JUDGMENT

R.K. Pattanaik, J. - Instant petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is at the behest of petitioner for quashing of the criminal proceeding in T.R. No.56 of 2019 pending in the file of learned Special Judge-cum-Sessions Judge, Nayagarh corresponding to Special G.R. Case No.112 of 2017 arising out of Khandapada P.S. Case No.227 of 2017 on the grounds inter alia that the same is untenable in law.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the informant lodged a written report at Khandapada P.S. alleging therein that after the death of her husband, she is living with daughters and maintaining her livelihood by having a herd of goats and in so far as the petitioner is concerned, who is a veterinary doctor, developed relationship with an assurance to keep her as his second wife. It is further alleged that thereafter the petitioner married another women and when it was protested by her, she was subjected to threat with dire consequences. The details of the other incidents which happened with the informant stand described in said report. As a result of lodging the FIR, Khandapada P.S. Case No.227 dated 22nd November, 2017 was registered under Sections 420, 493, 417, 406 and 506 IPC and Section