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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAKESH KAINTHLA
Amit Behal – Appellant
Versus
State of Himachal Pradesh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Rakesh Kainthla, J.
1. The petitioner has filed the present petition for quashing of FIR No. 30 of 2023, dated 22.09.2023, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 498A, 504 and 506 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) registered at Police Station Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, H.P.
2. Briefly stated, the facts giving rise to the present petition are that respondent No.2/informant made a complaint to the police asserting that she was married to Amit Behal on 23.01.2022 as per Hindu Rites and Customs. Her parents and relatives gave her gifts and ornaments at the time of her marriage. Her husband, father-in-law, and sister-in-law started compelling her to conceive a child three days after the marriage. She told them that her husband was serving in Bangalore, she had also passed M.Sc. Biotech, and she would think of conceiving a child after getting employment. Her father-in-law and sister-in-law instigated her husband, who started beating and abusing her. Her father-in-law sent her to Bangalore in April, where she resided with her husband for one and a half months. Her husband used to taunt her on trivial matters. He used to send her videos to his
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