complaint that she had entered into a marriage with Sh. Prashant Meena, son of the first petitioner, according to vedic rites and customs on 10.02.2009 at a temple in New Delhi.

2. By the petition at hand, invoking criminal writ jurisdiction of this court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, presented in February 2010, the petitioners prayed for the above-said FIR to be quashed or, in the alternative, for a writ of mandamus to be issued directing t