JUDGMENT :

ALOK KUMAR VERMA, J.

1. The applicant-accused Smt. Poonam Bhagat, mother-in-law of the deceased, invoked the inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “the Code”) to quash the charge-sheet dated 18.05.2021 and summoning order dated 25.05.2021, passed in Criminal Case No. 2378 of 2021, State vs. Shivam Bhagat alias Aisvarya and Others, pending before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haridwar.

2. Facts, to the limited extent necessary, are that the informant-Mahendra Gautam, father of the deceased, lodged a First Information Report that the marriage of his daughter, namely, Smt. Yashika Gautam, was solemnized with the co-accused Shivam Bhagat on 09.12.2020. After marriage, the present applicant along with other co-accused persons started harassing and torturing her for the demand of dowry in the shape of Audi car. On 31.12.2000, the present applicant along with other co-accused persons had beaten up his daughter and kicked her out of the house. He had admitted his daughter to Dev Bhoomi Hospital, Haridwar. After a few days, his daughter’s husband, co-accused, apologized and took her back wi