JUDGMENT :

Kalyan Rai Surana, J.

Heard.

2. By filing this criminal petition under section 482 Cr.P.C., the petitioner has prayed for quashing of the FIR lodged by respondent no. 2, which is registered as Dispur PS Case No. 671/2022 under section 498A of the IPC.

3. The petitioner and the respondent no. 2 are related as husband and wife. The learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is an officer of the Assam Police and is currently posted as Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Zone, Guwahati.

4. The FIR contains long narration of events which allegedly took place on 18.03.2022. It would suffice to mention that as per the FIR, she saw the petitioner's vehicle outside a restaurant and when the informant entered there, she found the petitioner enjoying a chat with a lady and she prepared a video recording. All the three walked out of the restaurant and the respondent no. 2 allegedly sat inside the car of the petitioner, leaving the minor child and the maid behind. The petitioner and the respondent no. 2 then went to the house of the younger brother of the petitioner, and it is alleged that the petitioner refused to pick up their child and maid. On reaching the