ORDER :

The prayer in this Crl.M.C is as follows:

"......to quash the entire proceedings as against the petitioner/4th accused in C.C.No.116/2020 on the files of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court (Economic Offences), Ernakulam in the interest of justice."

2. The petitioner is accused No.4 in C.C.No.116/2020 on the file of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court (Economic Offences), Ernakulam. She faces charge under Section 498-A r/w Section 34 of IPC.

3. The prosecution case is as follows:

Accused No.1 is the husband of the defacto complainant. Accused No.2 is her mother-in-law. The third accused is her brother-in-law. The petitioner/accused No.4 is maintaining a live-in relationship with accused No.1. He married the defacto complainant on 31.1.2009 as per the Hindu religious rites and customs. The relationship between accused No.1 and the defacto complainant got strained. She lodged a First Information Statement before the Ernakulam Town South Police Station alleging that her husband and his relatives, including the petitioner herein, subjected her to cruelty. The Police registered FIR No.2035/2018 against the petitioner and the other accused. After completing th