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IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT JABALPUR
PRAMOD KUMAR AGRAWAL
Punit Jain – Appellant
Versus
State Of Madhya Pradesh – Respondent
ORDER :
PRAMOD KUMAR AGRAWAL, J.
The petitioners have filed the present petition under Section 528 of BNSS, 2023 for quashment of the FIR bearing No.198/2025 registered against the petitioners at Police Station Mahila Thana, District Bhopal under Sections 85, 351(2), 3(5) of BNS and Sections 3, 4 of Dowry Prohibition Act and all consequential proceedings arising thereto.
2. As per the prosecution story, petitioners No.1 and 2 father-in-law and mother-in-law and petitioner No.3 is husband of the complainant/respondent No.2 - Disha Jain. According to the prosecution case, on 12.06.2025, respondent No.2/complainant lodged the report against petitioners alleging therein that she got married to petitioner No.3 on 04.01.2023 as per the Hindu Rites at Jaipur, Rajasthan. Father of complainant/respondent No.2 has given all household articles, jewellery and cash. At the time of marriage, her mother-in-law and father-in-law have demanded a sum of Rs.30 lac and jewellery of Rs.10 lac. At the time of engagement, her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law demanded Rs.10 lac which was given by the father of complainant to the petitioners. When complainant went to Japan with her husband then petiti
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