Accused 3 to 6 in C.C. 376 of 1983 on the file of the Judicial First Class Magistrate No. 1, Madurai, have preferred this petition to quash the said proceeding against them under S. 482, Cr.P.C. The respondent herein filed a complaint against these petitioners and four other accused on the following allegations. The first accused is the husband of the complainant. Accused 3 and 4 are the parents of the first accused. The sixth accused is the sister of the complainant's mother. The fifth accused is the husband of the sixth accused. Accused 7 and 8 are the parents of the second accused. The complainant married the first accused on 22-8-1975 according to the caste custom and the said marriage is subsisting. There were misunderstandings between them and at the instigation of accused 3 to 6, the first accused was compelling her to give consent for his second marriage. On 25-5-1983 the first accused left the house without informing the complainant and when she questioned accused 3 and 4, they refused to divulge any information about his address. The complainant's father came to know that the first accused married the second accused at the instigation of accused 3 to 8 and in