1. The petitioner has filed this petition invoking the inherent powers of this court under S. 482 of the Cr. P. C. as well as supervisory powers under Art. 227 of the Constitution of India and wants to quash the process issued by the Judicial Magistrate First Class at Simla under Ss. 380, 420, 448, 500 and 501 I. P. C. before more than three years from now. i. e. on 9th July, 1975, and the subsequent proceedings which have taken place in the court of the learned Magistrate pursuant to the issue of that process.

2. Short facts of the case are that the respondent No. 1 Smt. Satya filed a complaint against the present petitioner making certain allegations to show that the petitioner played fraud and deceit on her with the result that she was induced to surrender her body to the petitioner for a number of months and ultimately she also conceived and committed abortion at the instance of the petitioner. She has further alleged that though the petitioner had performed a Gandharv style of marriage with her and had promised to perform a regular marriage subsequently, the petitioner backed out and cheated her. It is further alleged that on a certain day the petitioner took away the lett