Dhirendra Mishra, J.

1. The present petition has been filed by the applicants under Section 482 of the Cr.PC praying for quashing of the criminal proceedings initiated against them on the basis of the FIR lodged by non-applicant No. 2 herein.

2. Brief facts necessary for adjudication of this petition are that the non-applicant No. 2 submitted a written report to the Station House Officer of Police Station, Jagdalpur on 15-1 -2001 and on the basis of which after conducting preliminary enquiry Crime No. 20/2001 was registered against the applicants and the husband of non-applicant No. 2, namely Jayantilal.

3. The allegations in the written report against the applicants are that the non-applicant No. 1 was married to Jayanti Lal Jain on 6-6-91. One month after the marriage the applicants started harassing non-applicant No. 2 demanding dowry. Non-applicant No. 2 gave birth to a daughter on 16-6-92 at Jagdalpur. After birth of the daughter husband of non-applicant No. 2 Jayantilal started business at Raipur and lived there for 5-6 years with his wife and daughter. Thereafter said Jayantilal became addict to liquor etc. and left Raipur for Bangalore in the year 1998 without informing h