When the charge sheet is submitted, the trial court should consider the merits of the case instead of quashing the entire criminal proceeding. Specific allegations against the accused should be considered, and the trial court should assess the sufficiency of material to frame charges.

JUDGMENT :

1. Heard the parties.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioner no.3 –Sanjay Kumar Singh has died and files a photocopy of the death certificate of the petitioner no.3.

3. Let the photocopy of the death certificate of the petitioner no.3 - Sanjay Kumar Singh be kept in the record.

4. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners does not press this criminal miscellaneous petition so far as the petitioner no.3 - Sanjay Kumar Singh is concerned.

5. Accordingly, this criminal miscellaneous petition is dismissed as not pressed; so far as the petitioner no.3 - Sanjay Kumar Singh is concerned.

6. So far as the petitioner nos. 1 & 2 are concerned, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner nos. 1 & 2 that this criminal miscellaneous petition has been filed invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 Cr.P.C. with a prayer for quashing the entire criminal proceeding in connection with G.R. Case No. 2558 of 2021 arising out of Jagarnathpur P.S. Case No. 441 of 2020 including the order dated 01.09.2021, passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate, Ranchi in the said G.R. Case No. 2558 of 2021 arising out of Jagarnathpur P.S. Case No. 441 of 2020 whereby the learned Magistrate has taken cognizance for the offences punishable under Section 498A/377/34 of the Indian Penal Code as well as Section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.

7. The allegation against the petitioner nos. 1 & 2 is that the petitioner no.1 being the sister-in-law (Nanad) and the petitioner no.2 being the mother-in-law of the informant –Madhuri Singh treated her with cruelty in connection of demand of dowry, being not satisfied with the dowry of Rs.9,00,000/- and as per the instruction of the husband of the informant, an amount of another Rs.1,00,000/- was transferred to the friend of the husband of the informant namely Rajesh Kumar Singh and another amount of Rs.1,00,000/- was transferred to the another friend of the husband of the informant namely Pravin Kumar and further an amount of Rs.5,50,000/- was transferred to the bank account of brother-in-law (Devar) of the informant namely Raj Roshan Bhadoria and a cash of Rs.1,51,000/- was handed over to the husband of the informant and the said amount of dowry demand was met due to pressure and demand made. Besides the cash amounts, jewelries and other consumer durable items and furniture as well as utensils were given. After the marriage, the informant went to her in-laws house immediately. After the marriage of the informant, inter-alia, the petitioner no.2 and the petitioner no.1 along with other relatives of the husband of the informant ill-treated the informant, assaulted her, tortured her mentally and physically and treated her as a servant instead of a newly married bride. The petitioners used to assault the informant with hand as well as by throwing slippers at her and at the instance of the sister-in-law (Nanad) of the informant namely Nisha Singh, the petitioners and others were calling the informant a lame person and were coercing the informant to bring a vehicle from her father. The petitioners did not give food to the informant even for a couple of days; on several occasions. The father of the informant inter-alia upon the pressure from the petitioner no.1 after his retirement took loan from the bank and purchased one Maruti Wagon R VXI Car and gave it to the husband of the informant and only after that the husband of the informant came to Ranchi and took the informant and the new vehicle to the in-laws house of the informant. Thereafter, the informant became pregnant and was unable to do the household works and inter-alia, the petitioner no.2 sent the informant to her paternal house at Ranchi and told that the informant must deliver a son or else she should die at Ranchi. The informant was blessed with a son on 21.06.2019 but no one came from her matrimonial house and all the expenses were met by the retired