JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Sri Ratnesh Kumar Jaiswal, learned counsel for the applicants and Dr. S.B.Maurya, learned AGA-I, for the State.

2. The instant application has been moved on behalf of the applicants with the prayer to quash the entire criminal proceedings of Complaint Case No. 4 of 2019, under Section 498-A IPC and Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act, pending in the court of Additional Civil Judge (Junior Division) Court No.5, Mirzapur as well as summoning order dated 30.9.2021.

3. The brief facts of the case for the purposes of present application are that opposite party no.2 is the wife of applicant no.3 and applicant no.1 is her father-in-law while applicant no.2 is her cousin father-in-law. Opposite party no.2 moved an application under Section 156(3) Cr.P.C. against the applicants on 11.10.2018 which was treated by the court below as a criminal complaint and after recording the statement of opposite party no.2 under Section 200 Cr.P.C. and her witnesses under Section 202 Cr.P.C. summons were issued against the applicants on 30.9.2021 under Section 498-A IPC and Section 3/4 Dowry Prohibition Act.

4. Learned counsel for the applicants submitted that he is pressing the instant appli