1. Bhupinder Kaur, Roop Singh and Pradeep Kaur, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law, respectively, of Smt. Ranjit Kaur (hereinafter referred to as the complainant-wife) have filed the present petition under S. 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter referred to as the Code) for quashing of F.I.R. No. 21 dated 9-8-1997, registered at Police Station Sadar Khanna, under S. 498-A of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as IPC).

2. The aforesaid F.I.R. was lodged on the basis of complaint made by the complainant-wife, who was married to Jaswant Singh son of Bhupinder Kaur petitioner No. 1 in the year 1994. The aforementioned FIR was registered against Jaswant Singh, Amarjit Singh, Bhupinder Kaur, Harbans Singh and Pardeep Kaur, who are husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law of the complainant-wife. However, the name of Roop Singh does not find mention in the said FIR, though he is also apprehending his implication in this case. The aforesaid persons, who have been arrayed as accused, consist the entire family of Amarjit Singh. However, the present petition has been filed only by three persons, named above.

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