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IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR
GURPAL SINGH AHLUWALIA
Nitish Umariya, S/o. Shri Dindayal Umariya – Appellant
Versus
State Of Madhya Pradesh, Through Police Station Harda, District Harda, M.P. (Madhya Pradesh) – Respondent
ORDER :
GURPAL SINGH AHLUWALIA, J.
1. This application under section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for quashment of FIR in Crime No.396/2019 registered at Police Station Harda, District Harda for the offence under sections 498-A, 506, 34 of I.P.C. read with section 3/4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act.
2. The applicant No.1 namely Nitish Umariya is husband, applicant No.2 Ashwini Umariya is elder brother-in-law, applicant No.3 Vaishali Umariya is wife of applicant No.2, applicant No.4 Sunita Umariya is mother-in-law whereas applicant No.5 Deen Dayal Umariya is father- in-law of respondent No.2. It is submitted by counsel for the petitioner that earlier respondent no.2 had lodged an FIR against the applicant No.1 for offence under section 354D of IPC read with section 66C of the Information Technology Act on the allegations that the husband of the respondent No.2 is in habit of watching messages of her Facebook and also of Email Account. It was also alleged that husband of the respondent No.2 was using her Facebook id and Gmail id without her permission and consent. He was doing so by alleging that respondent No.2 is in relationship with other person and he has proof of the same. On 1.7.2018
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