1. By this application under Section 401 and 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code, accused Gharsiram has invoked the revisional and inherent powers of this Court for quashing the entire proceedings in Sessions Case No. 27 of 1982 on the file of the learned Additional Sessions Judge (1), Hanumangarh and in alternative to cancel the charge framed therein against hint under Section 302, I.P.C.

2. In order to properly appreciate the contentions of the accused, it is necessary to briefly notice the prosecution case. The deceased victim Mst. Guddi was the daughter of Kesraram Jat but was brought up in village Maniyawali by her maternal uncles Arjunnam, Lekhram and Rampratap. She was married to the accused nearly 2 or 21/2 years before her death on 19-8-1981. The marriage was performed by her material uncles. The accused and his parents (Asharam and Mst. Rukhma) did not treat her kindly. They used to beat and torture her. On the Teej festival in 1981, her maternal uncles took her to their village. She told them how she was ill-treated by the accused and his parents. After some days. accused's father Asharam went to bring her back The maternal uncles refused to send her due to the in