J.S.Sekhon, J.

1. The petitioners have filed this criminal miscellaneous application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1974 for quashing the case registered against them vide FIR No. 76 of 1987 for the offence under Sections 406/498A, Indian Penal Code, besides under Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 , at Police Station Julana, at the instance of Mst Naraini Devi wife of Suresh Kumar petitioner.

2. Mst. Naraini Devi was married with Suresh Kumar petitioner on 10th May, 1983 at Julana Mandi, district Jind. She cohabited with her husband at Delhi for about nine months. Her father allegedly gave dowry to her in marriage according to his capacity. Shri Laxmi Narain is her father-in-law while Smt. Bharpati Devi is her mother-in-law. Dinesh Kumar petitioner No. 4 is the brother of her husband. Her in-laws also gifted some jewellery and ornaments on the occasion of her marriage. On subsequent occasions also, her father gave some more gifts to his daughter which she has kept in her husbands house at Delhi. She lodged the First Information Report alleging that the accused-petitioners are greedy persons and her parents-in-law started saying her from the