JUDGMENT

Jaishree Thakur, J. - This is a petition that has been filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking to challenge the complaint No.2350 of 2015 dated 15/16.04.2015 (Annexure P-1) filed under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 as well as the summoning order dated 16.04.2015 (Annexure P-2).

2. In brief, the facts are that a marriage between respondent No.1 and Charanjit Rai, who is reflected as proforma respondent in the present proceedings, was solemnized on 22.11.2004 according to Sikh rites and ceremonies at Ludhiana and out of the wedlock, two children were born, namely Meharpreet Kaur and Sidakveer Singh, on 26.12.2005 and 28.11.2013 respectively. In the complaint, it was alleged that parents of the complainant, respondent No.1 had spent a huge amount on the marriage as per the demands made, but her in-laws i.e. petitioners herein were not satisfied with the dowry given and she was ill-treated by them. As the matter was not settled, complaint came to be filed under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, which detailed the harassment meted out to her. Aggrieved against the summoning order, petitioners namely Hazura Singh, f