S.S.Sodhi, J.

1. The challenge here is to the complaint filed by the wife Sushma Rani against her husband, his parents and other relations under the Dowry Prohibition Act and Sections 406 and 498A read with Section 109 of the Indian Penal Code.

2. The marriage between the petitioner-Inderjit and respondent Sushma Rani took place on January 13, 1985. It appears that soon thereafter this marriage ran into rough weather culminating in a petition for divorce being filed against the wife by the husband-Inderjit Singh in the court of the District Judge, Ludhiana. On June 10, 1987, an ex-parte decree for divorce was granted to the petitioner-Inderjit Singh, on the ground of desertion.

3. Sushma Rani, on her part, lodged a report against the petitioners to the police on May 21, 1987 under the Dowry Prohibition Act and Section 406 of the Indian Penal Code, alleging therein that the petitioners had misappropriated the dowry given to her at the time of her marriage. This first information report was, however, cancelled under the orders of the Senior Superintendent of Police of June 6, 1987 (annexure P3), wherein, it was stated "During investigation, it was revealed that civil