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GURPAL SINGH AHLUWALIA
Rishi Bajaj S/o Shri Kishanlal Bajaj – Appellant
Versus
State Of Madhya Pradesh Through Police Station Stationganj, District Narsinghpur (Madhya Pradesh) – Respondent
ORDER :
This application under Section 482 of Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashment of FIR in Crime No.52/2024 registered at Police Station Stationganj, District Narsinghpur for offence under Sections 498-A, 294, 323, 506 of IPC and under Section 3/4 of Dowry Prohibition Act.
2. Applicant No.1 is the husband, applicant No.2 is father-in-law, applicant No.3 is mother-in-law and applicant No.4 is sister-in-law of respondent No.2. The FIR has been challenged on the ground that allegations leveled against all the applicants are omnibus in nature and no specific role has been assigned to anybody and there is unexplained delay of 4.5 months in lodging of FIR and impugned FIR is nothing but a counter-blast to the action of applicant No.1 in filing divorce petition.
3. According to the prosecution case, respondent No.2 lodged the FIR on the allegations that she got married to applicant No.1 on 27/06/2023 in accordance with Hindu rites and rituals. Immediately after the marriage, her husband, mother-in-law and father-in-law started misbehaving with her and on trivial issues they were threatening that they would leave her. Applicant No.4, who is residing in Mumbai was also instigating the applic
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