JUDGMENT :

(Alok Kumar Verma, J.)

1. Applicants-accused persons Jeet Ram Dhoni, Smt. Draupadi Devi and Manoj Dhoni invoked the inherent jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (in short, “the Code”) to quash the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.112 of 2018 “State vs. Manoj Dhoni and Others”, pending before the Court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Haldwani, District Nainital.

2. Informant Smt. Jyoti, respondent no.2, lodged a First Information Report stating that she was married to Manoj Dhoni, applicant no.3, on 02.03.2016. They have a son, aged about three months. Her husband is an Assistant Professor. Jeet Ram Dhoni, applicant no.1 and Smt. Draupadi Devi are her father-in-law and mother-in-law respectively. They pressurized her to give dowry. Her father took loans from bank and other people and gave dowry. About 15 days before the marriage, her in-laws demanded a Swift Dzire car. Her father bought the said car after taking a loan from the bank and gave it to them. At the time of marriage, she was doing her B.Pharma and now she is in 4th year. She has to take the permission of her in-laws on what to eat, what to wear and wh