ORDER :

1. By this petition under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C., the applicants seek quashment of the FIR registered against them under Section 498-A of I.P.C. and Section 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.

2. Applicants No. 1, 2 and 3 are respectively husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law of the aggrieved wife/complainant, who lodged a written complaint at Police Station, Sirali on 13.03.2021, which was registered at Crime No. 72/2021, alleging that between the period 18.01.2020 to 13.03.2021, she was harassed and subjected to cruelty, both physical and mental for not bringing enough dowry. She has further stated that number of times her family members and relatives tried to intervene and mediate to resolve the issue, but to no avail. She has further stated that when she went to parental home for Rakhi, she was asked not to return without the dowry amount. Her husband and father-in-law came to Sirali on 20.08.2020 and again made a demand for money. She has made a specific allegation that her father-in-law tore the cheque of Rs.2.5 lakhs given by her father, as it was not according to their demand. On an assurance given by her father, they took the complainant back to Bhopal. Howe