JUDGMENT :

Manju Rani Chauhan, J.

1. Heard Sri Pawan Kumar Singh Kaushik, learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State as well as perused the entire material available on record. Learned counsel for the parties agree that the present application may be disposed of at this stage without calling for any further affidavits.

2. This application u/s 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashing the impugned charge sheet no. 290 of 2019 dated 8.11.2019 as well as cognizance order dated 26.11.2019 in Case No. 3670 of 2019 (State vs. Beena Gupta and another) arising out of Case Crime No. 327 of 2019, under Sections 498-A, 304-B IPC and Section 3, 4 Dowry Prohibition Act, Police Station Kotwali, District Ballia, pending in the Court of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ballia.

3. Before addressing on the legal aspects of the case, which have been raised, before this Court, it would be worthwhile to record the following relevant facts for deciding the present application under Section 482 Cr.P.C.:

Brief facts of the case are that a first information report has been lodged on 21.08.2019 at 23.23 p.m. by the first informant namely, Vinod Kumar Gupta, father of the deceased against