RAM MANOHAR NARAYAN MISHRA
Lakshmi Poddar @ Shikha Poddar – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. By means of instant Criminal Revision the revisionist has assailed the judgment and order dated 23.12.2023 passed by learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Court No.2 Gorakhpur in Complaint Case No.221 of 2004 (Alka Rani Vs. Rajesh Agarwal and others), whereby application for discharge under Section 245 Cr.P.C. moved by accused persons Rajesh Agarwal, Maya Devi, Lakshmi Poddar @ Shikha Poddar and Sunita Tulsyan has been dismissed by the trial court.
2. Heard Sri Anil Kumar Srivastava, Senior Advocate, assisted by Sri Ravi Yadav, learned counsel for the revisionists, Sri Yogendra Singh Yadav, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material on record.
3. The facts leading to filing of present revision are that the complainant/respondent No.2 initially moved an application under Section 156 (3) Cr.P.C. before the Court of Judicial Magistrate Ist Gorakhpur on 09.08.2004 which was registered as Misc. Application No.221 of 2004 with averments that her marriage with opposite party No.1 Rajesh Agarwal was solemnized 14.04.2002 according to hindu rites and rituals in arranged manner. She was send off to her matrimonial home after marriage. However just after her arri
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